Women’s T20 World Cup: India stuck in semi-final battle, Pakistan spoils the equation, know the complete mathematics

New Delhi. India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the Women’s T20 World Cup. But despite this victory, India’s problems remain. It is difficult to reach the semi-finals. The Indian team could have made this problem easier 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 mathematics of run rate can be solved.

The entire equation of India reaching the semi-finals in the Women’s T20 World Cup now seems to be stuck on the net run rate. Let us understand this in detail. The Indian team is in Group A in the Women’s T20 World Cup. There are also teams from Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 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 have two points each in the points table. Let us tell you here that the top two teams of the group will qualify for the semi-finals.

Australia and New Zealand have played only one match each. The teams of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have played two matches each, in which they have lost one and won one each. In this way, one team from Australia or New Zealand can reach maximum 8 points. The remaining teams can reach a maximum of 6 points.

The Indian team has lost its first match to New Zealand. In such a situation, if India wants to reach 6 points then it will have to win both its remaining matches. India now has a match against Sri Lanka on 9 October and Australia on 13 October.

If the Indian team defeats Sri Lanka and Australia, it will get 6 points. But there is every possibility that New Zealand or Australia may also have 6 or more points. In such a situation, the semi-final match will be decided on the net run rate. At present India’s net run rate is -1.217. The run rates of New Zealand (2.900), Australia (1.908) and Pakistan (0.555) are better 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?
The match between India and Pakistan took place on Sunday, 6 October. Pakistan gave India a target of 106 runs in this match. India achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 18.5 overs. With this victory, India got two points, 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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