Australia will have to win against the West Indies if they want to be on track to booking their semis spot in the ICC men’s T20 World Cup. The Super 12 group 2 match will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Australia, after losing to arch-rivals England, bounced back in style, beating Bangladesh by a record 8-wicket margin. Owing to this victory, their net run rate increased from -0.627 to +1.031.

However, a win may not be enough for the Aaron Finch-led side to book a last-four berth if the Proteas manage to beat the Englishmen by a margin that would better their NRR than Australia’s in Saturday’s another Group 1 match in Sharjah.

If the Australian team is lucky, they book their semis spot if England beat South Africa, making it five out of five in group 1.

So, there’s a lot at stake for both Australia and South Africa. In the points table, Australia are currently occupying the second spot ahead of the Proteas by virtue of better NRR in the Group 1 table.

Australia, the 2010 runners-up, had made their last semi-final appearance in 2012 when they were eliminated by the eventual champions West Indies.

Australia are peaking at the right time in their bid to win their only missing title.

Their bowling attack came to the fore in their eight-wicket win over Bangladesh that came with 82 balls to spare — the highest T20I win between two Full Member teams.

As for the batter, they would want them to find their form back and get in the groove against a misfiring Windies.

The Teams (from)

Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Swepson.

West Indies: Kieron Pollard (c), Nicholas Pooran, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr.

The match starts at 3.30pm IST.