The Indian team captained by Harmanpreet Kaur is back on the winning track in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Team India has made a great comeback after the close defeat against South Africa. India has registered a big win by defeating Bangladesh by 5 wickets. Despite poor fielding and some problems in batting, the Indian team managed to win the match. With this victory, India's path to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup has become a little easier.
India had made a great start in the tournament by defeating Pakistan and Netherlands. But the defeat at the hands of South Africa in the third match made the path to the semi-finals difficult. Now with the win over Bangladesh, the equation has improved a bit for Harmanpreet Kaur's team. The next match of the Indian women's team will be against six-time champions Australia on June 28 at Lord's. If India wins this match, it will be almost certain that it will reach the semi-finals. But if the team loses, the dream of the semi-finals may almost be shattered.
At present, Australia is on top in 'Group A' with 8 points from 4 matches. At the same time, both India and South Africa have scored 6 points each with three wins and one loss in 4 matches and are at second and third position respectively. Bangladesh is at fourth position with 4 points from 4 matches with two wins and two losses.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. Australia's net run rate is +4.724, which is fantastic. India's net run rate is +2.268, while South Africa's is +0.734.
If the Indian team beats Australia, then both India and Australia will reach the semi-finals. If India loses and South Africa beats Bangladesh in the match to be held on June 28, the South African team will reach the semi-finals. Another scenario is that if India loses to Australia by a very narrow margin and South Africa also loses to Bangladesh, then India may have a chance of reaching the semi-finals on the basis of better net run rate.
