"Disastrous end to the tournament" - Fans react to India's group stage exit from 2024 Women's T20 World Cup
India have been knocked out of the ongoing 2024 Women's T20 World Cup in UAE. The Women in Blue managed just two wins in four group-stage games. They won against Pakistan and Sri Lanka by six wickets and 82 runs, respectively. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side, however, lost to New Zealand and Australia by 58 and nine runs, respectively.
Team India were reliant on Pakistan for a place in the semifinals based on net run rate (NRR). The Women in Green lost the one-sided game against White Ferns by 54 runs on October 14 to crash out of the tournament. New Zealand and Australia made it to the top four from Group B.
Fans on X slammed India Women for crashing out of the tournament in the group stage. One user wrote:
"Not even qualifying for semifinal is such a disastrous end to the tournament."
Another user wrote:
"Please say them to make reel instead of playing cricket. They deserved to be knock out. We know what they did yesterday."
A third user added:
"Good. They didn’t deserve."
Here are a few more reactions:
"Whoever deserves to be there, that team will be there" - Harmapreet Kaur on race to playoffs in Women's T20 World Cup
Previously, Harmanpreet Kaur came up with a blunt reply when asked about the probability of qualifying for the semifinals of the Women's T20 World Cup. She said after a narrow loss to Australia on October 13 (via ESPNcricinfo):
"That [qualification] is something which is not in our control. If we get the opportunity to play another game, that will be great. But otherwise, whoever deserves to be there, that team will be there."
Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma had a golden opportunity to take India to the semifinals. The duo scored 54* (47) and 29 (25) but failed to chase down 152 against Australia. Kaur, in particular, managed just one run off four balls in the 17th over. She managed run-a-ball 2 in the last over when her side needed 14 off six balls.
Following the Women's T20 World Cup, India Women will play a three-match ODI series against New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, starting on October 24.