India’s third ICC Women’s T20 World Cup group stage match will be against Ireland.
In their concluding game of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, India will take on Ireland.
India’s loss to England in the current ICC T20 World Cup has not eliminated their chances of earning a semifinal place, but the defeat could have a significant impact on the rest of their campaign. India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, could have taken charge of Group 2 and advanced to the semifinals if they had defeated England. However, they were unable to find the remaining 152. They are no longer in control of India’s destiny. India will most likely qualify for the semifinals based on their performance and standings, but that is far from certain.
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With three victories in three games and six points overall, England currently leads Group 2. India has two victories in three games and a total of four points, placing them second. Pakistan, which has two points after winning one of its two games, is third in the rankings. Windies is currently in fourth place with one victory from its last three games and a total of two points. Ireland is last after losing all three of their games so far.
India’s prospects of making it to the semifinals will be greatly influenced by Sunday’s match between Pakistan and the West Indies.
If Pakistan is defeated by the West Indies, India will be paying careful attention to the Sunday match between the West Indies and Pakistan. With one and two games remaining, respectively, both sides are two points behind the Women in Blue. Pakistan poses a serious threat to their archrivals because of their schedule and better net run rate.
India will benefit greatly from a victory for the Windies against Pakistan. There will be a four-point draw between the Windies and India. Given their inferior batting average, it is extremely unlikely that the Windies will surpass India in the standings. In addition, until their final match against England, it will maintain Pakistan’s score at just two points.
If Pakistan were to lose, they would be in a position where they would need to defeat England in their final group-stage match to achieve a total of four points and need India to lose to Ireland in order to advance to the semifinals. In this scenario, both teams will earn four points, but Pakistan will surpass India because of a higher NRR.
Should Pakistan defeat the West Indies:
However, if Pakistan, who has two points already, wins the game, they will have four points and move ahead of India in the NRR standings with their remaining encounter against England. To keep their chances alive, India must defeat Ireland in their final group-stage match. If India wins, Pakistan would have to beat England to keep their bitter rivals out of the semifinals.
India will have to depend on England to defeat Pakistan by a wide margin if they lose to Ireland in order to guarantee a significant NRR swing in their favor.
Is it problematic for India to place second?
India still has a chance to win their group and move on to the semifinals, but NRR remains in their way. They beat Ireland by a wide margin thanks to the loss to England, and we’re crossing our fingers that Pakistan also handily defeats England. Only these two factors will make a difference in favoring India in the NRR calculation.
India would have no trouble placing second because a top-two result would guarantee a spot in the semifinals. However, India has a reason to escape finishing in second place because the team that comes in second in Group 2 will face Australia in the semifinals.
Australia is a team that other teams will be expecting to avoid, at least until the championship game, given their current form.
Australia is the top-ranked squad in the T20 World Cup and is going for a hat-trick of titles. They have won a total of 22 games in the format since winning the event back in 2020, losing only twice, both to New Zealand.
India’s latest performance against Australia is also not very impressive. India was forced to accept a silver medal after losing to them in the Commonwealth Games cricket competition final back in August. Following that, India lost a T20I series against Australia 4-1 at home in December.
On Monday, India will face Ireland in their concluding group-stage match.
