Womens T20 World Cup: India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Despite this victory, India’s problems still remain. It is difficult to reach the semi-finals. The Indian team could have made this problem easy by defeating Pakistan by a big margin, but it did not happen. This means that India will now not only have to win most of its matches, but will also have to hope that New Zealand or Australia lose their matches and lose by a big margin so that the run rate math can also be solved.
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The entire equation of India reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup now seems to be stuck on the net run rate. Let’s understand this in detail. India’s team is in Group A in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are also in this group. Except Sri Lanka, all the teams have won one match each. In this way, along with India, New Zealand, Australia and Pakistan also have two points each in the point table. Out of these, the top-2 teams of the group will qualify for the semi-finals.
India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka lost one match each
Australia and New Zealand have played only one match each. Teams of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have played two matches each, in which they have lost one and won one. In this way Australia or New Zealand are in a better position. One of these teams can reach 8 points. The rest of the teams will be able to reach a maximum of 6 points.
Matches against Sri Lanka and Australia are remaining
The Indian team has lost its first match against New Zealand and has defeated Pakistan in the second match. In such a situation, if India has to reach 6 points, then it will have to win both its remaining matches. India now has matches against Sri Lanka on 9 October and Australia on 13 October. Defeat in even one of these will mean that the Indian team will again be dependent on luck.
India’s net run rate is negative
If the Indian team defeats Sri Lanka and Australia, then it will have 6 points. But there is every possibility that New Zealand or Australia will also get 6 or more points. In such a case, the semi-final spot will be decided by the net run rate. Currently, India’s net run rate is -1.217. New Zealand (2.900), Australia (1.908) and Pakistan (0.555) have better run rates than India. Sri Lanka (-1.667) has the lowest net run rate and its account has not even been opened yet.
Where did India go wrong?
India and Pakistan played a match on Sunday, 6 October. Pakistan gave India a target of 106 runs in this match. India won by losing 4 wickets in 18.5 overs. India got two points from this victory, but there was not much difference in the net run rate. If India had defeated Pakistan in 11.2 overs, its net run rate would have become positive, but Harmanpreet Kaur‘s team could not do so.
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