Indian Women Cricket Team
Indian Women Cricket Team: The journey of the Indian team in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has ended. Pakistan had to face defeat against New Zealand by 54 runs. With this, Team India’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals also ended. The Indian team has so far participated in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup, but the team has not been able to win the title even once and this time Team India was a strong contender to win the title, but far from winning the title, it could even reach the semi-finals.
Lost in the very first match
The Indian women’s team had a very poor start in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. When he had to face defeat by 58 runs against New Zealand in his very first match. Everyone was surprised by this. Due to this defeat, the net run rate of Team India has become very bad, due to which the team could not recover till the end. After the defeat in the first match, India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets. Then Team India also defeated Asia Cup winner Sri Lanka, due to which it seemed that Team India is back in its rhythm. Then to reach the semi-finals, Team India had to win the match against Australia at any cost, but as usual in front of a strong team like Australia, Team India missed important moments and lost the match by 9 runs.
The last hope was from Pakistan
Then Team India’s ticket to go to the semi-finals depended on the match between Pakistan vs New Zealand, but as soon as the Pakistani team got defeated, India’s dream of winning the title once again was shattered. In the current T20 World Cup, the Indian team played four matches, out of which it won two and lost two.
Indian women’s team has reached the finals only once
In the history of the Women’s T20 World Cup, the Indian team had reached the finals only once and that too four years ago in the year 2020. Then Australia became a big obstacle between them and the title and won the final match by 85 runs. The Indian team has so far reached the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup a total of five times (2009, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2023).
Performance of the Indian women’s team so far in the T20 World Cup:
2009: Lost to New Zealand in semi-finals
2010: Lost to Australia in semi-finals
2012: Group stage exit, 0 wins
2014: Out of group stage, 2 wins in 4 matches
2016: Out of group stage, 1 win in 4 matches
2018: Lost to England in semi-finals
2020: Lost to Australia in the final
2023: Lost to Australia in semi-finals
2024: Out of group stage, two wins in four matches
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