After India, now Pakistan has also qualified for the semi-finals from Group-A, know who will face it in the knockout?

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Women's Asia Cup 2026: In the Women's Asia Cup 2026, an important match was played between Pakistan cricket team and Hong Kong cricket team on Monday. By winning the match played in Dubai by 72 runs, Pakistan team has qualified for the semi-finals. The Indian cricket team had already made it to the knockouts from Group A of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 and now Pakistan has also reached the next round. As a result, the teams of Thailand and Hong Kong are out.

Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals

The Indian cricket team had already qualified for the semi-finals from Group A of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 and now the Pakistan team has also qualified for the second round. Pakistan team played 3 matches in the league stage, in which it won 2 matches against Thailand and Hong Kong, while it had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of Team India. At the same time, Sri Lankan cricket team has reached the semi-finals from Group-B and now it remains to be seen who will be the other team, which will confirm its place in the top-4.

This was the condition of the match

An important match was played between Pakistan and Hong Kong on the grounds of Dubai. In this match, Pakistan team won the toss and decided to bat. Where, Pakistan put 143 runs on the board at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Then, while chasing the target of 144 runs, the Hong Kong team was all out after scoring 71 runs in 19 overs. As a result, Pakistan team won this match by a huge margin of 72 runs and secured 2 important points.

Who will Pakistan face?

From Group-A, Team India and Pakistan cricket team have qualified for the semi-finals, whereas from Group-B so far only the Sri Lankan team has been able to reach the semi-finals. But, it has been decided that the second semi-final match of Women's Asia Cup 2026 will be played between Pakistan cricket team and Sri Lanka cricket team. This match will be held on 11 September at Dubai International Stadium. However, it has not been decided yet with whom the Indian cricket team will play the match in the knockout.

Since, India has already qualified for the first semi-final. But, the name of the team that will reach the next round from Group-B has not been confirmed yet. But, if we look at the equation, there seems to be a possibility of Bangladesh reaching the next round, because the team has played 2 matches and won one match. Occupying second place in its group with 2 points and +1.677 net run rate. Now Bangladesh is going to play its last league match with UAE. If Bangladesh wins it, it will get a ticket to the final, but if it loses, the UAE team will reach the semi-finals and then play the match with India.

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