New Delhi. India is hosting the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. This time a record was also created in the World Cup, known as the Mahakumbh of cricket. Apart from this, a big upset was also seen in the tournament. The match will be played between Australia vs Afghanistan on Tuesday. This match between the two teams will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Amidst the World Cup, good news has emerged for the fans of Afghanistan. In fact, the Afghanistan team has created history and qualified for the Champions Trophy 2025. This means that for the first time Afghanistan will be seen playing in the Champions Trophy.
Let us tell you that the match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday. In which Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets. With this defeat of the Sri Lankan team, the Afghan team qualified for the Champions Trophy. Let us tell you that the neighboring country Pakistan is going to host the Champions Trophy 2025. Since Pakistan team is hosting this tournament, Pakistan has already qualified for the Champions Trophy. 8 teams will participate in the Champions Trophy.
According to ICC rules, the teams finishing in the top 8 on the points table in the World Cup will qualify for the Champions Trophy. Talking about the performance of the Afghanistan team in the World Cup 2023, this team has shown its brilliant performance in the tournament. Afghanistan caused a major upset in the World Cup and defeated two giants badly. Afghanistan first surprised everyone by defeating the defending champion team England. Afghanistan defeated the English team by 69 runs. After this, the Afghan team did not even spare Pakistan and lost badly by 8 wickets in the tournament.
Afghanistan has played 7 matches so far in the World Cup. In which the team has won 4 matches while it had to face defeat in 3 matches. Not only this, the doors for Afghanistan to reach the semi-finals are not closed yet. However, Afghanistan will have to win all the remaining matches to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. But the team’s path to the semi-finals will not be easy. Because Afghanistan will clash with Australia on Tuesday. The next match will be with South Africa.
Talking about the points table, Afghanistan team is at sixth position with 8 points. Whereas Team India is in first place with 16 points. Whereas South Africa is at second place with 12 points. Both the teams have reached the semi-finals.