Australia becomes a third team to qualify for the semifinals of Champions Trophy 2025

Last update:February 28, 2025, 21:48 ist

Australia has joined India and New Zealand as a semifinalist for the 2025 champions trophy after his match against Afghanistan was dragged.

Travis Head (L) and Steve Smith during the Australia-Faganistan clash in Lahore. (Photo AP)

Australia became the third team to ensure the qualification for the 2025 champions trophy semifinal after his party against Afghanistan to the The Gaddafi stadium, Lahore, was abandoned due to the rain and the wet field that followed on Friday. This is the first time since 2009 that have been able to go through the group stage.

India and New Zealand have qualified for group A and now, Saturday’s game between South Africa and England will decide who between the proteins and the Afghan continues from Group B.

Australia has classified despite winning only one of its three games in the tournament groups. They comfortably beat England’s rivals in the first game of the campaign. His next game against South Africa washed even without launch. And now, this clash of Afghanistan could not go beyond 12.5 overs in the second tickets (much less than the minimum limit of 20 overs), and the two teams shared points again.

Australia, therefore, finished the group stage at four points. England (zero points after two games) and Afghanistan (three points after three games) cannot match that account and, therefore, cannot overcome the Australians to one of the places.

Saturday’s game will also determine where the teams will end in the points table. If South Africa beat England, the proteins will end first with five points. They will end in second place if they lose and in case the game ends in another washing, the team with a better net execution rate between South Africa and Australia will end higher. The first place will play the second place team in group A in the semifinal and vice versa.

Afghanistan is also not completely out of the dispute, although their chances of going to the next round are quite bleak due to the great gap between its NRR and the NRR of South Africa.

Afghanistan will be eliminated if the South Africa-England party ends in a result without. To qualify, the English will have to overcome Temba Bavuma team for at least 207 races if they fight first. If England hit in second place, they will have to chase the target within 11.1 overs, assuming a total of first entries of 300.

England, already eliminated from the semifinal race, has nothing so fighting except its pride.

Location :

Lahore, Pakistan