2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage is being played between the top 4 teams from the Super 8 stage. It consisted of two semi-finals, played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando on 26 June and Providence Stadium in Guyana on 27 June, and the final, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on 29 June.^[1][2]

Rules

Both Semi-finals had an additional time of 250 minutes. In Semi-final 1, 60 minutes was available on the scheduled date with another 190 minutes on the reserve day, while Semi-final 2, had 250 minutes available only on the scheduled day and had no reserve day. The final, however had a reserve day available on June 30.^[2] If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but instead resumed from the previous day's play, if there was any.^[2] In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage would progress to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared.^[2] If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, subsequent Super Overs will be played until there's a winner.^[2]

The match officials for the semi-finals were announced on 25 June 2024.^[3]

Qualification

On 23 June 2024, England became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating United States at Kensington Oval.^[4] Later on the same day, South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-final after defeating West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.^[5] On 24 June 2024, India became the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Australia at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground^[6] and will play in Semi-final 2 as pre allocated by ICC.^[7] Later on the same day, Afghanistan became the last team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Stadium.^[8]

Group	Winners	Runners-up
1	India	Afghanistan
2	South Africa	England

Venues

The ICC stated that if India qualifies for the semi-finals, they will play at Providence Stadium in Guyana.^[9]

West Indies
Barbados	Guyana	Trinidad & Tobago
Kensington Oval	Providence Stadium	Brian Lara Cricket Academy
Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 15,000
Final	Semi-final 2	Semi-final 1

Bracket

The knockout stage bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.

	Semi-finals					Final v t e
	2A	South Africa	60/1 (8.5 overs)
	1B	Afghanistan	56 (11.5 overs)
						SF1W	South Africa	169/8 (20 overs)
						SF2W	India	176/7 (20 overs)
	1A	India	171/7 (20 overs)
	2B	England	103 (16.4 overs)

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

26 June 2024 (2024-06-26) 20:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard

Afghanistan  56 (11.5 overs)	v	South Africa 60/1 (8.5 overs)
Azmatullah Omarzai 10 (12) Tabraiz Shamsi 3/6 (1.5 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 29* (25) Fazalhaq Farooqi 1/11 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Marco Jansen (SA)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the first time Afghanistan played in a major ICC tournament semi-final.^[10]
• Anrich Nortje (SA) took his 50th wicket in T20Is.^[11]
• Afghanistan posted their lowest T20I score.^[12]
• South Africa qualified for the T20 World Cup final for the first time.^[13]

Semi-final 2

27 June 2024 (2024-06-27) 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard

India  171/7 (20 overs)	v	England 103 (16.4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 57 (39) Chris Jordan 3/37 (3 overs)		Harry Brook 25 (19) Kuldeep Yadav 3/19 (4 overs)

India won by 68 runs Providence Stadium, Georgetown Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Ind)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• India qualified in the T20 World Cup final for third time.^[14]

Throughout a rain-affected innings India managed to score 171 for the loss of 7 wickets. Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored 57 out of 39 balls while England's Chris Jordan took 3/37 in 3 overs.^[15] In the second innings with the highest score being 25 off of 19 balls by Harry Brook England were bowled out for 103 in 16.4 overs. India's Kuldeep Yadav took 3/19 in 4 overs.^[16] Indian spinner Axar Patel was awarded with the Player of the match award.^[17] India qualified for their third T20 World Cup final after previously having won the tournament in 2007 and being runner-up in 2014.^[18][19]

Final

Final 29 June 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard

India  176/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 169/8 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 76 (59) Keshav Maharaj 2/23 (3 overs)		Heinrich Klaasen 52 (27) Hardik Pandya 3/20 (4 overs)

India won by 7 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was South Africa's maiden T20 World Cup final.^[20]
• Hardik Pandya (Ind) played in his 100th T20I.^[21]
• Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Ind) played in their last T20I match.^[22]
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first Indian to win the T20 World Cup twice.^[23]
• India scored the highest ever total in the final of a T20 World Cup (176), surpassing the score of 172 set by Australia in 2021.^[24]
• India won their second T20 World Cup title, equalling the West Indies and England in most tournaments won.^[25] India also broke the record of the longest time between successive tournement wins (17 years), breaking the record of 12 years set by England.^[26]
• India also became the first team to win the T20 World Cup unbeaten.^[27]

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