India Women vs Pakistan Women Asia Cup 2026 Live: IND take on PAK in Dubai. (Credit: ACC)Pakistan captain Fatima Sana gave India an almighty scare, snaring 3 wickets in the first 6 overs but with just 55 on the board, only delayed the inevitable as the Women in Blue chased down the target in just 8.4 overs and won the match by 7 wickets. Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma stayed unbeaten even as India lost Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Pratika Rawal cheaply.
The India bowlers ran riot against Pakistan with Deepti Sharma, Sree Charani, Shafali Verma and Prema Rawat combining to relegate Pakistan to their lowest ever T20I total. Charani and Prema each took 3 apiece while Deepti and Shafali chipped in with 2 wickets and 1 wicket respectively to bowl Pakistan out for a paltry 55 runs.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first against India in a high voltage Asia Cup match in Dubai. As has been the tradition in recent matches, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan captain Fatima Sana did not shake hands after the toss. Pakistan will now need a victory against Hong Kong, China in their last match of the group to qualify to the next round.
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Sandhu continues and after a single off the first ball, India just have 10 runs to get. AAND HARMAN GOES OVER THE TOP OVER THE MID-ON FIELDER AND THAT'S FOUR!! 50 up for India. AAAND SHE ENDS THE MATCH IN THE VERY NEXT BALL WITH A SIX!!! INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN BY 7 WICKETS!!! CHASE DOWN TARGET IN 8.4 OVERS.
Umm-e-Hani in the attack now and Deepti drives her for a single. Harman returns the favour with a single of her own. 4 runs from this over as India are not taking any risks.
INDW 45/3 after 8 overs
Nashra Sandhu in the attack now and Deepti welcomes her with a slog sweep for a four!! Follows that up with a single to give the strike back to Harmanpreet. The India captain plays a cheeky shot and takes 2. 7 from this one.
INDW 41/3 after 7 overs
Fatima will bowl the last over of the powerplay and Deepti tries to go after her, gets the top edge but it lands safely. 2 runs. Another loud appeal for LBW but looks like a bat is involved. Good call by the umpire. Sana, meanwhile, has a niggle and she is asking for a physio. She's ok to continue and gives away just 3 in this over.
INDW 34/3 after 6 overs
Sadia in to bowl the 5th over and yields just a single from the first 4 deliveries. The target is pretty low so India might still win this comfortably. But losing 3 already will raise questions on the batting. Just 2 from this one.
INDW 31/3 after 5 overs
Captain to captain now as Harman faces Fatima. The first ball is a dot as Sana bowls a peach of a delivery to beat the India skipper. After another dot, Harman takes a single. And Mandhana slams the 5th delivery to the mid-wicket boundary!! No mercy. Loud appeal for an LBW and the umpire gives it!! Mandhana is gone!!!
Smriti Mandhana lbw b Fatima Sana 9(11)
Sadia continues and Mandhana and Harmanpreet will look to see out the run chase without losing any more wickets. After a quiet few deliveries, Mandhana with a lofted drive for a 4!! That will relieve the pressure!!
INDW 24/2 after 3 overs
AAND GONE AGAIN!!! THIS TIME IT'S PRATIKA. Fatima Sana with another wicket in the same over!! Pratrika edges behind to Muneeba as her ordinary tournament continues.
Pratika Rawal c Muneeba Ali b Fatima Sana 4(3)
Fatima Sana brings herself in the attack now and after a dot, Shafali smacks her over the covers for 4 runs!!! AAAND SHE'S GONE!!! A bit of a soft dismissal as Shafali is surprised by the bounce, gets the top edge and Sana gets a wicket.
Shafali Verma c and b Fatima Sana 12(6)
Back live and India will start their run chase. Shafali on strike and Sadia Iqbal with the new ball. AAAND SHAFALI STARTS OFF WITH A SIX!!! FIRST BALL GOES OVER THE ROPES!!! Mandhana on strike and there's a loud appeal for caught behind on her but the umpire isn't interested. 9 from this over.
INDW 9/0 after 1 over
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AAAND IS THAT ANOTHER WICKET?? RICHA TOOK OFF THE BAILS IN A FLASH!! It's sent upstairs and if this is a wicket, this will be Pakistan's lowest ever score in Women's T20Is. And yes, it's gone as Tuba is out of her crease. All over. Pakistan bowled out for 55 runs.
Charani will now bowl her 4th over and starts with a couple of dots. Tuba tries to go after everything but can't seem to get the required power. Sadia on strike now and she sees off the remaining deliveries.
PAKW 55/9 after 18 overs
Prema will bowl out with this over and there's a big shout for an edge by Richa and the umpire has given it!! Nashra Sandhu had gotten a feather of a touch and Richa has done well to keep a hold of it!!
