The World Cup 2024 Semi-Finals

 The T20 world cup 2024 semifinalists have been announced. The teams are India, England, Afghanistan, South Africa. South Africa and England topped their group and India and Afghanistan topped theirs. Surprisingly Australia could not perform when it mattered and did not qualify.

 The first semifinal in Trinidad and Tobago will be between the South African proteas and Afghanistans lions. The second semifinal is taking place in Guyana between an unbeaten India side and an England team that barely got through to this stage. 

England would be hoping that things go their way like last time. England are the reigning champions and faced India in the semifinals in 2022. They had a comprehensive win which gave them the confidence to win against Pakistan. India however are trying to have a change of luck and win their 2nd T20 world cup. They won the first T20 world cup ever. If England wins it would be their 3rd as they also won in 2010.

Now, South Africa are a team that has been dominating for a while now and look as if their team is in harmony. They have got the right combination. However, now Afghanistan are the underdogs reaching their first semifinal. They also won against Australia, who were considered as strong favorites. 

The fixtures:

27th June Trinidad and Tobago South Africa vs Afghanistan 05:30 Pakistani time.

27th June Guyana India vs England 19:30 Pakistani time.

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