Story bySahil MalhotraSun, March 1, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC·6 min readTimesofIndia. com in Kolkata: Fifty matches across India and Sri Lanka are complete, and only one team has remained unbeaten through both the Super 8 and group stages of the T20 World Cup. With six wins from as many games, the Aiden Markram-led South Africa are the only side yet to taste defeat, and Sunday will finalise the semi-final line-up for the games in Kolkata and Mumbai. Two-time champions India and West Indies are vying for that one available slot, and everything will be on the line at the iconic Eden Gardens on Sunday. It is a situation India, the pre-tournament runaway favourites, were not expected to be in, but the nature of the beast, the T20 format, is such that even the best are not spared.