ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: How can Team India reach semifinals after BIG win over Sri Lanka

India females cricket team posted their biggest ever T20 World Cup win, defeating Sri Lanka females team by 82 runs in match No. 12 of the ICC Females’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Dubai on Wednesday (October 9). The win helped Harmanpreet Kaur’s side leapfrog over arch-rivals Pakistan females team into second spot on the Group A points table with 4 points and an NRR of zero.576 after three matches.

Defending world champions Australia are leading the Group A table with 4 points from 2 matches with an NRR of two.524 and are almost assured of a berth through the semifinal. On the opposite hand, India’s last match is against the mighty Australians and the Indians can’t have enough money a giant defeat.

The win over Chamari Athapaththu’s Sri Lankan team boosted India’s NRR from -1.217 to zero.576. India’s best route to the final will be one way or the opposite defeating Australia in their final Group A match on Sunday.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s side may hope that both New Zealand and Pakistan should lose a minimum of certainly one of their remaining two matches. If India can best Australia on Sunday, there's a possibility that there will be a three-way tie with Indian, Aussies and New Zealand will be on six points.

If India win against Australia by a narrow margin of only 1 run, New Zealand females cricket team would should win their two remaining matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan by a combined margin of roughly 38 runs to head past India’s NRR. If India win by a margin of 10 runs then this combined margin increases to approximately forty eight runs.

Sophie Devine’s New Zealand team take pleasure in playing the final Group A match against Pakistan and can know the exact target they should reach to make the semifinals.

The emotions are running high

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