Virat Kohli-led team India has lost the second match in this world cup T20 tournament, this time India lost the game by New Zealand by eight wickets. Daryl Mitchell (49 off 35 balls) and Kane Williamson (33 not out off 31 balls) led New Zealand to an emphatic eight-wicket win over India in an important Group 2 match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium.
Brief scores from the match are – India 110/7 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 26 not out, Hardik Pandya 23, Trent Boult 3/20, Ish Sodhi 2/17) and New Zealand 111/2 in 14.3 overs (Daryl Mitchell 49, Kane Williamson 33 not out, Jasprit Bumrah 2/19) and Kiwis won by eight wickets.
With this another big defeat, the chances of Team India qualifying for the semifinals are very slim. This horrifying tournament started with a loss to arch-rivals Pakistan by 10 wickets. India is placed in Group B, which consists – Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Namibia and Scotland. Pakistan is at the top, after winning three matches and hence is qualified for the semi-finals.
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Have a look at the points table of Group B here:
As the above table, Pakistan is at the top with six points from three games, while Afghanistan is second having won two games out of their three. New Zealand is in third place after the win against India with two points from two games. India and Scotland are at fifth and sixth positions respectively, with zero points.
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But now how our country could qualify for the semi-finals?
For this, team India has to win all the remaining three games against Afghanistan, Namibia and Scotland by a big margin, only this will improve the run rate of the Virat Kohli-led team.
T20I World Cup 2021: Playing schedule of team India
Below is the complete schedule of India for ICC T20 World Cup 2021:
November 3, 2021, India vs Afghanistan, 7:30 PM, Abu Dhabi
November 5, 2021, India vs Scotland, 7:30 PM, Dubai
November 8, 2021, India vs Namibia, 7:30 PM, Dubai
T20I World Cup 2021: Team India squad
India Squad For T20 World Cup 2021: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami, Shardul Thakur.
Standby players: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.