As the Group Stage of the 2024 T20 World Cup, being played in the United States of America and West Indies, winds down, some teams have already been eliminated from the race to the Super Eight stage.
With just two teams from each five-team group making it to the next round, the race for the last-eight stage is tight.
So far, ten teams stand no chance to qualify for Super Eight.
After the Group A match between USA and Ireland was washed out due to rain on Friday, Pakistan, Ireland and Canada were knocked out of the competition.
Meanwhile, Nepal’s loss to South Africa extinguished its hopes of making it past the group stage. Sri Lanka was the first team to be eliminated from Group D after it lost its first two matches, to Bangladesh and South Africa and endured a washout in its third match against Nepal.
Namibia and Oman were eliminated from Group B, which is currently witnessing a tight race between defending champion England and Scotland. Australia has already secured qualification for the Super Eight stage after winning its first three games.
Oman was elimited from the competition after losing to Scotland by seven wickets on Sunday. It began the tournament with a loss in the Super Over against Namibia before going down to Australia by 39 runs. Oman ended its campaign with an eight-wicket defeat to England on Friday and crashed out of the tournament without a win.
Namibia was also knocked out after being routed by Australia on Wednesday. It lost to Scotland by five wickets after winning its campaign opener against Oman in the Super Over. With just one game left to play, against England on June 15, Namibia can collect a maximum of four points, which is insufficient as Australia and Scotland have already bagged six and five points, respectively.
In Group C, Afghanistan’s win over Papua New Guinea eliminated Uganda, New Zealand and PNG from Super Eight reckoning. While PNG has failed to win any of its Group Stage games so far, Uganda managed a solitary win against PNG but both associate nations will head out at the end of the group stage.
The biggest shock in Group C is the elimination of New Zealand, which failed to win both its opening encounters, against Afghanistan and West Indies. Wins against Uganda and PNG in its next two matches will take it to four points, which will not be enough to move to the Super Eight phase.
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