India 2 are contenders for the title though they trail Armenia, the only side to have defeated them, by a match point. R. Vaishali and Tania Sachdev remain unbeaten, with a score of 7.5 each.
Going into the last five rounds—the decider phase of the tournament—India 2 and Uzbekistan each have the highest game points of 19/24 (one point for a win, and half for a draw).