Women’s T20 World Cup : Team India qualifies for Semi-finals
The Indian team has entered the semi-finals of the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. The Indian Women’s team, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, defeated Ireland by 5 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method in their last match in Group-2 on Monday.
India has made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the third time in a row. Earlier, the team reached the last-4 in the 2018 and 2020 seasons. In 2020, the Indian also played the final, but then lost the final to Australia.
Batting after winning the toss, Team India scored 155 for 6 wickets in 20 overs thanks to opener Smriti Mandhana’s career best (87 runs) innings at the St George’s Park Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth.
In response, the Irish team had scored 54 runs in 8.2 overs when the rain came. When the rame came down heavily, Team India was 5 runs ahead under DLS method. India was declared victorious as the rain did not stop.
Today England-Pakistan match will decide India’s opponent
With this victory, the Indian team has qualified for the semi-finals from Group-2. England has already entered the top-4. There is a match between England and Pakistan on Tuesday. The result of this match will decide who will be Team India’s opponent in the semi-finals. Although given England’s much superior net run rate, in all probability team India will finish the group stage in second position.
