Meet the fantastic four as they eye for glory

The four semi-finalists have already emerged in the form of Pakistan, England, Australia, and New Zealand as the ICC T20 World Cup approaches its climactic stage with some action-packed cricket in the coming days.

The curtains of the mega event's knockout stage will be raised with hot-favourites England taking on New Zealand on November 10 in Abu Dhabi, followed by high-flying Pakistan locking horns with Australia in Dubai on November 11.  The world cup's Super 12 stage had witnessed a lot of intense, dramatic duels where apart from Pakistan, the only Asian representative and the only unbeaten side in the semis, the other three teams had to wait till the last moment to confirm their semi-finals berth. It has been a phenomenal tournament so far for the Babar Azam-led Pakistan side as they kicked off their campaign with a thumping ten-wicket win over India and in the process had secured their maiden win against their archrivals in the shortest format at a world event.

The Men in Green, who had their home series against New Zealand and England canceled due to security reasons prior to the mega event, played a ruthless brand of cricket throughout their group stage matches and thus proved a point to the world, in accordance to how the Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ramiz Raza alongside country's Prime Minister Imran Khan and cricket legends had urged.

New Zealand qualified behind Pakistan in Group 2 and had also displayed brilliance to confirm their semi-final spot on their last group stage game against Afghanistan with a win, which had forced the exit of big guns of India out of world cup for the first time before the knockout stages, and consequently had turned their final group match against Namibia into a dead rubber. The two successive defeats at the hands of Pakistan and New Zealand did all the damage for Virat Kohli and his troops from the onset, and despite big-margin wins against Afghanistan and Scotland in the latter matches, there was no turning back for the Men in Blues.

In Group 1, England never looked like settling for a runners-up place from day one and they eventually topped the group ahead of the Aussies, who edged past South Africa, all on the basis of net run-rate.

England, the number one ranked side in the world, had displayed sheer dominance so far while riding on their modern, aggressive brand of cricket, with their opener Jos Buttler adding the cherry on top after striking the only century of the ongoing event against Sri Lanka. The wicket-keeper batsman is now the only English batter to have scored three figures in all three formats. Eoin Morgan and his troop, however, have some injury concerns where pacer Tymal Mills is unlikely to take part in the semi-final and opener Jason Roy already ruled out with a torn calf muscle.

Last but not the least, Australia also have been no less than impressive by any means, aside from their thumping defeat over England. Aaron Finch-led Aussie side went on to register convincing wins over South Africa and Sri Lanka and were a class apart against West Indies and Bangladesh, the two games which elevated their net run-rate and eventually confirmed the once-mighty Aussies for a chance at glory.