Women T20 WC Semi-Final Scenario: After Losing To Australia, Team India Is Dependent On Pakistan; How Will It Play The Semi-Final, This Interesting Equation Has Been Formed
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New Delhi. Indian cricket team will now have to rely on luck to reach the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup. A fter losing to Australia, the Indian team shot itself in the foot. With this defeat, India has 4 points from 2 matches and is in second place above New Zealand in Group A based on a better net run rate. New Zealand also has four points from 2 wins, but its net run rate is less than India’s. The Indian team will pray for Pakistan’s victory in the Pakistan vs New Zealand match on Monday, the net run rate of which is minus. If Pakistan is prosperous in defeating New Zealand, India will easily reach the semi-finals with a better run rate. India’s net run rate is 0.322, while New Zealand’s is 0.282. If Pakistan defeats New Zealand by 53 or more runs, it will leave India and New Zealand behind and go to the semi-finals.
India started the World Cup with a defeat. In the first match, New Zealand defeated them by 58 runs, which caused Team India’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals to suffer a significant setback. After this, India defeated Pakistan and Sri Lanka and returned to the winning track. But after losing in the last over against world champion Australia in a do-or-die match, its hopes of reaching the semi-finals have again suffered a significant setback.
All eyes will be on the New Zealand vs Pakistan match.
Defending champions, Australia tried to spoil India’s chances of entering the final four by defeating them by nine runs. Now, Team India will be keeping an eye on the last league match of Group A between New Zealand and Pakistan on Monday. New Zealand is in third place below India with 4 points, while Pakistan’s team is in fourth place with 2 points.
These are the exciting equations to make it to the semi-finals from Group A.
If New Zealand defeats Pakistan, then the Indian team will be out. And the teams of Australia and New Zealand will reach the semi-finals from the group. If Pakistan defeats New Zealand by a significant margin, then the issue of net run rate will get stuck between New Zealand and India. The Pakistani team will get India a ticket to the semi-finals in such a situation because the net run rate of the Kiwi team is less than India’s. If Pakistan wins comfortably, India, Pakistan, and New Zealand’s net run rates will be considered. In this situation, all three teams will have equal 4-4 points. In such a situation, the Indian team will get a ticket to the semi-finals based on a better net run rate.
Incredible drama in the last over… 5 wickets were left… 14 runs were needed in 6 balls. Still, the Indian team lost.
New Delhi. India has suffered a heartbreaking defeat against Australia. Team India could not score 14 runs in 6 balls while its five wickets were safe. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also stood at one end by scoring a half-century. On the other hand, India lost four wickets in the last over. Australia entered the semi-finals with pride, winning its last league match of the Women’s T20 World Cup by nine runs. On the other hand, to reach the semi-finals, India will now have to depend on the result of the match between Pakistan and New Zealand on Monday.
Chasing the target of 152 runs, the Indian team could only score 142 runs for 9 wickets. It suffered the first blow at a score of 26. Opener Shefali Verma was sent to the pavilion by Ashley Gardner with a score of 20. After this, Smriti Mandhana also returned to the pavilion with a score of 39. Mandhana scored six runs. India lost the wicket of Jemima Rodrigues at a score of 47. Jemima returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs. Deepti Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur handled the innings, and both batsmen scored 110. Deepti was out after playing an innings of 29 runs, while Richa Ghosh was run out after scoring one run. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored the highest 54 runs.
Australia scored 151 runs for eight wickets
Earlier, Australia batted first in the Group A match played in Sharjah and scored 151 runs for eight wickets. Five players reached double figures for Australia, in which opener Grace Harris was the top scorer with 40 runs. Acting captain Tahlia McGrath and Elise Parry scored 32-32 runs. Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma took two wickets for India, while Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, and Radha Yadav got one wicket each.
Renuka Singh took two consecutive wickets.
Australia, who came to bat after winning the toss, got two shocks in the third over itself. Indian bowler Renuka Singh gave Australia a good start by taking two wickets on the fourth and fifth balls of the third over. Beth Mooney (02) was out while trying to play Renuka’s length ball from the back. All-rounder Radha Yadav did excellent fielding and made an incredible catch at the backward point. Renuka did not let Georgia Wareham open her account on the next ball by getting her out LBW. In this way, Australia’s score in the third over was 17 runs for two wickets. But after this, McGrath and opener Grace Harris shared 62 runs for the third wicket.
Harris-McGrath added 54 runs.
Harris and McGrath played cautiously and increased the run rate. Both made a half-century partnership in 54 balls. McGrath was stumped on the ball of Radha Yadav, who scored 32 runs in 26 balls with four fours. Shortly, Deepti Sharma also ended Harris’ innings, and Australia lost its fourth wicket at 92 runs. Australia had just completed a century of runs when Ashleigh Gardner (06) got caught by Radha on a short ball from Pooja Vastrakar. Perry added 32 runs in 23 balls with two fours and a six. But she became Deepti’s second victim. Annabel Sutherland (10 runs) and Phoebe Litchfield (15 not out) helped the team reach 150 runs.
The Indian team came out with one change.
The Indian team made one change in the playing eleven, including Pooja Vastrakar in place of S Sajna. But just before the match started, India had to make another change as Asha Shobhana got injured during practice, which gave Radha Yadav a place in the playing eleven. Australian team captain Alyssa Healy did not play in this match due to an injury. The team made two changes and included Grace Harris and Darcy Brown in the playing eleven.