Nashra Sandhu c Richa Ghosh b Prema Rawat 0(5)
Shafali replaces Deepti and Tuba Hassan cuts one to find a gap perfectly to get a boundary and Pakistan's 50. There's another mix-up in the middle but this time, the ball went some distance so that won't hurt Pakistan.
PAKW 53/8 after 16 overs
Prema again in the attack and after a couple of dots, Umm tries to relieve the pressure, gets a top edge and Nandni with another easy take. Pakistan are in a mire now. Would be lucky to even cross 50 at this juncture.
Umm-e-Hani c Nandani Sharma b Prema Rawat 6(18)
Is that another wicket? Deepti almost made a meal of the run out. Eyman was running towards the striker's end after Umm called. But she changes her mind and Deepti had so much time that she spilled the ball from the throw and still managed to take off the bails. And yes, that's a clear run out.
Eyman Fatima run out (Bharti Fulmali/Deepti Sharma) 5(10)
The golden arm of Shafali has been introduced in the mix by Harman. Can she get another PAK scalp? No, she can't but Pakistan are currently struggling to even cross 50 at the moment. Just 1 from this over.
PAKW 45/6 after 13 overs
Sree Charani again in the attack and Umm tries to go after her with a sweep. The ball goes up but falls just short of a fielder for a single. Just the 3 from this over as Pakistan are just about holding on.
PAKW 44/6 after 12 overs
Prema will continue and Eyema and Umm-e-Hani will have to play out of their skin to get Pakistan to a respectable total. Eyeman finally gets a proper bat to a delivery for a four. Welcome boundary this one. Just 5 off this one though.
PAKW 41/6 after 11 overs
Deepti in the attack and she has TAKEN HER!!! FATIMA SANA IS GONE AND THAT IS PROBABLY ALL SHE WROTE FOR PAKISTAN!! Sharp turn and Fatima is bamboozled and it has struck her pads and the umpire raises the finger. The Pakistan captain is absolutely fuming as she makes the walk to the pavilion.
Fatima Sana lbw b Deepti Sharma 0(7)
Prema Rawat is brought into the attack now. Ohhhh!!! Fatima Sana was almost on her way back as she smashes the ball straight at the bowler but the power of the shot did not let the bowler collect it on time!! That would have really broken Pakistan's resistance. Sadaf on the other end is not so luck as she tries to play across the line, misses it and the ball has rattled her stumps!!!
Sadaf Shamas b Prema Rawat 3(8)
Charani is back and she has got another!!! Pakistan absolutely in dire straits at the moment. Ayesha Zafar tries a shot and plays it straight to Harmanpreet Kaur at mid-on!!! That's three for Charani!!
Ayesha Zafar c Harmanpreet Kaur b Shree Charani 2(7)
Things aren't getting easy for Pakistan as Deepti is brought into the attack. Gives away just 1 run from the first 5 deliveries before a bit of misfield from Nandni gets Pkaistan one more run. Just 2 from this over.
PAKW 31/3 after 7 overs
AAAND WOULD YOU KNOW IT!! She has struck in the same over!! Shawaal tries to go for a sweep, misses the ball and has been caught leg before. Pakistan, who looked steady at the start, are suddenly reeling!!
Shawaal Zulfiqar lbw b Shree Charani 14(14) [4s-3]
Sree Charani will bowl the last over of the powerplay and she strikes in the very first over as Feroza tries an ugly hoick, gets it all wrong and Nandni makes no mistake at short point.
Gull Feroza c Nandani Sharma b Shree Charani 0(4)
Shafali gets a chance to redeem herself with the ball and she almost gets Muneeba but Pratika in the deep has misjudged the ball and that has flown over her and bounced over for a four!! Shafali though strikes in the very next ball as she cleans up Muneeba as the Pakistan batter who was dropped twice, sees her luck finally run out.
Muneeba Ali b Shafali Verma 13(15)
Nandni continues and after a dot, Muneeba goes off strike with a single. Shawaal on strike and Nandni with a slower to bring out a defence from the batter. Ohhh!! There's an inside edge next and that has raced to the fine leg boundary for a four!! Unlucky for the bowler. The next ball, Shafali has a sloppy moment in the field and India let go of a chance to run out at least one batter at either end.
PAKW 23/0 after 4 overs
Ohhh dear, dear!! Things isn't looking good for Pratika in this tournament. After some quiet start to the tournament with the bat, she has dropped Muneeba off Gaud. She wouldn't want to see that again. It was a sitter. Shawaal, meanwhile, goes after the bowler and slams her straight down the ground for 4!! 5 runs from this over.
