Semi finals are set: India-NZ and South Africa-Australia. For some reason Pakistan lost to hapless England to send NZ through so no NRR calculatio s were needed, and once again NZ squeak through to play a heavily favored India just like in 2019. Here's hoping that all the pressure of being the favourite at home gets to India and underdog NZ can do just enough to get by as they so often do! South Africa are favourites over Aus but they have a reputation of choking in big games while the Aussies tend to be the opposite. Will SA exorcise the ghosts of tournaments past (particularly 1999)? Will India hold their nerve in front of immense public scrutiny?
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