Women T20 WC: India defeated Pakistan by 64 runs, started with a win

The women’s teams of India and Pakistan faced each other in the sixth match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. In this match played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 14 June, the Indian team performed brilliantly and won unilaterally. The match started with India winning the toss and electing to bat first. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana started the innings. While Shafali was out after scoring six runs, Smriti played brilliantly and scored 68 runs.
 

Jemimah Rodrigues was out after scoring one run in seven balls, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 36 runs in 35 balls. Additionally, Richa Ghosh’s performance was also stellar; He scored 34 runs in 17 balls, helping India score a total of 170 runs in the first innings. Talking about Pakistan, Sadia Iqbal and Fatima Sana took maximum two wickets each. Tasmiya Rubab and Ramin Shamim also took one wicket each.

Pakistan women’s team entered the second innings of the match with the hope of a good start; Team’s openers Muniba Ali and Gul Firoza scored 41 and 12 runs respectively. Ayesha Zafar scored 12 runs, while Saira Zabeen added two runs to the team’s score. Thanks to the brilliant performance of all-rounder Deepti Sharma, the Indian team won the match. Deepti took the first wicket of the second innings and took a total of five wickets (Pfeifer); He took three wickets in the fourth over of his spell.
 

She was the leading wicket-taker for India, taking five wickets and conceding only 10 runs. Apart from this, Sri Charani took three wickets and Shafali Verma got one wicket. India won the match by 64 runs and made a great start to the Women’s T20 World Cup campaign.
 
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