IND W vs PAK W, the 6th match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, on 14th June 2026. The toss was won by India-W captain Harmanpreet Kaur, and she elected to bat first as the pitch was good for batting, and the combination she went with was 3 spinners and 2 pacers. Pakistan-W captain Fatima Sana stated that she was also looking to bat first, and she was confident about her bowling unit and looked confident about the game.
The Playing XI of Both Teams Ahead of IND W vs PAK W
India Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil.
Pakistan Playing XI: Muneeba Ali, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Natalia Pervaiz, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Rameen Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Tasmia Rubab.
IND W vs PAK W: Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 91-Run Partnership Led to 170 Total
The first innings of IND W vs PAK W began with a good start for PAK W as, in the first over, Sadia Iqbal took one of the biggest wickets of the match, the wicket of Shafali Verma on the 5th ball of the first over, where she was caught and bowled. She scored 6(5), the six on the very first ball was the only run she scored, and 7 runs came from the 1st over.
The uneven turn was restricting batters from scoring sixes and fours. On 3.2 overs, Jemimah Rodrigues, after scoring 1 run in 7 balls, gave up her wicket trying to hit over the covers, but Natalia took a brilliant catch on the 2nd attempt. After 6 overs, India-W were at 38/2, Smriti Mandhana 25*(19), and Harmanpreet Kaur 4*(6).
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IND W vs PAK W, the innings went into the phase of the middle overs. After the 2-wicket loss in the power play, India-W needed a partnership that could set the tempo of the match. An important moment of the match came on 7.5 overs, where Aliya Riaz dropped the catch of Smriti Mandhana at mid-off, and this dropped catch cost Pakistan-W.
The partnership of Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur progressed to 91 runs in 64 balls. This partnership took India-W to their third-highest total ever made in a T20 World Cup. Smriti Mandhana scored 68(44), Harmanpreet Kaur scored 36(35), and Richa Ghosh’s valuable 34(17) finished the innings at a great total of 170/6.
IND W vs PAK W: Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 91-Run Partnership Led to 170 Total
In the second innings of IND W vs PAK W, the target to chase for PAK-W was 171 in 20 overs, at a run rate of 8.55. Both openers, Muneeba Ali and Gull Feroza, gave the team a good start, reaching 37/0 in 4 overs. But the first breakthrough for IND W came in the 5th over, on the 5th ball, when Deepti Sharma dismissed Gull Feroza. She scored 12(9), and after 6 overs, PAK-W were at 52/1.
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In the 7th over, Deepti Sharma took her 2nd wicket by dismissing Ayesha Zafar after scoring 12(8). She was caught out at fine leg, a fine catch by Smriti Mandhana. Later, the Pakistan-W batting lineup fell like a pile of cards, as in 7.4 overs, Shree Charani took Saira Jabeen’s wicket. At 10.5 overs, Muneeba Ali, who was looking like a top contender for scoring runs, got out after scoring 41(35).
Shafali Verma, on the 3rd ball of the 12th over, dismissed Fatima Sana, the biggest wicket of the Pakistan-W batting line-up, and without giving any contribution, she got out for a duck 0(3). The 6th breakthrough came in the form of Natalia Pervaiz’s wicket; she scored 7(13), and got out on Shree Charani’s ball.
The batting line-up failed to score 171 runs, and on the last delivery of the match, Deepti Sharma took her 5th wicket of the match, and India-W won by 64 runs.
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