New Delhi. The teams for the semi-finals have been decided as soon as Pakistan is out of the World Cup after not achieving the target during the match against England and then getting defeated. The first semi-final will be held between India and New Zealand in Mumbai on 15 November. After this, the second semi-final of the World Cup will be played between South Africa and Australia on 16 November. The final match of the World Cup will be played between the winning teams of these semi-final matches on 19 November at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Pakistan had a huge target to reach the World Cup semi-finals by defeating England by a huge margin. England won the toss and batted first and scored 337 runs. Pakistan had to achieve this target in just 6.2 overs and it was not at all possible and did not happen. After Pakistan’s exit, New Zealand has entered the semi-finals. India, South Africa and Australia had already reached the semi-finals.
After losing the important match against England, Pakistan has now failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup for the third consecutive time. He last reached the World Cup semi-finals in 2011. Then he was defeated by India. After this, in 2015, Pakistan was eliminated in the quarter-finals even before the semi-finals. Whereas in 2019 and this time it could not go beyond the group stage. This is the same Pakistan, which performed brilliantly and entered the 1999 World Cup final and before that even became champion in 1992. But this time Babar Azam’s team did not have the same fire which was seen in Pakistan’s team earlier. In this way, after winning the group matches, the Indian team is at the top in the points table. At the same time, South Africa is at second place in the points table.
With the lineup of the World Cup semi-finals decided, a big challenge also lies ahead for India. This is the second consecutive World Cup when the Indian team has to play the semi-final match against New Zealand. Although India defeated New Zealand in the group match, it will now have to overcome the Kiwi team in the semi-finals. The reason for this is that last time i.e. in 2019, India and New Zealand met in the semi-finals of the World Cup and then the Indian team had lost. Now India has a full chance to take revenge by defeating the Kiwi team in Mumbai.