Team India's journey in the Women's World Cup 2022 is over. In the last league match of the tournament, the Indian team lost by three wickets.
To reach the semi-finals, India had to beat South Africa in every defeat in this match, but Team India lost this exciting match in the last ball.
India's preparations for this World Cup were very strong and a lot was being expected from Team India, which reached the final last year, but the Indian team has not lived up to the expectations.
The teams of Australia, South Africa, England and the West Indies have reached the semi-finals. Now we are telling why Team India could not make it to the semi-finals despite so much preparation.
Du Preez's life was costly
India gave vital life to African batsman Du Preez in this match. Smriti Mandhana dropped her easy catch off Deepti Sharma's ball. At this time she was playing after scoring 32 runs.
She took full advantage of this life gift and scored an unbeaten 52. She also scored the winning runs for Africa and was the only set batsman in the last over to help her team win.
Deepti's no ball
India's Deepti Sharma did the last over of this match. Experienced Deepti was expected to bowl with restraint and win matches for the Indian team. She bowled well in the first four balls and conceded just four runs.
Meanwhile, an African batsman was also run out. Set Du Preez was caught in the fifth ball of the over and it seemed that the match was in India's grasp, but it did not happen. It was a no-ball and India did not get this wicket.
The African team also got extra runs and the defeat of Team India was decided from here. In the next two balls, the African batsmen won the match by scoring two runs.
West Indies and Africa do not match
According to the equation of the semi-finals in this tournament, West Indies needed to lose to South Africa. Looking at both the teams, it was expected that the Caribbean team would go far behind in the semi-final race after losing to Africa.
However, this did not happen. The match could not be played due to rain and both the teams got one point each. West Indies got the advantage of this one point and this team reached the semi-finals.
India's poor fielding
India's fielding in the match against South Africa was very poor. Senior players like Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj dropped catches.
African batsmen took advantage of this and played big innings. The Indian team also missed two run-out chances in this match. For this reason, the African team was successful in chasing the big target.