INDW vs SLW: New Zealand's big defeat changed the picture, Team Harmanpreet got hope, now the mathematics of semi-finals is becoming like this

Team Harmanpreet Kaur has got big hopes for the semi-finals before the important match to be played against Sri Lanka on Wednesday in the Women's T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2024) being played in Dubai. And this hope has been raised by New Zealand's crushing 60-run defeat at the hands of Australia on Tuesday. The same New Zealand team had given a huge blow to India by losing by 58 runs in its first match, but now the defeat at the hands of Australia has established the balance. And from here a path seems to be opening for India to reach the semi-finals. Now, it remains to be seen how far the Indian team can capitalize on this.

On Tuesday, Australia had scored 148 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs against New Zealand. In response, the Kiwi team surprisingly got bundled out for 88 runs in 19.2 overs. After this the picture of the points table has completely changed. After the defeat of the New Zealand team on Tuesday, the Kiwi team is now at third position in the points table with two points from 2 matches with one win and one loss. Due to this defeat, Pakistan, a much weaker team, has come to second place because its net run-rate (0.56) is in +. At the same time, India is at number four because despite defeating Pakistan, its net run-rate (-1.22) is very bad after losing to New Zealand by 58 runs in the first match, but now after New Zealand's defeat at the hands of Australia, it is The window of hope is open.

Now India's semi-final mathematics is like this

At present the Indian team is at fourth position, but it still has two matches left to play. If Team Harmanpreet beats Sri Lanka on Wednesday, it will become the second team in Group A with four points. And if after this, if Indian girls defeat Australia in the last match of the league in the match to be played in Sharjah on October 13, then their chances of reaching the semi-finals will become much stronger. But in such a situation, it will also have to take care of the net run-rate and for this it is important that the Indian girls beat Sri Lanka by a big margin because their last match is against the strong Australia. At the same time, another defeat for New Zealand will make their path much easier, but New Zealand's remaining two matches are also against comparatively weak Sri Lanka and Pakistan. In such a situation, the women's team will have to play keeping in mind New Zealand, the biggest obstacle in its path.