This Theory About Why India Will Beat West Indies And Go To The Finals Is Going Viral

AND LET'S HOPE IT'S TRUE.

UPDATE

Mar. 31, 2016, at 17:05 PM

Keep reading if you're curious, but know that India lost to West Indies in the semi-final tonight, and this theory was unfortunately inaccurate. :'(

Mumbai, March 31: India is playing against West Indies right now, in the T20 World Cup semi-final.

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India scored 192 in the first innings.

And, while the match is still close, a lot of people are convinced that India will win, for this reason:

Alekhya Das @iAlekhyaDas

ENG Women lost ENG Men win NZ Women win NZ Men lost IND Women lost IND Men win WI Women win WI Men will lose Simple, INDIA will win #IndvsWI

03:25 PM - 31 Mar 2016

For every men's team that's made it to the semi-finals, their women's team's victories have coincided with losses for the men in their subsequent match, and vice-versa.

In other words, when England's, New Zealands', and India's women's teams have scored a victory...

MR.LAZY @praveen_chelani

yesterday : eng women lost and eng men win Today : WI women won and THEREFORE wi men ...... yes you smart arse u got it right #WT20

01:14 PM - 31 Mar 2016

... Their men's team has lost its subsequent match.

mayank @themayanksharma

19th march- ind women lost,india men win Yesterday- eng women lost,eng men win Today- wi women won,wi men .......? #iukwim #IndvsWI

12:27 PM - 31 Mar 2016

And since West Indies' women's team beat New Zealand's in its most recent match...

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... the West Indies men's team will lose theirs...

Joseph Ronald @ajronald

Yesterday #Eng women lost & Eng Men won Today #WI women won so WI men will lose Going by this logic #Ind shd win #IndvsWI Love the logic 😘

12:31 PM - 31 Mar 2016

Therefore propelling India's men to the final.

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(It is worth mentioning that India's women lost their most recent match, which you may think implies that India's men will lose today. BUT India's men already won a match the same day as our women's loss, which must mean those matches already cancelled each other out... Right? RIGHT?!?)

PLEASE BE RIGHT, INTERNET.

Meetra @MeetraAh

ENG Women lost ENG Men win NZ Women win NZ Men lost IND Women lost IND Men win WI Women win WI Men will lose Simple, INDIA will win #IndvsWI

03:33 PM - 31 Mar 2016