Women's World Cup: How can India qualify for semis? Scenarios explained

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 How India tin  suffice  for the semifinals alongside Australia, England and South Africa

India women's cricket squad players observe during the lucifer against England successful the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup. (Getty Images)

Three teams - Australia, England and South Africa - person secured their spots successful the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finals, portion India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka stay successful contention for the last vacant position.

The upcoming lucifer betwixt India and New Zealand volition beryllium important successful determining which squad advances to the knockout stages.India are presently connected 4 points with a nett tally complaint of +0.526, portion New Zealand besides person 4 points with a -0.245 nett tally rate. Sri Lanka, too, are connected 4 points with a -1.035 nett tally rate.India tin warrant themselves a spot successful the semi-final spot by winning some their remaining matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh.

A triumph implicit New Zealand unsocial would besides beryllium capable for India to advance, adjacent if they suffer their last game.ICC Women's World Cup points table

PositionTEAMPLAYEDWONLOSTN/RNRRPOINTS
Q1South Africa6510+0.27610
Q2Australia5401+1.8189
Q3England5401+1.4909
4India5230+0.5264
5New Zealand5122-0.2454
6Sri Lanka6132-1.0354
7Bangladesh6150-0.5782
8Pakistan6042-2.6512

The tournament's playing conditions specify wide guidelines for determining squad rankings erstwhile points are equal:"In the lawsuit of teams finishing connected adjacent points successful the league stage, the ordering of teams volition beryllium decided successful the pursuing bid of priority: The squad with the top fig of wins successful the league matches volition beryllium placed successful the higher position.

If determination are teams with adjacent points and adjacent wins successful the league matches, past successful specified lawsuit the teams volition beryllium ordered according to their nett tally complaint (NRR) successful the league matches. If 2 oregon much teams are inactive equal, they volition beryllium ordered according to the effect of the head-to-head lucifer played betwixt them.

"If the supra does not resoluteness the league ordering, oregon if each matches wrong the league signifier nutrient nary results, the teams volition beryllium ordered arsenic per their archetypal league seedings."How India tin suffice for the adjacent stage?If India suffer to New Zealand but decision Bangladesh, they volition request England to bushed New Zealand successful the last league signifier lucifer to advance. Two losses would destruct India from semi-final contention.New Zealand's way to the semi-finals requires them to triumph some their remaining matches against India and England. If they decision India but suffer to England, they volition request Bangladesh to bushed India and support a higher nett tally complaint than Sri Lanka, oregon Pakistan to decision Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka's semi-final hopes beryllium connected defeating Pakistan successful their last radical match. They besides request India to suffer some their remaining matches, New Zealand to suffer against England, and their nett tally complaint to surpass New Zealand's.

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