Loss of 10 wickets to Pakistan, this was followed by an 8-wicket loss at the hands of his traditional bogey team in ICC tournaments, New Zealand, means that man in blue Looking forward to exiting very soon.
They still have three matches to play, but as things stand Pakistan are certainly the big favorites to move from Group 2 as the table toppers, followed by either New Zealand Or Afghanistan.
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But India is not yet mathematically finished. It will definitely be a miracle for India to move from here to the next round, but permutations and combinations are keeping them alive.
TOI’s Shankar Raghuraman has done the maths. Here’s a quick and straightforward look, in 7 points, of how the 2007 champions, India, might still make it to the semi-finals:
1) We start with the assumption that Pakistan, India and New Zealand have both defeated Scotland And Namibia
2) If the above happens, Pakistan will top the group with 10 points and will definitely reach the semi-finals
3) The fight then boils down to one remaining slot in the three teams – India, New Zealand and Afghanistan.
4) If India loses to Afghanistan it will be out of the race. The winner of the New Zealand–Afghanistan game then becomes the second semi-finalist from Group 2.
5) If India beats Afghanistan then it will get 6 points. In that scenario, Afghanistan would have to beat New Zealand to give India a chance.
6) If Afghanistan beat New Zealand and India beat Afghanistan, then all three teams (India, New Zealand and Afghanistan) will be on 6 points
7) In that case, it will boil down to NRR and India will need to get a really big win against Mino (Namibia and Scotland) and hopefully Afghanistan will have any chance of going to the semi-finals as well.
But as things stand, Virat Kohli And his men are looking at the possibility of a very early exit from the World Cup.
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