Briefly, India had dared to hope that their bitterest rivals would do them a favour and hand them a place in the Women's T20 World Cup by beating New Zealand.
However, having restricted the Kiwis to 6-110 in Dubai Pakistan collapsed from 1-19 to 56 all out to lose by 54 runs. New Zealand thus claimed second place in Australia's group and a semi-final spot for the first time since 2016.
India, effectively by dint of their opening match defeat to New Zealand, missed out, also for the first time since 2016.
