2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage was 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 played at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on 29 June.

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. 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. 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. 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.

The match officials for the semi-finals were announced on 25 June 2024.

Qualification

On 23 June 2024, England became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating United States at Kensington Oval. 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. On 24 June 2024, India became the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Australia at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground and will play in Semi-final 2 as pre allocated by ICC. Later on the same day, Afghanistan became the last team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Stadium.

Venues

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

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Afghanistan played in their maiden final but was bowled out 56 in 11.5 overs posting their lowest T20I score. In the second innings, South Africa managed to chase it down in only 8.5 overs while losing only one wicket to Fazalhaq Farooqi. South Africa's Marco Jansen was awarded with the Player of the match award. South Africa qualified for their maiden World Cup final as a result of this match.

Semi-final 2

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. 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. Indian spinner Axar Patel was awarded with the Player of the match award. India qualified for their third T20 World Cup final after previously having won the tournament in 2007 and being runner-up in 2014.

Final

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