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Pakistan and New Zealand have equal points, then why did Salman Agha's team not go to the semi-finals? Know the rules

Pakistan Out of T20 World Cup 2026: The Pakistan cricket team has failed to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the second time in a row. Pakistan last played the semi-finals in 2022, after that it has been disappointed both times. Pakistan won by 5 runs over Sri Lanka, but it has been out of the World Cup. With this victory, Pakistan has 3 points and New Zealand also has the same number of points. Even if there are equal points, know why Pakistan did not get an entry in the semi-finals.

Which rule led to Pakistan

If any 2 teams have equal points in the T20 World Cup points table, then the semi-finals are decided on the basis of net run-rate. Pakistan and New Zealand both have three points each, but the NRR of the Kiwi team was +1.390. At the same time, Pakistan was far behind it at -0.123.

Shanaka

213 runs, did not have a good start. But first Pawan Ratnayake played a strong innings of 58 runs to prevent Pakistan from going to the semi-finals. At the same time, captain Dasun Shanaka returned unbeaten after playing a stormy innings of 76 runs in 31 balls.

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