Women T20 World Cup 2024: India can still reach semi-finals after loss against Australia?

The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has taken a sharp turn for the Indian team, who were leading the standing charts. On 13th October (Sunday), India Women lost their game by 9 runs against Australia Women in Sharjah Cricket Stadium. This loss decreased the chances for the Indian team to reach the semi-finals this year with a little probability. 

Read below and learn how India can still reach the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 semi-finals even after they lost the match against Australia last Sunday. 

IND vs AUS Women's T20 Game

In the Australia Women vs India Women match, the former won the game with 9 runs last Sunday. Both teams belong to Group A in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. With the win, Australia became the first team from Group A to reach the semi-finals. 

As per the rules, two squads from each group reach the semi-final. The New Zealand vs Pakistan Women’s game today 14th October (Monday) will decide the second semi-finalist of Group A in this tournament. This latter game is scheduled at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Australia Women vs India Women Match

On 13th October (Sunday), India Women lost their game by 9 runs against Australia Women in Sharjah Cricket Stadium. This loss decreased the chances for the Indian team to reach the semi-finals this year with a little probability. 

Harmanpreet Kaur leads the Indian Women’s team who are still hoping to get a spot in the semi-final stage of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. After Australia became the first team to reach the semi-final from Group A, the match between Women New Zealand and Women Pakistan will be the decisive game for the second team to the next stage. 

The last over of the Australia women vs India women was a crucial encounter in which Annabel Sutherland from Australia successfully defended 14 runs. Harmanpreet’s efforts to make 54 runs in 47 balls for the team were wasted. 

How India can still reach the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-finals?

For Group A, only one game is left in which New Zealand Women and Pakistan Women will partake. This game is scheduled for 14th October (Monday) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The outcome of this game will decide the second semi-finalist of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 from Group A.  

India still has a little probability of reaching the semi-final stage if the Women Pakistan defeat Women New Zealand today. If W-NZ wins the game against W-PAK, the former will become the second team to reach the semi-final of this tournament. 

India-W, New Zealand-W, & Pakistan-W Points and NRR Difference

Women India has 4 points in four games and Women New Zealand has 4 points in three. The IND-W has better NRR than NZ-W. Women Pakistan has 2 Points in three games. The PAK-W can compete with NZ-W to get a 3-point tie today. 

The Pakistan Women can reach the semi-finals in this tournament only if they can defeat the New Zealand Women with a huge margin of 9.1 overs or 53 runs. For this, the team needs to make 150 runs in their first innings total. 

Conclusion

The blog covers all the details of Women India’s probability of reaching the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final stage. This depends on today’s game between Women New Zealand and Women Pakistan, the other 2 teams of Group A. If you liked the information, bookmark our site and stay updated with current sports news.