Women’s T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur‘s India has straight certified for the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup 2024. The Indian girls’s crew just lately performed within the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa and can stroll into the next edition of the tournament in Bangladesh. Notably, eight groups have earned direct qualification for the tournament and solely two spots are up for grabs.Â
The transfer comes after India completed inside the highest three within the Group stage. As per the qualification course of, the highest three groups from every Group together with hosts and the highest-ranked crew exterior of the six computerized qualifiers earn direct qualification within the tournament.Â
In Group 1, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa completed on the highest three; whereas in Group 2, India, England and West Indies had been the highest three sides. Bangladesh is the host of the next edition, whereas Pakistan is the next best-ranked crew within the rankings as on twenty seventh February 2023. As per ICC’s assertion, “The remaining two spots will be identified through a Global Qualifier to be held in early 2024. The dates and venues of this tournament will be announced in due course.”
“From the teams who played in this year’s tournament, Sri Lanka and Ireland are the teams failing to get a direct qualification. Sri Lanka are currently ranked eighth in the rankings while Ireland are 10th,” the assertion added.
India girls misplaced the semifinal of the tournament in South Africa. In a match that went proper right down to the wire, Australia defeated India to enter the ultimate of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. Â
Meg Lanning received the toss and determined to bat. Bowling first, India had been sloppy on the sphere. On many events, it regarded just like the Indian girls had been simply going by the motions. Australia went on rating 43 off the primary six overs. Radha Yadav offered India with the primary breakthrough and acquired rid of Healy. India dropped Mooney and missed a stumping alternative of Lanning. Both of them went on to attain the bulk of the runs for Australia. Gardner flourished ultimately and powered the crew to a frightening complete of 172.Â
Chasing 173, India acquired off to the worst of the doable begins, dropping three fast wickets. Jemimah and Harmanpreet Kaur stitched collectively an amazing partnership to get India heading in the right direction for a stupendous victory., but it surely went a bit of downhill from there on. Kaur acquired out to an unlucky run-out and Rich Ghosh, who has been in wealthy kind all through the tournament, adopted quickly after.
It all got here right down to Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana and the equation learn 20 of the final 2 overs for India. The pair may solely handle 4 runs within the penultimate over and 16, ultimately, proved an excessive amount of for India and the Aussies received the sport by 5 runs. Fair to say, India, as soon as once more, choked in India as a result of, on the midway mark, it was their recreation to lose.Â
