India bowl out Pakistan for 55, but after the loss of three early wickets, recover to win by seven wickets and 68 balls to spare
India only had to chase down a target of 56 runs but were given a bit of a scare when they lost three wickets for just 29 runs.
Shree Charani and Prema Rawat took three wickets each as Pakistan were blown away for just 56 runs.
Harmanpreet's 150 matches as captain is by far the most for an Indian in women's T20Is, with the second most being Mithali's 32. Across men's and women's T20Is, MS Dhoni comes next having led in 72 matches.
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.
The Women in Blue chased down the target in just 8.4 overs and won the Asia Cup encounter in Dubai by 7 wickets.
Following a crushing Test series loss to England, former pacer Shoaib Akhtar revealed that at least one PCB official had said that Pakistan cricket was "on a ventilator" requiring a full two-year rebuild.
Shami, who last played for India in March 2025 in the Champions Trophy final, had taken 5 wickets against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy semifinal.
Bharat Arun on Shami's 100th first-class match, still chasing wickets
Legendary duo Serena and Venus Williams squandered a 5-0 lead in the final-set tiebreaker to suffer a heartbreaking first-round exit at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Ricky Ponting, who is the head coach of Washington Freedom in Major League Cricket, says the growth of cricket in the USA has been slower than he expected.
Former Australian opener Hayden, who has been batting coach as well as team mentor for Pakistan in the past, has said that nothing has changed in Pakistan cricket and that players are always under pressure.
CSK are on the hunt for their coach after Stephen Fleming stepped down and ended his long association with the five-time IPL champions
Hussain also shared how his rant after the Lord’s Test was for Pakistan not fighting back in the Test.
The national selection committee picked pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar for a return during India's unique 'away' series against Afghanistan in Delhi
India hold an imposing track record against Pakistan, having won 10 of their last 11 meetings.
Raina, however, backed the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) mandate for Indian players, barring them from appearing in overseas franchise T20 leagues.
The 23-year-old would be amongst the batsmen that South Zone would be banking on in the Duleep Trophy final against East Zone
In the last 10 years, Pakistan have beaten India just once across formats, but form and history blurs when the arch-rivals meet
Pakistan's new red-ball head coach Mike Hesson said that the decision to send back players from England, for which the team management has been roundly criticised, was made before he was given the role.
India are already through to the semifinals of the Women's Asia Cup and are favourites going into their match against Pakistan.
Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie, who is one of the six coaches that Pakistan have had over the past three years, said that chief selector Aqib Javed needs to "look at himself in the mirror".
"Samson has also captained 66 matches in the IPL and won 33. So he has a 50% success rate. Under him, RR performed well by reaching a final and making another playoff appearance," Ramesh noted
Twelve of her 18 international hundreds have arrived in the last two years, underpinning her journey into a bona fide legend of the game
The match, which will be the first international cricket fixture between India and Japan, will be played at 9.30am IST at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, with the winner set to lift the Suzuki Cup.