So far 12 matches have been played in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. Today (June 19) the 13th match of the tournament will be played between Ireland and New Zealand. Defending champion New Zealand has had a very bad start. It has faced defeats at the hands of West Indies and Sri Lanka, due to which it has reached the verge of elimination. New Zealand would like to keep their hopes alive by winning against Ireland. He is at fifth position in Group-2. England and West Indies have captured the top-2 of this group by winning both their matches.
The teams of India and Australia are also going unbeaten. While Australia has defeated South Africa and Bangladesh, India has started its campaign with a bang by winning against Pakistan and Netherlands. Deepti Sharma shone in the pressure match against Pakistan. Smriti Mandhana’s magic was seen against Netherlands, who was making her debut in the Women’s T20 World Cup. He played an inning of 74 runs in 47 balls with the help of 11 fours and 1 six, for which he was awarded the Player of the Match award. Smriti was chosen Player of the Match for the third time in the Women’s T20 World Cup. With this, Smriti has equaled Mithali Raj in winning the POTM Award the most number of times in the history of this tournament.
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Smriti-Mithali jointly ranked second
Suzie Bates holds the record for winning the most Player of the Match awards in the Women’s T20 World Cup. This legendary New Zealand batsman has been chosen best player of the match 8 times. Talking about Indian players, captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won this award maximum 4 times. After her there was Mithali Raj, whose equal has been equaled by Smriti.
Deepti, who became the player of the match against Pakistan, is jointly at third position in this list. She and opener Shefali Verma have won 2-2 POTM awards. Poonam Raut is also an Indian player to win this award more than once.
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List of Indian players who have won the most POTM awards in the Women’s T20 World Cup
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 4 times
- Smriti Mandhana – 3 times
- Mithali Raj – 3 times
- Deepti Sharma – 2 times
- Shefali Verma – 2 times
- Poonam Raut – 2 times
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