T20 World Cup permutations: What do India and West Indies need to reach semi-finals?
England have qualified from Super 8s Group 2 with New Zealand joining them in knockout stages; South Africa progress from Group 1 with second spot to be filled by winner of match between India and West Indies on Sunday; watch every T20 World Cup game live on Sky
Sunday 1 March 2026 14:40, UK
England, South Africa and New Zealand are through to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, with one more place in the knockout stage still up for grabs.
India and West Indies are the sides in contention to advance from Super 8s Group 1, while the second spot in Group 2, after England, has been filled by New Zealand after Pakistan failed to beat Sri Lanka by a big enough margin on Saturday.
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Group 1
South Africa, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe
South Africa are into the semi-finals after victories over India and West Indies, with the Proteas now hoping to extend their 100 per cent record by beating Zimbabwe in their final Super 8s fixture in Delhi on Sunday (9.30am UK).
India and West Indies are level on two points after both lost to South Africa and beat Zimbabwe, meaning the winner of Sunday's game between the sides in Kolkata (1.30pm UK) will progress to the semi-finals.
West Indies are currently above India on net run rate so will advance at the opponents' expense if their weekend fixture is rained off.
Zimbabwe are eliminated after two defeats from two.
Remaining fixtures: South Africa vs Zimbabwe; India vs West Indies (both Sunday March 1).
Group 2
England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
England secured a knockout place after defeating Sri Lanka and Pakistan and guaranteed top spot in the pool with a thrilling four-wicket win over New Zealand.
New Zealand eventually went through with them after having to nervously watch the outcome of Pakistan's final Super 8s match with co-hosts Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Pakistan needed to beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs or more to qualify ahead of New Zealand on net run-rate.
But they only managed to edge the co-hosts by five runs after failing to restrict them to 147 or fewer in Pallekelle having posted a score of 212-8.
New Zealand's net run-rate of +1.390 was far superior to Pakistan's -0.123 after both sides finished on three points from their three Super 8s matches.
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