According to a communication circulated by the International Cricket Council to stakeholders after the Super Eight line-up was confirmed, the semi-final venues are subject to specific conditions that were not entirely clear in the tournament schedule released last November.

Under the revised clarification, the R. Premadasa Stadium will host a semi-final if Sri Lanka qualify and are drawn against any team other than India, provided Pakistan do not also reach the last four. In such a scenario, Colombo would stage the match instead of India.

However, the permutations grow more intricate from there.

The ICC has reaffirmed that if neither Sri Lanka nor Pakistan make the semi-finals, the original venue allocation remains intact: one semi-final in Kolkata and the other in Mumbai. India, if they advance, are slated to play in Mumbai regardless of opposition — except in the event of a high-profile clash against Pakistan. In that case, the fixture would be shifted to Colombo.