Former India player Aakash Chopra has added that Australia are hoping for a miracle to stay in the T20 World Cup 2026 as well. He also added that Australia will be knocked out if Zimbabwe beat Ireland in their third Group B game in Pallekele on Tuesday, February 17 as well. However, Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets in a T20 World Cup 2026 Group B match in Pallekele on Monday, February 16 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Australia’s tata bye-bye is about to happen. They are waiting for kudrat ka nizam. That was our neighbor’s job, but New Zealand’s neighbors are doing that job now, because they lost to Zimbabwe and have lost to Sri Lanka. If Zimbabwe beat Ireland this afternoon, they (Australia) will play the last match only for formality against Oman.”

“You have won only one match. You can reach only four points. You can’t even reach six. Your last match is against Oman for sure, but Zimbabwe are already sitting on four points and Sri Lanka have already qualified with six points. If Zimbabwe beat Ireland in Pallekele, that’s it. They will reach six points and Australia can’t reach six points,” he shared.

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However, Aakash Chopra also added that Australia came into the T20 World Cup 2026 with potentially their weakest-ever seam-bowling attack.

“I have never seen an Australian bowling attack weaker than this in any World Cup. It is weak in capital letters because that trio of fast bowlers, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, all three are not there. Starc has retired and the other two are injured. Whether it’s Xavier Bartlett, Sean Abbott or Nathan Ellis, who is decent, but it’s a massive difference. If we talk about spinners, Adam Zampa is decent, but who is the other – Matthew Kuhnemann, Cooper Connolly or Glenn Maxwell – not good enough,” he stated.

“However, the question is not about their bowling being bad. The batting is fine. Xavier Bartlett comes to bat at No. 9 for this team. People will get scared if I start naming their batting lineup. You had to score 170 runs against Zimbabwe and you lost the match by 20-odd runs. You scored six runs in the last two overs against Sri Lanka, and your four guys got out,” Aakash Chopra concluded.