Dubai. The Indian Women's Cricket team continues to shine in the Women's Asia Cup 2026. In the match played on the grounds of Dubai, India defeated the Pakistan team by four wickets and registered its third consecutive win in the tournament. With this resounding victory, the Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur secured the semi-final ticket.
The Pakistani team, which came to bat first, got defeated by the lethal bowling of the Indian spinners. Pakistan team collapsed for just 55 runs in 18.1 overs. This was Pakistan's lowest score so far in T20 International.
India's two young spinners had the biggest role in defeating Pakistan cheaply. Shri Charani bowled lethally, taking 3 wickets for just 7 runs in his 4 overs, which included 2 wickets in the same over.
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Leg spinner Prema Rawat also showed the magic of her spin, giving only 9 runs in 4 overs and sending 3 batsmen to the pavilion. From Pakistan, only Shawal Zulfikar (14) and Muniba Ali (13) could touch double figures, while four players including captain Fatima Sana could not even open their account.
Shefali Verma made world record
Chasing the target of 56 runs, the first three wickets of the Indian team fell quickly, but Shefali Verma created history by playing an inning of 12 runs before getting out. Shefali has now become the youngest player in the world to score 3,000 runs in T20 international cricket.
By doing this feat at the age of just 22 years and 220 days, she broke the record of Gabby Lewis of Ireland. Shefali Verma has also become the third Indian woman batsman after Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur to score 3,000 T20I runs.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur created history
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur also added a big achievement to her name in this match. She became the first player in the world to captain in 150 T20 international matches. In this matter, she has left Sri Lanka's Chamari Atapattu (120 matches) and Australia's great Meg Lanning (100 matches) far behind. After the initial setbacks, captain Harmanpreet (18 runs*) and Deepti Sharma (12 runs*) gave India an easy victory without causing any further damage.
