Is This An End To New Zealand's T20 World Cup Campaign?

Is this the end of the road for New Zealand in the T20 World Cup 2024? New Zealand was already hurt by the drubbing they received at the hands of Afghanistan a week ago.

New Zealand Loses Two In a Row

Coming into the second game they were up against a rampant West Indian side playing as the favorite team of the tournament and as the hosts too, with Rovman Powell already stating that the pressure is on New Zealand to win this game, Powell already started playing mind games with New Zealand to instill some pressure.

As Was the case New Zealand failed to chase a total of 150, losing the game by 13 runs, their second loss on the bounce. With this loss, New Zealand is just managing to breathe.

What are the permutations and combinations for New Zealand to qualify after 2nd game, we will discuss all of it here.

New Zealand Qualification Scenarios

Group C Remaining Matches

June 14, Afghanistan vs PNG

June 15, New Zealand vs Uganda

June 17, New Zealand vs PNG

June 18, West Indies vs Afghanistan

New Zealand currently are at the bottom of the table with 2 losses on the bounce. Their campaign is in jeopardy of coming to a premature end in this edition of the T20 World Cup. The Kiwis now not only have to win their remaining two games against PNG and Uganda but by a big margin to stake a claim, as well as they need to hope that Afghanistan loses both their remaining games to PNG and Uganda. However, New Zealand even if they win their two games, they won't be able to get their favorite result as Afghanistan plays the game in Group C they would know the combinations beforehand, even though a win for Afghanistan will anyway close the door on New Zealand.