I won’t totally dismiss England’s chances. Their batsmen are suspect against spin for sure but it’s not like they cannot play spin at all. They had one very bad game against India just like we had one bad game against Australia (3rd T20I)
Don’t forget England has a 70% success record against Pakistan in T20Is I would not want to face them in the semis
I cannot believe how all the group winners ended up in ONE super 8 group. Can someone tell me please?
The groups were selected prior to the tournament. Why exactly? To put SL in a more tamed group? Actually it's a good thing for us. We look for every opportunity to sit back and chill, rather go into a self-destructive mode, this way we won't be able to. :D
The identities of A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1 and D2 were decided according to seedings and were in place before the group stage began. So India Was A2 and England A1 no matter what position they finished in as long as both qualified. Among other reasons, this helps travelling fans know at which venue their team will play in the Super Eights. Had Afghanistan beat both India and England and qualified first, they would have taken the identity of the team that did not make it from Group A: A2 if India had failed to qualify, and A1 had England been knocked out.
