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T20 World Cup: Vaughan criticizes semi-final schedule, says it is ‘biased towards India, unfair to others’

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New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has criticised the scheduling of the T20 World Cup semi-finals, alleging that the entire tournament is being planned to favour India and is “unfair” to other teams.

In the first semi-final of the tournament in Tarouba on Thursday, South Africa outclassed Afghanistan by nine wickets to advance to the final, ending their historic campaign in the tournament.

Vaughan claimed that the Afghanistan final should have been scheduled in Guyana, where India will face defending champions England later in the day.

“This semi probably should have been the Guyana semi… but since the whole event is geared towards India, it’s so unfair to the others…” Vaughan wrote on X.

Vaughan earlier said Afghanistan had not had enough time to prepare for their first-ever semi-final due to flight and travel delays.

“So Afghanistan qualify for the World Championship semi-final in St Vincent on Monday evening. 4 hour flight delay on Tuesday in Trinidad, so no time to train or get used to a new place.. total lack of respect towards the players, I’m afraid #T20WorldCup2024”, he posted on X.

The Afghan batsmen faltered against the Proteas’ formidable bowling attack led by pacers Marco Jansen (three wickets), Kagiso Rabada (two wickets) and Anrich Nortje (two wickets) while Tabraiz Shamsi returned with the figures of 3- 6 in his 1.5 overs to bowl out Afghanistan for 56/10 in 11.5 overs.

In the chase, Reeza Hendricks (29*) and captain Aiden Markram (23*) led their team to a convincing nine-wicket victory to book a title clash with the winner of the second semi-final between the India and England at Providence Stadium.

Undefeated South Africa have a chance to win their first limited-overs World Cup title in Bridgetown on Saturday, June 29 (IST).

–IANS

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