Women's Asia Cup 2026: Sri Charani and Prema Rawat wreaked havoc, Pakistan team collapsed for just 55 runs

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Delhi: The ninth match of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 is being played between India and Pakistan today in Dubai. Harmanpreet Kaur made a world record in her name as soon as she came on the field for the toss. Harman has become the first player in the world to captain in 150 T20I matches. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. This decision of Fatima Sana proved wrong for the entire team. Batting first, Pakistan team could not even play the entire over and collapsed for only 55 runs in 18.1 overs. This is the smallest total of Pakistan women's cricket team in T20I. For India, Shri Charani and Prema Rawat took 3 wickets each.

Pakistan had a good start

Pakistan had a good start. There was a partnership of 27 runs for the first wicket between Muniba Ali and Shawal Zulfikar. This pair was broken by Shefali Verma by bowling Muniba, who scored 13 runs in 15 balls. After this the process of falling of wickets did not stop.

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Pakistan team lost 9 wickets within 28 runs. During this period, not a single player of the team could cross the 15-run mark. The accounts of three players of the team including Fatima Sana were also not opened. This was the reason why the entire Pakistan team was reduced to 55 runs in 18.1 overs. The previous lowest total of Pakistan women's team in T20I was 56 runs, which it made against New Zealand in Dubai in 2024.

Shri Charani and Prema got 3-3 wickets

Shri Charani and Prema Rawat hurt Pakistan the most. Both took 3-3 wickets in their account. Charani took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in his spell of 4 overs. Prema Rawat took 3 wickets after conceding 9 runs in 4 overs. Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets and Shefali Verma took 1 wicket.

Also read: IND-W vs PAK-W: Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat, see the playing-11 of the teams

India got the target of 56 runs

The Indian team has got the target of only 56 runs to score a hat-trick of wins in the Women's Asia Cup 2026. Now it will be interesting to see whether Pakistan's bowlers bring some thrill to the match or not.

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