New Delhi. India and Australia are facing each other today in their last league match of the Women's T20 World Cup. It is very important for Team India to win this match to remain in the race for the semi-finals. Australia team has entered the semi-finals from Group A, while the fight for the second place team is between India and New Zealand. New Zealand has presented a difficult challenge for India by defeating Sri Lanka in its third match. With this win, New Zealand's net run rate has improved but it is still below India. India and New Zealand have played three matches and both have 4 points each from two wins. In such a situation, the question arises whether the Indian team will reach the semi-finals by winning its last league match from Australia? So it is not so.
The race for the semi-finals has become exciting with New Zealand's victory over Sri Lanka. If India beats Australia (IND vs AUS) then it will get 6 points. If New Zealand also beats Pakistan in its last match, then it will also get 6 points. After this the matter will get stuck on net run rate. In this situation the Indian team can win. Because India's net run rate is better than New Zealand. The net run rate of the Indian team is 0.576 while the net run rate of New Zealand is 0.282. The current champion Australian team is sitting on the top of the points table of the group with 6 points after winning its first three matches. His net run rate is 2.786.
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This is the way to reach the semi-finals
The second equation is that if the Australian team defeats India and the New Zealand team wins its last match against Pakistan, then it will reach the semi-finals with six points. Then there will be no issue of net run rate. Apart from this, if the teams of India and New Zealand lose their last match then the matter will come down to net run rate. During this time, Pakistan team will also get 4 points but it will have to defeat New Zealand by a big margin so that its net run rate comes in plus. Because Pakistani team has 2 points and its net run rate is -0.488.
Only victory over Australia is not necessary for India to reach the semi-finals
Overall, it can be said that victory over Australia is not enough for India to secure the semi-final ticket, but it will also have to depend on the results of the match between New Zealand and Pakistan. If New Zealand loses to Pakistan, India will easily get a ticket to the semi-finals with six points. Then Pakistan will not be able to reach the semi-finals even after winning. Because despite winning against New Zealand, it will still have only 4 points.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 13, 2024, 06:40 IST
