The Indian women’s national cricket team has been eliminated from the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. This comes after the Pakistan women’s national cricket team suffered a crushing defeat against the New Zealand women’s national cricket team. in their last league match of the tournament.
The Indian women’s national cricket team was dependent on the Pakistan women’s national cricket team to reach the semi-final. After facing a disappointing loss to the Australian women’s national cricket team, the equation was quite simple for India as they needed Pakistan to beat the White Ferns by a small margin.
Pakistan suffer crushing 54-run defeat against New Zealand
However, this was not the case as Pakistan suffered a 54-run defeat against New Zealand, who advanced to the semi-final. The match between the two teams took place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.
Pakistan raised hopes for India after they put up a solid bowling performance. The Fatima Sana-led team put pressure on New Zealand as they not only controlled the run flow but also made sure to take wickets at regular intervals to put pressure on the opposition.
Nashara Sandhua picked three wickets as the Pakistan women’s national cricket team restricted the opposition to just 110 runs. However, with the bat, it was a torrid outing for them. They faced a massive collapse when they dropped from 19/1 to 28/5.
After that, the New Zealand women’s national cricket team outscored their opponents for 56 runs to win the game. This was the first time New Zealand qualified for the semi-final since 2016 and also ended the Indian Women’s National Cricket Team’s campaign in the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Indian women’s national cricket team did not have a great tournament
The Indian women’s national cricket team did not have a great tournament with bat and ball. They were considered big favorites to win the World Cup, but that was not the case. They lost the opening match against the New Zealand women’s national cricket team and recently lost against the Australia women’s national cricket team, which almost eliminated them. They beat Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the group stage.
We were good at bowling, but we need to improve our fielding and batting – Pakistan captain Fatima Sana.
Pakistan Women’s National Cricket Team Captain Fatima Sana has spoken about the disappointing defeat they faced against the New Zealand Women’s National Cricket Team. He admitted that they were not up to the mark in batting and fielding throughout the tournament.
Fátima Sana also made a bold comment, stating that they need to improve their batting; otherwise they will not survive in women’s cricket. Speaking to broadcasters after the game, he said:
“We were good at bowling, but we need to improve our fielding and batting. We were not up to par in batting, and the seniors needed to step up in that type of match. As a bowling unit, we were up to the mark, but we need to improve in batting, otherwise we won’t be able to survive in women’s cricket.”