New Delhi: Rain is disturbing a lot in the T20 World Cup 2022 being played in Australia. So far many matches have had to be canceled due to rain. Today i.e. on 28 October also the match between Afghanistan and Ireland (AFG vs IRE) was to be held, but this match had to be canceled due to rain. Due to which now many big changes have also been seen in the Points Table.
Ireland ahead in the Points Table
The match between Afghanistan and Ireland was to be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), but due to rain, the toss could not even be done and the match was canceled. Due to this, one point is divided equally between both the teams. At the same time, Ireland have taken a big leap due to getting a point. Now the Irish team is sitting at number two in the points table. This team now has three points.
Will England or Australia end the day sitting at the top of the Group 1 standings?#T20WorldCup , #AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/F3TvduN7HC
— ICC (@ICC) October 28, 2022
Bad condition of England-Australia
For this reason, Ireland has overtaken Sri Lanka along with England and Australia in the points table. However, the New Zealand team is still in the first place with three points in Group 1. The six teams in Group 1 are England, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Ireland and Afghanistan. This was Ireland’s third match against Afghanistan today. Earlier, Ireland had defeated England by 5 runs in their second match. This match was also won by Ireland due to rain.
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ENG was defeated by 5 runs
Actually, this match between Ireland and England was played in Melbourne itself. At that time, Ireland had scored 157 runs while batting first. After which it started raining during England’s innings. However, England played a few overs. Then when the match was halted due to rain, England were five runs behind the score which should have been scored according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule. After which Ireland defeated England. Ireland had lost to Sri Lanka in their first match.