Despite coming very close to winning against South Africa, Nepal lost. After going down to bat against the target of 116 runs given by the Proteas, Nepal lost by 1 run after scoring 114 runs. Unfortunately, they have to withdraw from the World Cup with this loss.
Even if they win the next match against Bangladesh, they will have 3 points. Whereas Bangladesh is second with 4 points.
Despite Nepal’s exit, the drama from Group D is not over. Bye-bye, Nepal became Sri Lanka’s partner. And South Africa has already gone to the Super Eight. This time, Bangladesh and Netherlands are fighting for the ‘D-2’ spot in the Super Eight. The next 17th morning will decide who will go to the last eight.
The equation for Bangladesh is simple in this regard. Bangladesh needs to win against Nepal. In this case, even if the match is abandoned due to rain in St. Vincent for some reason, the Tigers will go to the Super Eight. Bangladesh will get 1 point from the abandoned match. Total points will be 5. In that case, even if they win their last match, Netherlands’ points (4) will be less than Bangladesh.
However, if Bangladesh loses in their own match and Netherlands defeats Sri Lanka, some mathematical calculation will come forward. In this case, the points of Bangladesh and Netherlands will be equal to 4. Then they will be eliminated if the run rate of Bangladesh is low.
However, Bangladesh is in a good position in terms of run rate. The Tigers’ run rate is now 0.478. Netherlands run rate -0.408. In the last match, therefore, the Netherlands will have to win by a large margin or Bangladesh will have to lose by a large margin.
