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The knockout stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 is almost upon us. With a handful of games remaining in the Super 12 stage, only New Zealand are guaranteed to play the semis. Which two teams are likely to play the semi-final 2 of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide based on their current position in the table, let's try and find out.
Remaining fixtures of T20 WC 2022 Super 12 Stage:
England (ENG) vs Sri Lanka (SL) at Sydney, 5th Nov (1:30 PM IST)
South Africa (SA) vs Netherlands (NED) at Adelaide, 6th Nov (5:30 AM IST)
Pakistan (PAK) vs Bangladesh (BAN) at Adelaide, 6th Nov (9:30 AM IST)
India (IND) vs Zimbabwe (ZIM) at Melbourne, 6th Nov (1:30 PM IST)
In all fairness, England are likely to beat Sri Lanka in their final fixture of the super-12 match and qualify ahead of Australia. Sri Lanka have the potential to beat a tough opponent like England on any given day but overall odds favour the English side to come out successful in the match against Sri Lankan side and seal that semi-final spot.
The England team with 7 points will have a Net run rate (NRR) less than the New Zealand side who also has 7 points and thus they are expected to be the 2nd placed team in their group.
Current points table of Group-1 in T20 WC 2022 (In brackets mentioned NRR):
NZ: 7 (+2.11)
AUS: 7 (-0.173)
ENG: 5 (+0.54) - 1 game left
SL: 4 (-0.457) - 1 game left
IRE: 3 (-1.615)
AFG: 2 (-0.571)
India are expected to win their final fixture of the T20 WC 2022 Super 12 game against Zimbabwe and finish as table toppers of Group 2 with 8 points.
Current points table of Group-2 in T20 WC 2022 (In brackets mentioned NRR):
IND: 6 (+0.73)
SA: 5 (+1.44)
PAK: 4 (+1.11)
BAN: 4 (-1.276)
ZIM: 3 (-0.313)
NED: 2 (-1.233)
2nd Semi-final will be played between team placed second (Group 1) vs team placed first (Group 2) thus India are expected to Play England in 2nd semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Adelaide Oval.
