{"id":245465,"date":"2025-02-24T10:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/champions-trophy-2025-india-nears-semifinals-but-qualification-not-guaranteed-yet\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:39:25","slug":"champions-trophy-2025-india-nears-semifinals-but-qualification-not-guaranteed-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/champions-trophy-2025-india-nears-semifinals-but-qualification-not-guaranteed-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy 2025: India Nears Semifinals, But Qualification Not Guaranteed Yet!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, Team India has been in outstanding form in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, securing two consecutive victories, including a six-wicket win over Pakistan.<\/p>\n

With these back-to-back wins, India currently sits at the top of the Group A points table with 4 points. However, despite their strong position, a place in the semi-finals is not yet guaranteed, and there remains a scenario where India could still be eliminated.<\/p>\n

How can India still miss out on semifinals in Champions Trophy 2025?<\/strong><\/p>\n

India’s next and final league match in Champions Trophy 2025 is against New Zealand on Sunday (March 2). While the ‘Men in Blue’ are currently leading the Group A points table with 4 points, the outcome of other matches could impact their semifinal qualification chances.<\/p>\n

New Zealand faces Bangladesh on Monday in Champions Trophy 2025<\/p>\n

If Bangladesh (currently 0 points) beats New Zealand (currently 2 points) on Monday, they will move to two points.<\/p>\n

In their final group stage match, Bangladesh will play Pakistan. If they win again, Bangladesh will finish group stage with four points.<\/p>\n

If India (currently 4 points) loses to New Zealand, the Kiwis will also reach four points at the end of group stage, creating a three-way tie.<\/p>\n

Net Run Rate could decide India’s fate<\/strong><\/p>\n

If India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh all finish the group stage with four points each, net run rate (NRR) will determine who advances to ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh’s current NRR is -0.408, but two wins will boost it.<\/p>\n

If India suffers a heavy defeat against New Zealand, their NRR could drop, while New Zealand’s may improve.<\/p>\n

If India falls behind both teams on NRR, they could be knocked out despite winning their first two matches.<\/p>\n

Pakistan almost out of contention<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pakistan is on the verge of elimination from Champions Trophy after losing both their matches. Their NRR of -1.087 is the worst in Group A, making qualification highly unlikely even if they win their last match.<\/p>\n

What India needs to do<\/strong><\/p>\n

To avoid any uncertainty, India must aim for a victory against New Zealand to seal their spot in CT 2025 semi-finals. Even a narrow defeat could be enough, depending on how Bangladesh performs in their remaining games. However, a big loss could put India’s campaign in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, Team India has been in outstanding form in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, securing two consecutive victories, including a six-wicket win over Pakistan. With these back-to-back wins, India currently sits at the top of the Group A points table with 4 points. However, despite their strong position, a place in the semi-finals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2025\/02\/24\/584ecbaf182adc9cd43db84413fa49d9174039282072524_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[190465,6686,34009,40731,190558,190557,78301,69684,273,190556,69683,15906,190464,709,2835,1265],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245467,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245465\/revisions\/245467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}