The Indian males’s cricket workforce made it six wins in six matches on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 after beating England by 100 runs on Sunday on the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. India batted first for the primary time within the event, scoring a modest 229/9 of their fifty overs as captain Rohit Sharma top-scored with 87 runs off 101 balls on a tough pitch whereas Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed one run in need of his maiden World Cup fifty.

While England acquired off to begin within the run chase, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami bamboozled the English prime six. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja, then, additionally acquired in among the many wickets as England have been bowled out for 129. Shami completed with 4 wickets, making him the quickest to 40 scalps in World Cup historical past.

India, earlier, beat New Zealand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Australia within the World Cup 2023, all whereas batting second. The hosts are the one unbeaten workforce within the event and are atop the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 factors desk with 12 factors, boasting a internet run fee of 1.405 – presently the second-best within the event.

While Rohit Sharma and Co. are agency favourites to make the semi-finals after the newest win, they’re but to mathematically qualify for the subsequent spherical. The Indian workforce may nonetheless end exterior the highest 4 spots in case a particularly area of interest set of outcomes transpire within the the rest of the group-stage matches.

Why India are but to qualify for the World Cup 2023 semis?
India, who’re presently on 12 factors, may be joined by South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the winner between Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka with 12 factors or extra within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 group stage. Pakistan or Bangladesh can not outscore India within the factors desk.

Here’s how India can fail to qualify for the semi-final:

If India lose their remaining three matches, which embrace South Africa and Sri Lanka, they are going to stay on 12 factors. Australia and New Zealand, in the meantime, should win two of their remaining three matches, shedding solely to the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka winner, to achieve 12 factors.

South Africa, too, should win no less than certainly one of their three upcoming matches, together with one towards India. This will end in 5 groups being tied on 12 or extra factors.

All these outcomes put collectively, whereby India lose all three matches by an enormous margin, will likely be sufficient to oust the Rohit Sharma-led Indian males’s cricket workforce out of the semi-final spot within the World Cup 2023.

However, contemplating that India are on a six-match successful streak within the event, the chance of this consequence is slim in the intervening time.

How India could make the World Cup 2023 semis

India will tackle Sri Lanka subsequent on Thursday, November 2, on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, a rematch of the 2011 World Cup closing.

A victory for India in Mumbai won’t solely make it seven wins on the bounce for the workforce but additionally affirm their official qualification for the semi-final within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 as solely South Africa, New Zealand and Australia can match the 14-point mark within the group stage.

India can even make the semi-finals if any of their remaining group matches is washed out and the factors are shared.

After going through Sri Lanka, India will tackle South Africa on November 5 in Kolkata, adopted by their closing group encounter towards the Netherlands on November 12 in Bengaluru after a week-long break.

The World Cup 2023 semi-finals will likely be held on November 15 in Mumbai (1 vs 4) and November 16 (2 vs 3) in Kolkata whereas the ultimate is scheduled for November 19 at Ahmedabad.