However, India managed to enter the maiden's final after entering the knockouts being the Group A toppers with four wins out of four games. England, despite showcasing the better net-run-rate than India could not made it to finals. England lost the match against South Africa, as it won three out of four games in the group stage B.
After the match was called off, England captain Heather Knight said, "Frustrating, we didn't want the World Cup to end this way but nopt much you can do about this. Would have been good to have a reserve day perhaps. That loss to South Africa cost us. Not really, we expected to reach the semi-finals and that we did. Undone by the weather."
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Harmanpreet Kaur, Captain India team said, "It is unfortunate not to get a game due to the weather. But that's how the rules go. In future, it would be nice to have a reserve day. From day one, we knew that we have to win all the games because if in case we don't get any play in the semifinals, it will be hard for us."
In the group stage games, India had defeated Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The credit goes to some excellent individual performances from opener Shafali Verma, and spinners Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaekwad, Radha Yadav and Deepti Sharma.
Now, Indian team is all set to face the winners of the second semi-final between South Africa and Australia, which will be played at the same venue from 13.30 PM IST. Meanwhile, the weather forecast suggests that rain is going to pour throughout the day in Sydney where the second semi-final match is fixed to be played from 7pm local time.
With no reserve day scheduled, South Africa would go through to the final at the expense of the defending champions and hosts after winning Group B if the match would not be completed. This means the Women's T20 World Cup will see two first-time finalists for a maiden world title in limited-overs cricket.
On Sunday, the final game will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and organisers expects the massive gathering of more than 90,000.