The race for the ultimate spot of Cricket World Cup 2023 has intensified. New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka battle it out in a three-way battle for a similar. A win for New Zealand will just about assure them a spot within the semis. If Pakistan and Afghanistan win their respective final league video games by a giant margin solely then can they contest the Black Caps. At the time of writing of this text, the Kiwis had been cruising within the 172-run chase vs Sri Lankans.
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Whoever makes the semi-finals will take the fourth spot within the factors desk on the finish of the league stage. India are on prime adopted by both Australia or South Africa. New Zealand or Pakistan or Afghanistan would be the fourth semi-finalist. In the semi-finals, the quantity 2 will play quantity 3. In this case, Australia and South Africa are taking part in one another within the second semi-final. And Number 1 performs quantity 4, which suggests India will play the fourth crew.
There is an opportunity of an India vs Pakistan conflict. If that occurs, then India will play the semi-final at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. That is what the International Cricket Council (ICC) stated within the launch once they annouced fulls schedule of the Cricket World Cup.Â
Former India batter and one of many greats Sunil Gavaskar says that India are taking part in the event with sheer dominance however they’d not need to play Pakistan within the semi-finals. Gavaskar feels that taking part in Pakistan within the semis will put further strain on the Indian facet which they won’t need.Â
“If Pakistan qualifies, pressure will be a little more on Indians than anybody else. New Zealand win will probably be what Indians will want,” stated Gavaskar throughout his commentary stint within the New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match.
Watch the video of Sunil Gavaskar saying the identical on air under (ignore the first X put up that has faux Gavaskar’s quotes).
He simply stated it once more.
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Team India have been in nice type of late. They have received all eight matches within the league stage thus far. The wins have been dominant ones too. Except New Zealand, no crew actually gave any problem to India in any respect. Rohit Sharma and Co now meet Netherlands of their final league match. They will purpose to make it 9 out 9 going into the semis. New Zealand’s former cricketer Simon Doull says that whereas India have dominated the league stage, all that issues now are the 2 video games within the knockouts.
