IND W vs PAK W: The 9th match of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 is being played between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium. In this match, the Pakistani team, which came to bat first after winning the toss, completely surrendered before the Indian bowlers. Indian bowlers have restricted Pakistan to just 55 runs in 18.1 overs. This is the smallest score of Pakistan women's team in T20 International history. From Pakistan, only the two openers, Muniba Ali and Shawal Zulfikar could touch double figures. Whereas, from India's side, Shri Charani and Prema Rawat bowled lethally and took 3 wickets each, while Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets. Whereas Shafali Verma got 1 success.
Pakistan had a very bad start, lost 3 wickets for 29 runs.
In this match against India, Pakistan women's team had a very bad start after winning the toss and batting first. Shafali Verma gave the first blow to Pakistan in the fifth over. He dismissed Pakistani opener Muniba Ali. Muniba Ali returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs on 15 balls. After this, in the 6th over, Shri Charani gave two big blows to Pakistan. On the second ball of this over, Shri Charani made Gul Firoza his victim. She couldn't even open an account. Then on the last ball of this over, Shri Charani showed the way to the pavilion to opener Shawal Zulfikar. Shawal Zulfikar scored 14 runs on 14 balls.
#TeamIndia spinners on a roll with the ball 🥳
Shafali Verma 🤝 Sree Charani 🤝 Prema Rawat 🤝 Deepti Sharma
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 5, 2026
Pakistani batsmen were in bad shape in front of Mr. Charani
Even after this, the process of falling wickets of Pakistani team did not stop. Indian bowlers created such pressure that Pakistan team was forced to surrender completely. By reaching the score of just 35 runs, Pakistan had lost 6 wickets. The fourth blow to the team came in the form of Ayesha Zafar in the 8th over, who was sent to the pavilion by Shri Charani on a personal score of only 2 runs.
Prema Rawat also bowled lethally.
After this, in the 9th over, Prema Rawat did wonders and gave the fifth blow to Pakistan by dismissing Sadaf Shamas for 3 runs. The Pakistani team had not even been able to recover when Deepti Sharma dismissed Pakistan captain Fatima Sana on the very first ball of the 10th over. The Pakistani captain could not even open her account.
after this Eman Fatima was run out after scoring 5 runs in 10 balls. Then in the next i.e. 15th over, Prema Rawat made Umm-e-Hani her victim. Umm-e-Hani walked out after scoring 6 runs. After this, the entire Pakistan team was reduced to just 56 runs.
Innings Break!
An outstanding bowling performance from #TeamIndia! 🙌 🙌
3️⃣ wickets each for Sree Charani & Prema Rawat
2️⃣ wickets for Deepti Sharma
1️⃣ wicket for Shafali VermaStay tuned for India's chase! ⌛️
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 5, 2026
This is the playing 11 of India and Pakistan women's team:
Playing 11 of Indian women's team: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Shri Charani, Kranti Gaur, Nandini Sharma.
Playing 11 of Pakistan women's team: Muniba Ali (wicketkeeper), Shawal Zulfikar, Gul Firoz, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana (captain), Eman Fatima, Tuba Hasan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Umm-e-Hani.
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