The Indian team is going to start its campaign in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 today (June 14). Harmanpreet Kaur Brigade faces the challenge of Pakistan. This great match is to be played at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham from 7 pm Indian time. Team India had defeated West Indies in the warm-up match, while it had to face defeat against England.
On the other hand, Pakistan team lost both its warm-up matches. He even had to face defeat at the hands of Scotland. This tells what condition the Pakistan team is in. On top of this, the injury of captain Fatima Sana has increased her problems. Fatima has said that she is hopeful that she will be fit for the match against India. Now it remains to be seen whether she is able to play today or not.
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India has won three consecutive T20 World Cup matches
Team India is at fourth position in ICC Ranking T20. Whereas Pakistan is at number eight. The difference in head to head records is much bigger than what is currently visible between the two teams. India has so far played 16 T20 International matches against Pakistan, out of which it has won 13.
The Indian team’s record against Pakistan in the Women’s T20 World Cup is 6-2. Team India has defeated Pakistan in the last 3 T20 World Cup matches. He last lost to Pakistan in the 2016 edition. In that match played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, the team captained by Mithali Raj could score only 96 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 innings.
In response, Pakistan team was struggling scoring 77 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 16 overs. The match seemed to be slipping out of his hands but the Delhi rain saved him. Pak team won this match by 2 runs through DLS method.
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Probable playing XI of both the teams:
India – Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Dipti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy/Renuka Singh, Kranti Goud, Sri Charni, Nandini Sharma
Pakistan – Muniba Ali, Gul Firozha, Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Rameen Shamim, Alia Riaz, Fatima Sana (captain), Ayman Fatima, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal.
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