Olympics 2028: In the World Cup, Australia has not qualified for the Super 8,and they have been knocked out of the group stage only.
Australia’s Men’s T20 team suffered an unexpected early exit from the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup, failing to advance past the group stage, a shock result given the team’s traditional strength.
This exit has sparked debate about whether Australia might lose automatic qualification for the Olympic tournament.
If New-Zealand reaches the semi-final of the World Cup then Australia will not get the privilege to qualify directly for the LA 2028 Olympics.
New-Zealand will upgrade it’s ranking if they reach the semi-final and Australia will come down in the ranking.
The loss against the underdogs teams like Sri-Lanka and Zimbabwe made them exit from the World Cup and also broke several records.
Zimbabwe defeated Australia by 23 runs in their Group B match marking Zimbabwe’s first win over Australia at a T20 World Cup in 19 years.
Blessing Muzarabani recorded figures of 4 wickets for 17 runs one of the best bowling performances by a Zimbabwe bowler in T20 World Cup history.
Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 100 against Australia one of the rare T20 World Cup centuries for Sri Lanka.
It was a commanding performance, helping Sri Lanka chase down Australia’s total with eight wickets in hand.
Australia entered the tournament as one of the favorites. With a history of lifting ICC trophies and handling high-pressure moments better than most, expectations were sky-high.
But all it turned out to be a disaster performance from the Kangaroo’s.
Many Critics and Experts believe that Australia’s downfall begin when Mitchell Marsh kept his feet on the ODI World Cup Trophy in 2023 and since then Australia’s time is not with them.
They lost against India in 2024 T20I World Cup Group Stage.
Loss the Semi-Final Against India in 2025 Champions Trophy.
Loss the Final of World Test Championship Against South Africa.
Got 2 Whitewashes Against Pakistan and South Africa in bilateral series.
And currently couldn’t qualify for the super 8 as well.
