Pakistan is not yet out of the race for the semi-finals in the T20 World Cup 2026, although many fans believe so. Although now Salman Ali Aga and team has become dependent on the results of other matches as well, but their hopes are still alive. Let us explain to you how Pakistan can now reach the semi-finals.
The first match of the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2026 was between Pakistan and New Zealand, which was washed out due to rain. After the toss, it started raining heavily, due to which the match had to be abandoned without any ball being bowled. Both the teams got 1-1 points, but Pakistan lost its second match. With the good bowling of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan was moving towards winning this match, but Harry Brook’s century turned the tables.
England has reached the semi-finals from Group 2 with 4 points. Now there is a fight between New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to become the second semi-finalist. Pakistan has played 2 matches of Super-8. After one loss and one draw, Pakistan has 1 point, their net run rate is minus (-0.461).
How can Pakistan reach the semi-finals?
Equation 1: If New Zealand loses both its matches (Sri Lanka and England), then Pakistan will have to win only the match against Sri Lanka. With this, New Zealand will have only 1 point, Sri Lanka will have 2 points and Pakistan will have 3 points.
Equation 2: If New Zealand loses one of its two matches, and Pakistan beats Sri Lanka. In this situation Pakistan and New Zealand will have 3 points each. Then whichever team has a better net run rate will be the second semi-finalist of this group.
If this happens then Pakistan will be out
If New Zealand defeats England and then Sri Lanka, then this team will have 5 points. Pakistan will reach only 3 points even after defeating Sri Lanka, that is, if New Zealand wins both its matches then Pakistan will be out of T20 World Cup 2026.
