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Pakistan defeated UAE on Wednesday in the Asia Cup, with which it was decided that India and Pakistan would face each other on 21 September in the tournament. India easily defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the group stage. At the same time, Group B is a do or die match for Sri Lanka and Afghanistan today.
Mathematics of Asia Cup in Story …
Why India-Pakistan match once again? Pakistan defeated UAE to make it to the Super-4 stage with India from Group-A. In Super-4, the remaining 2 teams will now come from Group B. In this round, each team will play 3 matches against each other. Due to this, India and Pakistan will also face the same Asia Cup again. Both teams will also play matches with Group B teams.
Why India-Pak match on 21 September only? Even before the tournament, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) had also formed the Super-4 stage schedule. In this, 2 teams qualified for Group-A were named A1 and A2. At the same time, teams qualified with Group B were named B1 and B2. According to the schedule, the match between A1 and A2 is to be played in Dubai on 21 September. In this way, Group-A teams India and Pakistan will once again face each other in Mahamukabale on Sunday.
Team India easily won the group stage match between India and Pakistan by 7 wickets. After the match and during the toss, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not join hands with Pakistani captain Salman Ali Aga. After which Salman Aga refused to interview after the match.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) described the case of not joining hands against the sportsmanship. The board also demanded the ICC to remove the match referee Andy Picroft, but the ICC turned down it. After the entire controversy, the Pakistan team will again face India in this tournament once again. Read the complete news of no handsake controversy …
Oman and UAE out from Group-A The remaining 2 teams of Group-A were eliminated from Oman and UAE tournaments with India and Pakistan arrived at Super-4. UAE could win only 1 out of 3 matches. At the same time, Oman lost in 2 matches, now the last match of the team will be against India on 19 September.
Strike situation in Group B The last match of Group-B will be played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan today. Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh and Hong Kong. At the same time, Afghanistan defeated Hong Kong, but suffered an 8 -run defeat to Bangladesh. Along with Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, Bangladesh also has a chance to reach the Super-4 round, but the team’s matches are over. Understand the mathematics of this group in 3 points …
- If Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will qualify.
- If Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will have 4-4 points. Afghanistan qualifying. In Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, a team with a better run rate will enter the next round.
- If Bangladesh has to qualify So Sri Lanka will have to lose by a margin of 70 runs or more. If the batting of Sri Lanka comes first, then Bangladesh will be able to qualify only after losing 50 balls or more of the team. This figure may also change with the score of the match.
