New Delhi. The Indian women’s team is out of the Women’s T20 World Cup with the defeat of Pakistan. New Zealand defeated Pakistan and made it to the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Pakistan had a good chance to win this match, but it lost due to its mistakes. The special thing is that India also suffered loss due to his defeat. With the defeat of Pakistan, the Indian team was also out of the Women’s T20 World Cup.
The last match of Group A of the Women’s T20 World Cup was played between Pakistan and New Zealand on Monday. Australia had already reached the semi-finals from this group. Whereas along with New Zealand-Pakistan, the Indian team was also in the race for the second semi-finalist. Sri Lanka has already returned home after losing all its four matches.
New Zealand scored 110 runs
New Zealand team won the toss and batted first. He scored 110 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Suzie Bates scored the maximum 28 runs for New Zealand. Brooke Halliday contributed 22 runs, captain Sophie Devine contributed 19 runs and Georgia Plimmer contributed 17 runs. Nashra Sandhu was the most successful bowler of Pakistan. He took 3 wickets. This is also the record of lowest score of New Zealand women’s team against Pakistan.
Pakistan could achieve only half of the target
Pakistan had got the target of 111 runs, which if not easy on a slow wicket, was not difficult either. But this score proved to be a mountain for Pakistan women’s team. Pakistan team could score only 56 runs in reply to 111 runs and lost the match by 54 runs. In this way, the Pakistani team could barely cross half the target (55 runs).
Pakistan lost the chance to play semi-finals
If Pakistan had won this match in 10.4 overs, it would have qualified for the semi-finals. But he could not win the match even in the stipulated 20 overs, let alone 10.4 overs. Indian fans were also praying for Pakistan’s victory. If Pakistan had won this match in 10.5 overs or more, India would have qualified for the semi-finals on the basis of better run rate.
Tags: ICC T20 World Cup, Pakistan vs New Zealand, T20 World Cup, Womens Cricket
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 14, 2024, 22:15 IST