Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Updated Points Table After India’s Hammering Defeat versus New Zealand: The Indian Women’s National Cricket Team started off their 2024 Women’s T20 International World Cup campaign on a horrible note as they recorded a huge 58-run defeat versus New Zealand in their opening Group A-encounter on Friday, 4th October. At the Dubai International Stadium, the Women in Blue were outclassed in every aspect of the game and saw their net run-rate plummet.
Sophie Devine, the skipper of New Zealand, opted to bat first after winning the toss. The opening duo of Georgia Plimmer (34 runs in 23 balls) & Suzie Bates (27 runs in 24 balls) got their side off to a terrific start with India’s poor bowling and careless fielding being the highlights of the powerplay.
The Women in Blue managed to fight their way back into the game on the back of a tremendous leg-spin spell of Asha Sobhana (1-22). However, the skipper of the White Ferns, Sophie Devine (57 runs in 36 deliveries) hit a quick-fire half century batting at number four and helped her team to put up a difficult total of 160 runs on the board.
Team India got their run-chase off to a horrible start as they lost both of their openers inside the first six overs while captain Harmanpreet Kaur (15 runs in 14 balls) also failed to create an impact at number three.
The Indian middle-order was not able to keep-up with the increasing required run-rate and the White Ferns created a lot of pressure by picking up wickets at regular intervals.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led team was able to put up a score of just 102 runs on the board and they got all-out in a span of 19 overs. This hammering defeat versus the Sophie Devine-led team could prove to be a really costly one as the Women in Blue are sitting at the bottom of Group A with a humiliating net-run-rate of -2.900.
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: India set to play against Pakistan on the 6th of October
The Indians will have to find a way to recover from the defeat against New Zealand as-soon-as-possible if they want to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knockout-stage alive.
The current edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup was meant to be the Women in Blue’s next step forward after their runners-up performance in 2020 and semi-final exit in 2023 versus Australia.
However, the huge loss versus the White Ferns has increased India’s chances of getting eliminated from the group-stage itself. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led team are scheduled to play fierce-rivals Pakistan on Sunday, 6th of October in the city of Dubai.
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Updated Group A Points Table after India’s Hammering Defeat versus New Zealand
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Loss | Points | Net run-rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2.900 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.550 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.550 |
| 4 | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.900 |
| 5 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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