IND vs PAK: "Only One Out Of India And Pakistan Will Make It"- Aakash Chopra Predicts Semi-finalists For T20 World Cup 2022

According to former Indian opening batter Aakash Chopra, only one of India and Pakistan would advance to the semifinals, with South Africa picking up the second spot.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will begin on October 16 and will be played across seven sites in Australia. India will begin their campaign against archrival Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 23. (MCG).

Both the teams have qualified directly for the Super 12 stage and are in Group 2 with South Africa and Bangladesh. Two more teams from the qualifiers will join the four already in place.

Because only the top two teams from each group will advance to the knockouts, each and every group stage match will be crucial for the competing teams.

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Whoever Wins The India-Pakistan Match Will Make It: Aakash Chopra

According to Aakash Chopra, the victor of the much-anticipated match between India and Pakistan on October 23 would be the first team from Group 2 to advance to the semifinals.

“Two teams out of India, Pakistan, and South Africa will go ahead. They (Pakistan) should reach the semi-finals, but it will not be easy. I am saying only one out of India and Pakistan will make it.

Whoever wins the India-Pakistan match will make it. I feel South Africa will make it,” Aakash Chopra said in a video uploaded by his YouTube channel.

In the T20 World Cup last year, Babar Azam’s men defeated India by 10 wickets and advanced to the final, while India was eliminated from the group stage only when New Zealand defeated them as well.

India has won four of the eight T20Is against South Africa this year, while the Proteas have won three and one has resulted in a draw.