Team India won its third match in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026. Team India, which is trying to become T20 World Champion for the first time after winning the ODI World Cup, remains in the race on the basis of this victory. After starting the tournament with 2 consecutive wins, the Indian team, which lost one match, this time defeated Bangladesh by 5 wickets. This victory made the path somewhat easier for Team India to reach the semi-finals, where its competition continues with South Africa.
In this World Cup, the Indian team is a part of Group-1, where apart from it there are also teams like Australia and South Africa. Team India has played 4 matches so far in this group, in which the fourth match was against Bangladesh. in this match Team India beat Bangladesh Was restricted to 136 runs and then achieved the target in 16.5 overs and won by 5 wickets. This is Team India's third win in 4 matches of the group stage, due to which it remains firmly in the race for the semi-finals.
See the latest status of the points table of Women's T20 World Cup 2026 here
Team India now has 6 points but it is still not certain that it will reach the semi-finals, rather the path for the team is still difficult. This is because Team India is now facing Australia in its last group match, which has already almost confirmed its victory in the semi-finals by winning all four matches. Now if Team India has to reach the semi-finals, then it will have to defeat Australia at any cost, which will not be easy.
Nevertheless, if Team India wins this match then its chances of reaching the semi-finals will be stronger. In such a situation, the decision may rest on net run rate. Actually, South Africa has played 3 matches, out of which it has won 2. One of these wins came against Team India only. Now only 2 matches are left and both these matches are against weak teams like Netherlands and Bangladesh, in which South Africa's victory is considered certain.
Now if Team India beats Australia in the last match and South Africa also wins both its matches, then all three teams will have 8 points each. In such a situation, the talk will come on net run rate and Australia and India can benefit here. In terms of net run rate, Australia (4.724) is at the lead, while India (2.268) is at second place. Whereas South Africa (-0.546) is currently far behind. Now if South Africa wins both the matches by a big margin then this race will become interesting.
But the matter may stop even before reaching the net run rate, if Team India loses in its last match. If South Africa wins both the matches, it will have 8 points and if it loses to Australia, Team India will be out with 6 points. In such a situation, Team India will have to defeat Australia at any cost but at the same time it will also have to pray that just before the match on June 28, Bangladesh pulls some upsets and defeats South Africa. If India and South Africa lose their respective last matches, then the talk will come to NRR, where the Indian team is looking strong at the moment.
