T20 World Cup: Pakistan vs Australia, India vs South Africa on Oct. 2

After being defeated by India in their second Super Eights match, Pakistan is in a critical do or die situation as they will face Australia in their last Super Eight match in World Twenty 20 in Colombo while India will take on South Africa on Oct. 2, 2012.

The Pakistan vs Australia match will begin at 3.30 pm and India vs South Africa at 7.30 pm according to Indian Standard Time.

The fight for the second semi-final slot from Group 2 is indeed intriguing as both India and Pakistan have a fair chance of making their place in the semis, with the Aussies enjoying a healthy run-rate of +1.712.

In case Pakistan (-0.426), who are a shade better than India (-0.452) in terms of net run-rate happen to win against Australia, Dhoni and his men will then have to win comprehensively against the South Africans in order to make it to the last four.

South Africa have lost both their matches in contrasting manners, a close defeat against Pakistan and a comprehensive one against Australia.

Even if South Africa win on Tuesday, it is an unlikely proposition for AB de Villiers's side to seal a semi-final berth as their inferior run-rate (-0.605) at this stage of the tournament makes their case weak.