By Admin 
Team India has lost its second consecutive match in the Women’s World Cup 2025. After South Africa, Australia defeated India. India had scored 330 runs while batting first in the match played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Smriti Mandhana played brilliant innings of 80 runs and Pratika Rawal played brilliant innings of 75 runs, but both these innings were overshadowed by Alyssa Haley’s century innings (142). Ellyse Perry played an important role in helping Australia win by 3 wickets by playing an unbeaten inning of 47 runs in the last overs. Now how can India reach the semi-finals? Know the equation.
Team India could not defend 330 runs
India started the Women’s World Cup 2025 with a win over Sri Lanka. After this Harmanpreet Kaur and team defeated Pakistan. South Africa stopped India’s winning streak. The Indian team could not defend 251 runs against South Africa, now against Australia India could not defend the huge score of 330 runs. This is the biggest successful run chase in women’s ODI.
Points Table and Net Run Rate Factor
To reach the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup 2025, not only win or loss but also the net run rate is going to be important. After losing to Australia, Team India not only lost 2 points but also suffered a loss in net run rate. Currently, India has 4 points after 4 matches, the team’s net run rate is +0.682. Team India is at third place in the points table. Australia is at the first position in the table with 7 points and +1.353 net run rate. In second place is England, who have 6 points and a net run rate of +1.864 after 3 matches.
Next match will be important
The Indian women’s team is currently in the race for the semi-finals but the path to reach there is not easy. India still has 3 matches left in the group stage. The next match is against England in Indore on 19th October, after which it will face New Zealand on 23rd October. Both are strong teams and India is going to face a tough competition. India’s last group stage match will be against Bangladesh on 26 October.
How can India qualify now?
The Indian team can reach 10 points by winning all its three matches, if this happens then the team’s place in the semi-finals will be confirmed. But if the team wins 2 matches and reaches 8 points, then the importance of net run rate will increase. But if India loses 2 out of 3 matches then the team’s path to the semi-finals will become very difficult. In such a situation, they will have to depend on the wins and losses of other teams.