NEW DELHI: India opened their account within the Girls’s T20 World Cup with a nervy six-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday. Regardless of a modest goal of 106 runs, India chased it down in 18.5 overs, inserting them fourth within the Group A standings.
India’s hopes of reaching the semifinals suffered a serious setback following their crushing 58-run defeat to New Zealand within the opening match on Friday.
Solely two groups from every group will advance to the semi-finals.
What India have to do to qualify for semis
For India to advance to the semifinal, they need to safe victories towards Sri Lanka and Australia of their upcoming matches. Moreover, they should concentrate on profitable by substantial margins to enhance their run charge, which suffered after shedding to New Zealand.
Defeating Australia will probably be a difficult process for the Girls in Blue, however the enjoying situations would possibly give them a slight benefit. If India emerge victorious in all their remaining video games and New Zealand handle to beat Australia, each India and New Zealand ought to progress to the semifinals.
Nevertheless, if Australia triumph in all their matches, together with the one towards India, then the Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect must depend on Sri Lanka and Pakistan defeating New Zealand of their remaining encounters. On this state of affairs, India would have two wins, assuming they beat Sri Lanka, together with Pakistan, whereas New Zealand could be restricted to a single victory.
The group with a superior run-rate between India and Pakistan would then safe a spot within the semifinals. Because the match progresses and all groups have performed a minimal of three video games, extra qualification eventualities would possibly come up, offering extra readability on the scenario.