PAKW 16/0 after 3 overs
Nandni in from the other and and starts with yielding 3 runs from the first couple of deliveries. Late swing next to Shawaal who swings her bat and gets just thin air. And she gets a proper bat to the last delivery and clears mid-on for a 4 for the first boundary of the innings.
PAKW 11/0 after 2 overs
Kranti Gaud with the new ball in hand. She'll be bowling to Muneeba Ali and starts with a wide. The next one is a corker as the ball narrowly misses the edge of Muneeba's bat. There's a bit of movement in this pitch and it's likely to offer much more as the match wears on. Just 4 from this over ultimately.
PAKW 4/0 after 1 over
And here come the two teams in the middle for the national anthems. Pakistan's first, followed by India's. We are very close to live action.
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In Dubai, at an Asia Cup fixture, India and Pakistan cricket captains have avoided shaking hands again. The handshake saga between the Indian and Pakistani cricket teams continued at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, as the two sides skipped the customary pre-toss pleasantry exchange during their Women’s Asia Cup fixture. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and her Pakistani counterpart, Fatima Sana, went through the toss without shaking hands.
Harmanpreet Kaur: Good we are getting a chance to chase. Great achievement on playing 150th T20I as captain, the key is to keep enjoying. We will try to restrict them to a shorter total. We are going with the same team.
Fatima Sana: We're gonna bat first because we want to put a maximum total here. Yeah, because we know we have a good bowling side, so we will try to restrict them. We had a good chat with the team and we just want to play according to the pitch. We have the same team.
Muneeba Ali(w), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana(c), Umm-e-Hani, Eyman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Nandani Sharma, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud
It's time for the toss and the coin goes up and Pakistan have won it and opted to bat against India. There was no handshakes after the toss either.
Harmanpreet, who has 60.1% win rate in T20Is as India captain, will be playing her 150th T20I match. With the India skipper yet to fire this tournament, all eyes will be on her to deliver in this high-pressure encounter.
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Most centuries in Women’s international cricket
Most 50-plus scores in Women’s international cricket
For more than a decade into her career, hundreds didn’t arrive as frequently to Smriti Mandhana as the quality of her batting suggested they should. There were plenty of starts and fifties across countries and formats, enough to establish her among the best batters of her generation. But converting those innings into hundreds remained an area for improvement.
The last two years have changed that. Mandhana’s 124 from 64 balls against Hong Kong in the Women’s Asia Cup in Dubai on Thursday was her 18th international century, taking her past Meg Lanning for the most hundreds in women’s international cricket. During the same innings, she also went past Mithali Raj’s 10868 runs to become the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket. Mandhana now has 10880. (READ MORE)
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Nandani Sharma, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Gunalan Kamalini, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav
Pakistan: Muneeba Ali(w), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana(c), Umm-e-Hani, Eyman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Momina Riasat, Eman Naseer, Waheeda Akhtar
In Asia Cup encounters, India enjoy a huge difference with Pakistan over the years with the Women in Blue winning 6 matches as opposed to their neighbours' 1.
The last time India and Pakistan met was in the Women's T20 World Cup with the Women in Blue coming out on top after Deepti Sharma's 5-wicket haul. Batting first, India posted 170/6 in 20 overs, courtesy of Smriti Mandhana's 68. Chasing, Pakistan were bundled out for just 106 runs..
In its tenth iteration, the Women’s Asia Cup has garnered lukewarm response. The usual suspects have made the gulf between the field’s strongest and weakest sides more apparent than ever before. No David has come remotely close to troubling a Goliath. Records have fallen — Smriti Mandhana alone set a clutch of them on Thursday — but there has barely been anyone around to witness it. Into this setting walks the tournament’s most anticipated fixture — India versus Pakistan. (READ MORE)
Matches: 17
India wins: 14
Pakistan wins: 3
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Nandani Sharma, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud
Pakistan: Muneeba Ali (wk), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana (c), Eyman Fatima, Umm-e-Hani, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
The Indian team have already qualified for the Asia Cup semifinals but they are unlikely to lower their guards against Pakistan in the high profile group stage clash on Saturday. While India will be playing for pride, the match presents an opportunity to Pakistan to qualify for the semis. If they win, they are through. If they don't, they will have to win their last group match against Hong Kong China. All to play for tonight, follow us for live updates.
The buck stops with this. In its tenth iteration, the Women’s Asia Cup has garnered lukewarm response. The usual suspects have made the gulf between the field’s strongest and weakest sides more apparent than ever before. No David has come remotely close to troubling a Goliath. Records have fallen — Smriti Mandhana alone set a clutch of them on Thursday — but there has barely been anyone around to witness it. Into this setting walks the tournament’s most anticipated fixture — India versus Pakistan.
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