Pakistan out of Women’s ODI World Cup:South Africa won by 150 runs; India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka to battle for semifinal berth

Pakistan’s team has been eliminated from the Women’s ODI World Cup. The team suffered a massive 150-run defeat against South Africa in their sixth match under the DLS method. With this, South Africa reached the top of the points table. The team’s last match will be against Australia. South Africa scored 312 runs
At the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl. Due to rain, the first innings was reduced to 40 overs. South Africa scored 312 runs, losing 9 wickets. Due to the Duckworth-Lewis method, Pakistan was given a target of 306 runs. For South Africa, captain Laura Wolvaardt scored 90, Sune Luus scored 61, and Marizanne Kapp scored 68 runs. Nadine de Klerk played an innings of 41 runs off 16 balls, hitting 4 sixes and 3 fours. For Pakistan, Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal took 3 wickets each. Captain Fatima Sana got 1 wicket. 2 batters were also run out. Pakistan could only score 83 runs
Rain also started during Pakistan’s batting. Due to this, they were given a target of 234 runs in 20 overs. The team could only score 83 runs, losing 7 wickets. Sidra Nawaz scored 22, Natalia Pervaiz scored 20, and Sidra Amin scored 13 runs. No other batter could even touch the 10-run mark. For South Africa, Marizanne Kapp took 3 wickets for 20 runs. Nondumiso Shangase got 2 wickets. Ayabonga Khaka took 1 wicket. One batter was run out. Marizanne Kapp received the Player of the Match award for her all-round performance. Battle for the fourth spot in the semi-finals among 3 teams
Along with South Africa, Australia and England have also entered the semi-finals. For the last spot, there is a battle between India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka. India’s next match is against New Zealand. The team that wins this match will significantly increase its chances of reaching the semi-finals. Along with Pakistan, Bangladesh is also out of the semi-final race. Both have one match remaining. What India need to do to qualify for semi-finals? For India to enter the semifinals, they must win both their last matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh. The team can also reach the semifinals by defeating Bangladesh. For this, they will need to hope that New Zealand loses to England, and they will also need to maintain a better run rate than New Zealand. If they lose both matches, Team India will be eliminated.