ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Why Harmanpreet Kaur’s India need to beat Pakistan by huge margin? Explained
Both India and Pakistan had contrasting starts to their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 campaigns.
New Delhi: India have already hit the roadblock in their opening ICC Females’s T20 World Cup 2024 opener with a fifty eight-loss to New Zealand. With zero points from one game, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side take a seat on the bottom of Group A and may win by a big margin against Pakistan to take care of their semifinal hopes alive. The Females in Blue take on arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday in Dubai.
India revel in a healthy 5-2 head-to-head record against Pakistan the total way through the Females’s T20 World Cups. But on Sunday, things will likely be different for India as a big-margin win will boost up their Net Run Rate (NRR). India have an NRR of -2.9 while Pakistan, sitting on 0.33 with a win, have +1.fifty five.
With two losses in as many games, Sri Lanka are fourth and are virtually out of semifinals contention. For you to enter the tip two the total way through the group and qualify for the semifinals, India should win all their remaining three matches, including their final pool game against defending champions Australia.
A loss against Pakistan would may effectively end India’s hopes of a semifinal place. Despite the undeniable fact that India win their final two games, and Pakistan lose their remaining two, which would bring both teams on four points every. After the Pakistan clash, India play Sri Lanka (October 9) and Australia (October 12).
India have showed they've the prospective to fight on the tip level the total way through the past few years but lacked that final push. They reached the ultimate in 2020 and qualified for the semifinals in 2023, losing to eventual winners Australia on both occasions.
Meanwhile, middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues urged India to ‘move on’ from the forgettable defeat against New Zealand. “This often is the game we want to put out of your mind, because it should be a World Cup. We should keep moving on and keep picking ourselves up. We're going to’t stay stuck at this game. I believe on the style to show the character of this team,” Rodrigues said.
“We have been doing in point of fact well as a team, sticking to the process and taking one game at a time. All of us know every game from here is so important for us. We’re going to head one game at a time and just ensure we stick with our process. And I believe if we can are attempting this, if we play our greatest cricket, I believe we can win matches,” she added.
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