Pakistan suffer severe seven-wicket loss to India in Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2026

Pakistan’s batting line-up collapsed for a paltry 55 runs and they suffered a crushing seven-wicket loss to India in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2026 in Dubai on Saturday.

Winning the toss and batting first, Pakistan were promisingly placed at 27 for one at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium but could not build on it. India’s spinners then ripped through the rest of the batting order to leave Pakistan with their lowest-ever score in women’s T20 internationals.

The outcome leaves Pakistan with a win and a loss from their first two games of the tournament. They beat Thailand by 35 runs in their opening game but struggled to replicate that against a powerful Indian bowling attack.

Pakistan crumble

Pakistan’s innings got off to a good start as Muneeba Ali and her opening partner carried the team to 27 but wickets then started to fall. Finally India got a break, Pakistan lost 9 wickets for 28 runs and were bowled out for 55 in 18.1 overs.

Shawaal Zulfiqar was Pakistan’s top scorer with 14 off 14 balls while Muneeba Ali contributed 13 off 15 balls. Tuba Hassan scored nine runs but none of the other Pakistan batters could make double figures.

India’s bowlers were on top all the way through the innings. Shree Charani was the star performer with 3 wickets for just 7 runs, Prema Rawat also picked up 3 wickets for 9 runs.

Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma each took a wicket as Pakistan battled to find a way past the Indian attack. Pakistan had lost wickets early on that stopped them from putting up a competitive total and left India needing just 56 runs to win.

India won by 5 wickets

Pakistan needed early wickets to preserve their modest total but India made steady headway toward the finish. India completed the target in 10.4 overs losing three wickets and won by seven wickets.

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was the highest scorer with 18 runs followed by Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma with 12 runs each. India, however, kept the chase under control losing three wickets and scored the needed total with few deliveries to spare.

That is Pakistan’s loss after a good start against Thailand in their inaugural match, which they won by 35 runs. Now they turn their attention to another Group A match against Hong Kong on September 7, and Pakistan will need to improve their batting in their upcoming outing.

Meanwhile, India stay unbeaten in the competition, having earlier defeated Thailand and Hong Kong.

Pakistan XI

Muneeba Ali (wk), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana (c), Eyman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Umm-e-Hani

India XI

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma.