The Indian team had made a great start to the 10th edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup (Women’s T20 World Cup 2026). Pakistan was defeated in the first match and then Netherlands in the second match. Smriti Mandhana had scored half-centuries in both the initial matches. But in the third match, Harmanpreet Kaur and team lost to South Africa. This one defeat has increased India’s problems. Now know the equation of India reaching the semi-finals.

A total of 12 teams are playing in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, which are divided into 2 groups. Each team will play 1 match each against the other 5 teams of its group, the top 2 teams will go to the semi-finals and the others will be eliminated. Indian women’s team has won 2 out of 3 matches and lost 1. The team is at second position in the points table with 4 points and a net run rate of +2.511. Now India has 2 matches left.

India’s remaining matches

The next match of the Indian women’s cricket team is with Bangladesh on Thursday, 25 June. Bangladesh Women has also won 2 out of 3 matches. In the last match, Team India will face Australia, who is at first place in the table after winning all three matches. India vs Australia match is on 28th June.

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India’s semi-final equation

If we look at the current situation, all the teams in Group A have played 3-3 matches. Australia is on top with 6 points. India, South Africa and Bangladesh have 4 points each. India’s net run rate (+2.511) is higher than South Africa (-0.546) and Bangladesh (-0.641). Pakistan and Netherlands are out of the race for the semi-finals.

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If India is not dependent on any other match then they will have to win both their matches. Bangladesh looks like a good team, which will give a tough challenge and Australia is fantastic. If India loses a match then better net run rate can help them, but then it will depend on other matches and their net run rate.

India has started the ICC Women’s World Cup 2026 with a spectacular win. Harmanpreet Kaur and team defeated Pakistan by 64 runs in the first match. Batting first, India had scored 170 runs, in reply Pakistan’s entire team was limited to 106 runs. However, Muniba Ali had given a good start to Pakistan, on the basis of which Pakistan made the highest score of T20 International in the powerplay against India today.

In the chase of 171, Muniba Ali and Gal Firozha made a partnership of 38 runs for the first wicket, this pair was broken by Deepti Sharma. He dismissed Firozha in the fifth over, after which Ayesha Zafar hit big shots as soon as she came and played an important role in the powerplay in taking the score beyond 50.

Highest score against India in powerplay

With the help of Muniba Ali’s brilliant innings, Pakistan had scored 52 runs after losing 1 wicket in the powerplay. This is Pakistan’s biggest score in the powerplay against India in T20 International.

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Deepti Sharma’s claw, Pakistan restricted to 106

After a good powerplay, Pakistan’s batting collapsed, when Muniba Ali was on the score of 41, she had to return to the pavilion due to a brilliant throw by Deepti Sharma. Pakistan’s fourth wicket fell in his form in the 11th over, when the score was 75. Captain Fatima Sana was out on zero, then the sixth wicket in the form of Natalia Parvez fell at the score of 79. Pakistan lost its 3 important wickets within 4 runs.

Deepti Sharma ended Pakistan’s innings by taking 3 wickets in the 17th over and also took a five wicket haul. He gave only 10 runs in 4 overs and was declared player of the match.

Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 (ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2026) is starting from June 12 (Friday). 12 teams will participate in the tournament to be hosted by England. This is the second time that the T20 World Cup will be hosted by England. Here you will get all the details related to the tournament, which will also include the format and rain conditions.

In which format will the Women’s T20 World Cup be played?

The 12 teams participating in the tournament have been divided into two groups of 6 each. In the group stage, the teams will play in round robin format (each team will play equal number of matches with the other teams). The top-2 teams of both the groups will make it to the semi-finals.

Team participating for the first time?

11 out of 12 teams have played the T20 World Cup before, but one team is taking part in the tournament for the first time. This is the Netherlands women’s team, which will play the T20 World Cup for the first time. Netherlands had qualified by finishing fourth in the qualifiers.

At how many venues will the matches be held?

A total of 33 matches will be played in the tournament. These matches will be held on 7 grounds. These grounds include Edgbaston (in Birmingham), Old Trafford (Manchester), Headingley (Leeds), Rose Bowl (Southampton), Bristol County Ground (Bristol) and Lord’s (London) and Kennington Oval (London).

Rules regarding rain in the tournament?

No reserve day has been kept for group stage matches. If any group stage match is interrupted due to rain or bad weather, then it will be necessary to have a match of at least 5-5 overs to get the result. If the match is cancelled, then both the teams will be given 1 point each.

Reserve day has been kept for semi-final and final matches. Apart from this, 120 minutes extra time has also been kept for knockout matches. In case the match is interrupted due to rain or bad weather, both the teams will have to play at least 10 overs each to get the result. If the match is cancelled, the team leading in the points table will be advanced to the group stage.

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