IND W vs PAK W: India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets, qualified for the semi-finals of Women's Asia Cup 2026.

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IND W vs PAK W: Indian women's team has defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the Women's Asia Cup 2026. With this, Team India has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of Women's Asia Cup 2026. The match saw a brilliant performance by the Indian bowlers, who bowled out the entire Pakistan team for just 55 runs. After this, Team India easily achieved the target after losing 3 wickets with 68 balls remaining. ICC's number-1 T20 bowler Shri Charani created a stir by taking 3 wickets, for which she received the 'Player of the Match' award. Whereas for Pakistan, their captain Fatima Sana also took 3 wickets, but she did not have many runs on the score board to stop India.

Team India also had a bad start

The Indian women's team, which set out to chase the target of 56 runs given by Pakistan, also did not have a good start. Team India also lost its 3 wickets on the score of just 29 runs. In the very second over of the innings, Pakistan captain Fatima Sana gave two back-to-back blows to the Indian team. He sent opener Shafali Verma and Pratika Rawal, who came to bat at number-3, to the pavilion.

Pakistani captain had increased the tension of Team India for some time.

Shafali Verma scored 12 runs in 6 balls, which included a six and a four. Whereas Pratika was out after scoring 4 runs in 3 balls with the help of one four. After this, in the fourth over, Fatima Sana gave the third blow to India by dismissing Smriti Mandhana. Mandhana scored 11 runs in 11 balls with the help of 2 fours. In this way, Team India lost 3 wickets at the score of 29 runs, after which the tension of Team India definitely increased for some time.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma led Team India to victory.

However, from here captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma took charge of the innings and did not allow any further wickets to fall. Both these players returned to the pavilion only after making the team win. Harmanpreet Kaur scored unbeaten 18 runs in 18 balls, during which one six and one four came from her bat. At the same time, all-rounder Deepti Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 12 runs in 14 balls, which included one four.

Sri Charani and Prema Rawat bowled lethally.

In this match against India, after winning the toss and coming to bat first, the entire Pakistan team was limited to 55 runs in 18.1 overs. From Pakistan, only their two openers, Muniba Ali and Shawal Zulfikar could touch double figures. At the same time, from India's side, Shri Charani and Prema Rawat bowled lethally and took 3 wickets each, while Deepti Sharma got 2 wickets. Whereas, Shafali Verma got 1 success in her account. Shri Charani got the Player of the Match award.

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