Will India meet Pakistan in semis for a mouth watering game? There is an increasing possibility as Pakistan has clawed back to take fourth position and India has three matches to go and now sitting pretty in the second position.
Pakistan was down and out at the 9th spot after their ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match against arch-rivals India on June 16 in Manchester. It was their 3rd defeat and Pakistan had just 3 points to show for after 5 matches.
However, in an inspiring runsimilar to their 1992 World Cup-winning campaign, Pakistan have rallied againstodds to win their next 3 matches and move into the top-four of the World Cup2019 points table. Pakistan survived a cliffhanger against Afghanistan in Leedson Saturday, chasing a 228-run target in the final over and pushed England tothe fifth spot.
Pakistan
Matches to play: Bangladesh onJune 5
England
Matches to play: India on June30, New Zealand on July 3
Bangladesh
Matches to Play: India on June 2and Pakistan on June 5
Sri Lanka
Matches to Play: West Indies on July1 and India on July 6
Australia – Qualified
Matches to Play: South Africa onJuly 6
India
Matches to Play: England on June30, Bangladesh on July 2 and Sri Lanka on July 6
New Zealand
Matches to Play: England on July3
However, If India beat England onSunday, they will drag New Zealand along with them to the semi-final.
South Africa and Afghanistan arethe only 2 teams who have lost out on semi-final contention so far.
