It has been announced that Australia has been knocked out of the World T20.
Australia's fate was decided in the final Super Eight stage match when Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh with a dramatic 10-run victory.
There was a lot of drama during the game.
When the rain returned after 11.4 overs, Afghanistan was ahead of Bangladesh by two runs in a rain-affected match according to the DLS system.
Former England player and Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott motioned for his team to slow down when he noticed the rain, hoping that the play would end before another ball was delivered.
Gulbadin Naib, who had been still throughout the initial slide, suddenly grasped his hamstring and struck the fault, claiming to be seriously hurt.
Afghanistan would have advanced over Australia if play could not continue.
But when play resumed and Bangladesh maintained their composure to win, it did not work.
Afghanistan will now take against South Africa at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday in the semifinals.
On Friday at 12.30am, England will play India in the other semifinal match.
EARLIER
Australia's hopes of winning the T20 World Cup are fading after losing to Afghanistan and India in back-to-back games during the Super Eights, but the 2021 winners may still make it to the semifinals.
India defeated Australia by a commanding 24-run margin at Gros Islet on Tuesday morning AEST, securing their place in the T20 World Cup knockout stages.
Despite opener Travis Head's brilliant half-century, Australia faltered in the run chase, eking out a mere 7–181 after the Indian skipper hit 92 off 41 deliveries, including eight sixes.
India will play South Africa and England in the semi-finals, while the other country that advances to the knockout stages will be decided by the result of Tuesday's encounter between Afghanistan and Bangladesh in St. Vincent.
If Bangladesh is chasing, things get trickier because the necessary margin of victory will depend on Afghanistan's score after the first innings. For instance, the Tigers would have 12.1 overs available to them if their objective was 120 runs, but they would need to hit 200 runs in 13.3 overs.
Current T20 World Cup Group 1 standings
1. India — 6 points (+2.017 NRR)
2. Australia — 2 points (-0.331 NRR)
3. Afghanistan — 2 points (-0.650 NRR)
4. Bangladesh — 0 points (-2.489 NRR)
