Afghanistan’s semi -final routes are not closed, expected on today’s result, know the complete equation

Last updated:March 01, 2025, 06:01 IST

Champions Trophy Semi Final Scenario: How can Afghanistan now reach the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy, its equation is hidden in the England-South Africa match on Saturday.

Champions Trophy: Afghanistan is still expected to reach the semi -finals.

New Delhi. Afghanistan, who had shown England out of the Champions Trophy, faced Australia on Friday. Australia scored a strong score of 273 runs in this match. In response, when Australia scored 109 runs for one wicket, it rained. The result of the rain was that the match was inconclusive. Both teams distributed one point each. With this, Australia reached the semi -finals, but Afghanistan’s hopes hanged in the balance. Whether or not Afghanistan will play the semi -finals, it will depend on what will be the result of the match between South Africa and England.

How Afghanistan can now reach the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy, its equation is hidden in the England-South Africa match on Saturday. Before knowing this equation, we know the status of Group B point table. Australia has reached the semi -finals with 4 points from 3 matches. Afghanistan and South Africa have 3-3 points. There is a war between these two teams for the semi -finals. The fourth team of the group is England, who has been out of the tournament after losing both their matches. Talking about Group A, India and New Zealand have reached the semi -finals from here. Two other teams of the group Pakistan and Bangladesh have been out of the race after losing their matches.

… Then Africa-Afghanistan’s marks will be equal
There is only one match left in Group B. If South Africa defeats England in this match, then he will take 5 points and make it to the semi -finals and Afghanistan will be out of this race. But if the England team defeats South Africa, then Afghanistan’s expectation can arise. In this case, both South Africa and Afghanistan will have only 3-3 points and out of these two teams, the team with better runs will qualify for the semi-finals.

England won by 207 runs
Currently, South Africa’s net runrate is 2.140. This is much higher than Afghanistan’s Net Runaret (-0.990). This means that if the difference of victory of England is low then Afghanistan will not get any benefit. Yes, if England team defeats South Africa by 207 runs, then Afghanistan will reach second in the group with better runrators. Similarly, if England batting later and defeated South Africa in 11.1 overs only then Afghanistan’s team will be able to get in better position in the runrate. England can expect such a victory that believes in miracles in cricket. Afghanistan’s expectation seems to be over in ordinary situation.