Women's T20 World Cup: Did Team India's journey end after losing to New Zealand? Click here to learn the equation for the semi-finals.
Team India lost badly in the very first match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. In the match held in Dubai on Friday, October 4, the New Zealand team defeated India by 58 runs. After this defeat, Team India's journey in the tournament is almost considered over. The hope of reaching the semi-finals looks very low. On the other hand, this defeat has once again reopened the wounds of the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup. At that time too, the New Zealand team had defeated India in the first match of the tournament on the same ground. After this, Team India could not reach the semi-finals.
After the defeat against New Zealand, Team India's journey is almost over. The biggest reason is India's huge defeat. New Zealand scored 160 runs while batting first, in response to which Team India somehow managed to score 102 runs and faced a huge defeat by 58 runs. Due to this, the Indian team has gone to the bottom of the points table. Also, the net run rate has become very bad. Team India is currently at number 5 in Group A with an NRR of -2.900 without any points.
The journey of the Indian team is also considered to be over because now there are only 3 matches left and it has become necessary to win all three matches. In these matches, the team has to first face Pakistan on 6 October. On 9 October, there will be a clash with Sri Lanka, which defeated Team India in the final of the Asia Cup. On 13 October, the Indian team will play against Australia, which is a 6-time champion and often dominates.
For Team India, the road to the semi-finals has become very difficult at the moment. If the Indian team loses any of the remaining 3 matches, then its progress will depend on the results of the other teams. But if it has to reach the semi-finals by remaining in the top-2 of the group, then the simple solution is that the Indian team should win all the remaining matches.
The next match is against Pakistan on Sunday 6 October. Pakistan team is at second place with 2 points and a net run rate of +1.550 after defeating Sri Lanka by 31 runs. If India manages to defeat them by a big margin, then the net run rate can improve. However, the Indian team has done this in the Asia Cup but it will not be easy in this tournament. The team will have a chance to improve the net run rate even after defeating Sri Lanka. If the team manages to win and improve NRR in these two matches, then the path to the semi-finals will become easy.