T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli and Co hope for A miracle
Updated On: 07 November, 2021 07:23 AM IST | Dubai | Santosh Suri
Despite big win over Scotland, Kohli & Co will pray Afghanistan beat New Zealand today to keep semi-finals chances alive
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India skipper Virat Kohli (right) and Ravindra Jadeja celebrate the wicket of Scotland’s Matthew Cross in Dubai on Friday. Pic/AFP
“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.” Typing teacher Charles E Weller’s famous line for his students to learn typing, aptly sums up the way things are for India in the T20 World Cup. They are on the cusp of elimination and qualification, and not everything is in their hands.
The “party” in the quote is Team India and the “good men” are Afghanistan. Millions of Indian supporters worldwide would be glued to the TV sets today, to see if Afghanistan can upset New Zealand and open a window for India to sneak into the semi-finals.
Better net run-rate
The good thing for India is that they have kept up their side of the challenge after the two disastrous matches against Pakistan and New Zealand, by routing Afghanistan and Scotland in successive games to vastly improve their net run-rate (NRR), which is now better than the other two semi-final contenders, Afghanistan and New Zealand. Pakistan have already taken one slot from the group.
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