"0 Experience": India Star's Cryptic Taunt After Harmanpreet Kaur-led Team's Loss vs Australia In T20 World Cup

14.10.2024 - 21:20 sports.ndtv.com

Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian cricket team's dreams of entering the Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals suffered a major blow when it lost to Australia in its final Grup A match.

The loss means that India's fortunes are not in their own hands. Though India are sitting at the second spot in Group A behind Australia, with the top two teams advancing to the last four stage, third-placed New Zealand are firm favourites to beat Pakistan on Monday to enter the semi-finals.

For India to qualify for semi-finals, Pakistan must beat New Zealand but not by a big margin as that would see the Fatima Sana-led side leap both teams to enter the next stage.

After the result, Indian cricket team player Punam Raut's post went viral. Raut was part of the Indian team that finished runner-up in the 2017 Women's World Cup.

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