{"id":19187,"date":"2025-10-19T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/how-can-india-qualify-for-womens-world-cup-2025-semifinals-after-defeat-against-england-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:11:49","slug":"how-can-india-qualify-for-womens-world-cup-2025-semifinals-after-defeat-against-england-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/how-can-india-qualify-for-womens-world-cup-2025-semifinals-after-defeat-against-england-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can India Qualify For Women&#8217;s World Cup 2025 Semifinals After Defeat Against England? | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9647068\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 19, 2025, 23:40 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9647068\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3917598780 asubttl-schema\">India suffered a third straight defeat in the ICC Women&#8217;s ODI World Cup 2025, losing to England by four runs in Indore. India must win upcoming matches to reach the semifinals.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3917598780 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Can India qualify for Women's World Cup 2025 semi-finals? (AP)\" title=\"Can India qualify for Women's World Cup 2025 semi-finals? (AP)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3917598780\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Can India qualify for Women&#8217;s World Cup 2025 semi-finals? (AP)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">India faced England in the 20th league match of the ongoing ICC Women\u2019s ODI World Cup 2025 on Sunday (October 19) in Indore, but suffered another heartbreaking defeat by four runs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">The defeat against England was India\u2019s third loss in four matches played so far in the ongoing eight-team tournament and third on the bounce. They currently sit in fourth spot in the points table with 4 points from four matches.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">England secured their place in the semifinals alongside Australia and South Africa. Meanwhile, India, having suffered their third consecutive defeat following losses to South Africa and Australia, now face a do-or-die situation. India\u2019s next match will be against New Zealand in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/icc-womens-world-cup\/points-table\/\"><strong>Women\u2019s ODI World Cup 2025 points table<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"table_container\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:60px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>POSITION<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>TEAM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>MATCHES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>WINS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>LOSSES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>No Result<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>POINTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>NRR<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:30px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">1.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">Australia (Q)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">+1.818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:30px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">2.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">England (Q)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">+1.490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:30px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">3.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">South Africa (Q)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">-0.440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:60px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>4.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>India<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\"><strong>+0.526<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:30px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">New Zealand<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">-0.245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:30px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">6.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">Bangladesh<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">-0.676<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:60px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">7.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:60px\">-1.564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:30px\">\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">8.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">Pakistan<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:12.5%;height:30px\">-1.887<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How India can qualify for the semifinals?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">Despite going down by four runs against England, India still remain alive in the race to qualify for the semifinals. <strong>For India to finish in the top four and advance to the knockouts, they have to make sure that they win at least one out of the remaining two fixtures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">India\u2019s fourth league match of the ongoing ICC Women\u2019s ODI World Cup 2025 is scheduled against Australia in Vizag on October 12. India will face England in Indore on October 19, New Zealand in Navi Mumbai on October 23 and Bangladesh on November 26.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/icc-womens-world-cup\/schedule\/\"><strong>India\u2019s remaining matches in Women\u2019s World Cup 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"table_container\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>DATE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>DAY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>OPPOSITION<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>VENUE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">October 23<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">New Zealand<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Navi Mumbai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">October 26<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Sunday<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Bangladesh<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Navi Mumbai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><strong>India\u2019s performance so far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">India kicked off their ODI World Cup 2025 campaign with a 59-run win over Sri Lanka in the rain-hit match played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on September 30. In that fixture, Deepti Sharma scored a half-century (53 runs) and then picked up three wickets as well to win the POTM award. India\u2019s second match was against Pakistan in Colombo on October 5, and Harman\u2019s side won that contest by 88 runs. India lost to South Africa, Australia and England in back-to-back games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ritayan Basu\" title=\"Ritayan Basu\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/ritayan-basu-16281.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Ritayan Basu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes cricket content, havin&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. 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