India beat Pakistan by seven wickets after bowling their arch-rivals out for his or her lowest-ever complete in T20I cricket within the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Pakistan, who opted to bat first, have been bundled out for simply 55 in 18.1 overs, slipping under their earlier T20I low of 56, additionally by the way recorded in Dubai, in opposition to New Zealand two years in the past.
The Indian girls’s cricket group made mild work of the modest goal regardless of dropping three wickets, reaching 57/3 in 8.4 overs to seal a complete victory with 68 balls to spare.
India have now received all three of their Group A matches, having earlier crushed Thailand and Hong Kong China, to qualify for the semi-finals as group toppers with six factors.
Pakistan, in the meantime, can nonetheless attain the semi-finals with a victory over Hong Kong China of their last group match on Monday.
The victory prolonged India’s commanding T20I file in opposition to Pakistan to fifteen wins in 18 conferences.
The match was additionally a landmark event for Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who grew to become the primary participant to captain a group in 150 T20 Worldwide matches.
Harmanpreet marked the milestone by ending the chase herself, hitting Nashra Sandhu for a 4 and a six off successive deliveries.
Earlier, Pakistan made a gentle sufficient begin by Muneeba Ali and Shawaal Zulfiqar, reaching 23 with out loss after 4 overs. Nonetheless, the introduction of spin utterly modified the complexion of the competition.
Shafali Verma supplied the primary breakthrough by bowling Muneeba for 13 earlier than Shree Charani ripped by Pakistan’s high order.
The left-arm spinner eliminated Gull Feroza for a duck after which dismissed Zulfiqar for 14 within the house of 4 deliveries. She struck once more in her subsequent over, eradicating Ayesha Zafar for 2 as Pakistan slipped to 32/4.
Pakistan’s collapse continued as Prema Rawat eliminated Sadaf Shamas earlier than Deepti Sharma trapped captain Fatima Sana lbw for a duck. From 27/1, Pakistan had slumped to 35/6 inside 10 overs.
There was little resistance from the decrease order as India’s spinners continued to dominate. Rawat completed with 3/9 from her 4 overs whereas Charani returned excellent figures of three/7 from 4 overs. Deepti picked up 2/5 and Shafali claimed 1/10 as Pakistan have been dismissed within the nineteenth over.
Chasing 56, Shafali set the tone instantly by launching the primary ball of India’s innings for six. She raced to 12 off six balls earlier than Fatima Sana dismissed her within the second over.
Throughout her innings, Shafali grew to become the youngest girl to achieve 3000 runs in T20I cricket, reaching the milestone on the age of twenty-two years and 220 days.
Fatima Sana briefly gave Pakistan one thing to cheer about, additionally eradicating Pratika Rawal for 4 and Smriti Mandhana for 9 to go away India 29/3 after 4 overs. The Pakistan captain completed with all three Indian wickets, returning 3/17.
Nonetheless, with the required charge by no means a priority, Harmanpreet and Deepti calmly took India in direction of the goal.
Harmanpreet then supplied the emphatic end, placing a 4 earlier than launching the subsequent supply over long-on for six to finish the seven-wicket victory in fashion.
PAK-W vs IND-W, Girls’s Asia Cup 2026, temporary scores: Pakistan 55/10 in 18.1 overs (Shawaal Zulfiqar 14; Shree Charani 3/7, Prema Rawat 3/9) misplaced to India 57/3 in 8.4 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 18 not out; Fatima Sana 3/17) by seven wickets.
