Not even in their wildest dream would anyone have thought that India’s fate in the Women’s T20 World Cup would depend on Pakistan. In fact, it’s quite interesting that in any ICC tournament, the Pakistan angle inadvertently crops up as far as India are concerned.

India’s defeat to Australia in their last league game on Sunday night means that they need Pakistan to pull off a miracle by beating New Zealand in their last league fixture at Dubai on Monday. New Zealand’s loss to Australia in their second game was a big setback for their Net Run Rate which stands at +0.282. They have two wins in three games and occupy the third spot in the table, just behind India. Another win will take them into the semis with Australia.