WI vs SA: Match started after rain stopped, overs reduced, South Africa got a smaller target
WI vs SA: The do-or-die match between South Africa and West Indies has been stopped due to heavy rain. If this match is canceled, which team will make it to the semi-finals, and which team will be out of the tournament? Let us tell you too.
This will be a do-or-die match, played between South Africa and West Indies in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2024 today. In this game, played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua, West Indies batted first to set a target of 136 runs in front of South Africa. In reply, South Africa had managed to garner only 15 runs for two wickets in two overs when, finally, the match was called off owing to heavy rain. However, good news is coming for West Indies: the rain has stopped, and the game will start again shortly.
Three overs have been cut due to rain. Now, the target for South Africa has become 123 under Duckworth Lewis's rule in 17 overs.
The England team has qualified for the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinals without playing the match in Group B of Super-8. Today, the winning team between South Africa and West Indies will make it to the semi-finals, and the losing team will be out. In the point table of Group B, South Africa is in second place with four points, but its net run rate is +0.625. Meanwhile, West Indies is placed in the third position with two points and a net run rate of +1.814. If this match gets washed out due to rain, the African team will qualify for the semifinals; on the other hand, if the game happens and Windies wins it, then also due to net run rate, it will reach the semis.
