T20 World Cup 2022: What Sri Lanka & West Indies need to do to qualify for Super 12 stage

Sri Lanka and West Indies suffered crushing defeats at hands of Associate nations, Namibia and Scotland, in ir respective opening matches of Round 1 of ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. While Sri Lanka went down by 55 runs against Namibia on Sunday, West Indies lost to Scotland by 42 runs on Monday. This has jeopardised ro to qualification for both Sri Lanka and West Indies. Here we will discuss how Sri Lanka and West Indies can still qualify for Super 12 st of T20 World Cup. 

How can Sri Lanka and West Indies qualify despite defeats to Namibia and Scotland

Sri Lanka will have to beat United Arab Emirates and Nerlands in ir remaining qualifier matches of T20 World Cup in order to make it to Super 12 st. West Indies will also have to win both ir remaining games of qualifier round to qualify for main event of World Cup. West Indies will play against Zimbabwe and Ireland in ir next two matches.

If Sri Lanka and West Indies man to win ir remaining matches without Namibia and Scotland losing a single game in Round 1, y will finish second in ir respective groups. Whereas, if Namibia and Scotland fail to win even a single game in qualifying round, re are chances that Sri Lanka and West Indies could go on top of table in ir respective groups. In eir case, both Sri Lanka and West Indies will make it to Super 12 st of T20 World Cup. 

ICC Men's T20 World Cup First Round: Updated points table

Group A

Group B

ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Qualification process for Super 12 st

Each team will face or three teams in ir group once during Round 1 matches. Two points will be awarded to winning side for each victory, while each team will receive one point if game is tied or called off due to b wear. top two teams from Groups A and B in first round's points table will vance to Super 12 st, where y will join or eight teams that have alrey earned direct qualification for main event. 

team that will finish on top of Group A will join Australia, England, New Zealand, and Afghanistan in Group 1 of Super 12 st, while runner-up will join Group 2 which has India, Pakistan, Banglesh, and South Africa. On or hand, table-topper of Group B will move to Group 2 of Super 12 st, while second-ranked team will join Group 1. 

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