With Australia Qualified, Heres How India Can Still Reach the Semi-Finals
Australia has once again made it to the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup. Being the defending champions, it has been the new normal for the team to dominate in the World Cup. With India being the hosts, how could the team reach the semis from this stage?
Australia has once again made it to the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup. Being the defending champions, it has been the new normal for the team to dominate in the World Cup. With India being the hosts, how could the team reach the semis from this stage?
The Women's World Cup is almost halfway done, and we have received the first qualification for the semi-final. Australia has become the first team to enter the semi-final stage of the tournament. Entering as the defending champions, the team remains undefeated
At this time, there is one question among the Indian fans. And it is related to the qualification of the Indian team to the semi-final stages, being the hosts of the tournament. As Australia has qualified, only three spots now remain for the same, and India still has a bright chance.
1. Current World Cup Scenario
The Women's World Cup standings have not seen many changes lately. A few games have been affected due to the rain, as the top teams maintained their dominance. This ensured that the standings remained the same in the tournament for all the teams.
After the match between Australia and Bangladesh, only one thing has changed. Australia has become the first team in this tournament to get the Q tag in front of their name. This means they have made it to the semi-final stages,
Following Australia in the standings is England, which is another dominant team in the Women's World Cup. They also remain undefeated in the tournament, just like Australia, which strengthens their chances of reaching the semi-final stages too. England would just require one win from this stage to mark their spot in the same.
Also, South Africa stands in third place with three wins in four games. The team will be facing Sri Lanka and Bangladesh next, which could bring some easy wins for them and confirm their qualification. India stands in fourth place, barely on the brink of the semi-final stages.
2. How India Can Qualify?
The question now remains how the Indian team will be able to make it to the semi-final stages. India will be having its next three games in the league stages against England, New Zealand and Bangladesh. Out of these, England seems to be the strongest team that India will face.
Besides that, currently the Indian team will have to ensure that they win all of the remaining three games to qualify for the semi-finals. The only team which currently gives strong competition to India for the fourth spot in qualification is New Zealand.
If India ends up winning all of its next three games, it will be able to easily make it to the semis without depending on any other team's performance. But even if India loses one of its next three games, their qualification will rely on the matches of other teams, particularly New Zealand.
New Zealand will be playing its next three games in the Women's World Cup against Pakistan, India, and England. The qualification chances for India will open if India wins two of its next three games, and New Zealand loses even one match of its next three. The Kiwis had one of their matches being washed out by rain, which has highly affected their chances of qualification.
But the loss of one is the benefit of the other. And this has happened with the Indian team. At this moment, India Women would require winning at least two of their next three matches in the Women's World Cup to mark their spot in the semi-final stages.
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