Bangladesh reached the semi-finals of Women's Asia Cup 2026 after defeating UAE, will now face India

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Women's Asia Cup 2026: The four semi-finalists of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 have been decided. Bangladesh has made its place in the semi-finals by defeating UAE, where now the Indian women's team will face Bangladesh. Today the last league match of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 was played between Bangladesh and UAE, in which Bangladesh defeated the UAE team by 34 runs. In response to the target of 104 runs given by Bangladesh, UAE team could score only 69 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Bangladesh's batting was also bad

In this match, Bangladesh's batting, which came to bat first after losing the toss, was also very poor. Bangladesh could score only 103 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Bangladesh, Sharmin Akhtar played the highest innings of 38 runs in 31 balls. Captain Nigar Sultana contributed 21 runs, while Zuriya Firdous and Nahida Akhtar contributed 16 runs each.

The most successful bowler from UAE side was Suraksha Kotte, who took 3 important wickets while giving just 11 runs in 4 overs. Apart from them, Induja Nandkumar and Vaishnave Mahesh took 1-1 wicket for their team.

UAE team could score only 69 runs in response to small target

UAE had a very bad start to chase the small target of 104 runs given by Bangladesh. Bangladeshi bowlers kept pressure on UAE from the beginning with their accurate bowling attack. Bangladesh's bowlers did not give UAE any chance to score runs freely in the powerplay. Batsmen like Tirtha Satish (10 runs) and Hina Hotchandani (6 runs) were seen struggling at the crease. UAE's run-rate could never pick up pace due to continuous falling of wickets. After playing 20 overs, the entire team could score only 69 runs at the loss of 9 wickets and lost the match by 34 runs. When Bangladesh team scored 103 runs, it seemed that UAE could pull off a big upset, but Bangladeshi bowlers performed brilliantly and restricted UAE to 69 runs.

The first semi-final match will be played between India and Bangladesh

Now the first semi-final match of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 will be played between the Indian women's cricket team and Bangladesh women's team. Bangladesh has made it to the knockout stage by defeating UAE in its last league match. This knockout match between these two neighboring countries will be played on 10 September 2026 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This match will start at 8:00 pm Indian time (6:30 pm local time).

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Sri Lanka and Pakistan will clash in the second semi-final

The second semi-final match of the tournament will be played between Sri Lanka women's cricket team and Pakistan women's team. After strong performance in the group stage, both the teams have secured their place in the top-4. This match will be played on 11 September 2026. Like the first semi-final, this match will also be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and it will also start at 8:00 pm Indian time.

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