By AR Chattha
Cricket World Cup 2023 Interesting Aspects of Semi-Finalists will surely provide you a thrilling information enabling to enjoy the three fixtures of this mega event. India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have succeeded in qualifying for the knockout stage for the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. The interesting thing that has happened during this period is that none of the top-4 teams has been able to defeat the team above them.
World Cup 2023: No one paid attention to these aspects of the teams that reached the semi-finals, know these interesting things.
The first semi-final match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is to be played between India and New Zealand on 15 November at Wankhede, Mumbai. According to the Points table India has upper edge on her opponent New Zealand, as if the match is washed out due to rain or the match is not played even on the reserve day, then India will reach the final.
The Second semi-final match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is to be played between South Africa and Australia on 16 November at Eden Garden, Kolkata. The South Africa has the better Position at Points table which gave her upper edge on her counterpart Australia, as if the match is washed out due to rain or the match is not played even on the reserve day, then South Africa will reach the final.
ICC World cup host India outclass all their opponents securing first position in the tournament. like other teams India also played nine matches and remained unbeaten. Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, India became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup 2023. After India, the second team to reach the knockout stage was South Africa, which won 7 out of 9 matches while losing two.
Australia became the third team to reach the tournament, which lost both its initial matches but after that the team made a brilliant comeback under the leadership of Pat Cummins and won all its remaining matches. New Zealand was the fourth team to reach the semi-finals. New Zealand won 5 out of 9 matches played in the league stage and qualified with 10 points. However, an interesting thing also happened during this period.
Actually, India remained undefeated in the tournament. Whereas South Africa, which stood second, had to face defeat against India in the league stage. Whereas Australia, the third placed team, had to face defeat from both India and South Africa in the league stage. Whereas New Zealand, which stood fourth, had to face defeat in consecutive matches against India, Australia and South Africa. That means the teams that have reached the semi-finals have not been able to win against the teams ranked above them. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see what kind of competition there will be between these teams in the semi-finals and who will win.
Let us tell you, India and New Zealand will face each other in the first semi-final of the tournament on November 15 at Wankhede, Mumbai. Whereas the second semi-final match of the tournament will be played between the five-time champion and South Africa on November 16 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Interesting Facts
India and South Africa, who are on top in the points table, will get the benefit if the match is washed out due to rain. Let us tell you that if the match between India and New Zealand is canceled due to rain and the match is not played even on the reserve day, then India will reach the final. Same is the situation regarding the match between South Africa and Australia. If the second semi-final is canceled due to rain, South Africa will reach the final.
