It is a three -way battle for the first two places in group B of the Champions Trophy, with South Africa (first), Australia (second) and Afghanistan (third) in dispute, all in containment
Afghanistan wrote an impressive eight -run victory over England to eliminate them from the ICC 2025 champion trophy on Wednesday. With England eliminated, it is a three -way battle for the first two places in group B of the Champions Trophy, with South Africa (first), Australia (second) and Afghanistan (third) in dispute. Australia will face Afghanistan in her last group game on Friday, while South Africa faces England in Saturday’s game.
Champions Trophy 2025 Group B qualification scenarios
Australia will qualify for the semifinals if they beat Afghanistan on Friday. However, if they lose before Afghans, they will need England to overcome South Africa by a great margin in their final match and make sure that the net execution rate decreases. For Afghanistan, the equation is simple: a victory against Australia means that they will end four points, while a defeat for the two -time champions will attract curtains in its opening campaign of Champions Trophy.
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A loss for Afghanistan against Australia will also mean that Australia and South Africa advance to the semifinals. The most direct way of how Australia and South Africa can qualify is whether they win their respective games of the group stage.
SA can qualify even if they lose to ENG
Proteas can still qualify for the semifinals even if they lose to England. That is, and only if Australia loses with Afghanistan and South Africa have a better NRR compared to Australia. This will mean that South Africa and Afghanistan qualify for the semifinals. In a situation in which South Africa loses a lot to England and Australia, it only suffers a limited loss against Afghanistan, Australians can still describe if they have a better Nrr than South Africa.
It is important to keep in mind that if Australia and South Africa lose their games, both will remain in three points. Afghanistan will surpass the group with four points in that situation, with Australia and South Africa fighting for second place through NRR.
What team can India face in Champions Trophy semifinals?
From group A, India and New Zealand they have qualified for the semifinals of Champions Trophy, Wit Hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh that have been knocked out. New Zealand led the classification with four points of two games with India in second place with the same number of points that only the NRR separates the two sides. India and New Zealand will block horns in their last group phase game to determine the final classification in group A, but even that will not matter. Because? Because India will play the first semifinal in Dubai on March 4 and qualify as side A1 even if they end second. This means that they will face the team that ends the second in Group B.
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As stated above, Afghanistan will surpass the group if they beat Australia and England beat South Africa. In this case, India will face Australia or South Africa, depending on which team qualifies. India will face Afghanistan if Afghas Australia and South Africa beat England. South Africa will surpass the group with five points that way with Afghanistan in second place with four points. Proteas will face the kiwis in the other semifinal.
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