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New Zealand after starting their tournament on a positive note with four consecutive victories have ended up losing four games on the trot against India, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan and put themselves in deep trouble as they may not qualify for semi-finals of ODI World Cup 2023. Here, in this article we will see how New Zealand can still qualify for semi-finals of ODI World Cup 2023.
New Zealand's remaining game in ODI World Cup 2023:
vs Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, 9th Nov
ODI World Cup 2023 Points Table:
India - 7 wins (7 games)
South Africa - 6 wins (7 games)
Australia - 5 wins (7 games)
New Zealand - 4 wins (8 games)
Pakistan - 4 wins (8 games)
Afghanistan - 4 wins (7 games)
Sri Lanka - 2 wins (7 games)
Netherlands - 2 wins (7 games)
Bangladesh - 1 win (6 games)
England - 1 win (6 games)
New Zealand can reach maximum of fi five wins in the ODI World Cup 2023 points table if they win their final game against Sri Lanka in this tournament.
Now, if we look at the points table, already teams like India, South Africa and Australia have five or more wins in the table.
Now we want six teams in the points table to have less than five wins in this ODI World Cup 2023 tournament for New Zealand to qualify easily for the semi-finals.
- Pakistan should lose their last match against England, so that they can end with only four wins in the table.
- Afghanistan should lose their remaining last two games against Australia and South Africa, so that they will also end with four wins in the table.
- Teams like Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh and England already have five or more losses in this tournament, hence they will stand below New Zealand in the points table.
Thus, New Zealand can qualify for the semi-finals easily if they beat Sri Lanka, provided Pakistan and Afghanistan lose their remaining games in the tournament.
