India and Pakistan will compete today in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026. The match will start at 8 pm at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India has already reached the semi-finals by winning both its matches. Harmanpreet Kaur will appear as captain in T-20 International for the 150th time. She will become the first cricketer in the world to reach this milestone. India won the last four matches against Pakistan. Team India is unbeaten in the last 4 matches. Pakistan last won against India in the Asia Cup match in October 2022. This is also its only win against India in the Asia Cup T20. India won the remaining 6 matches played in the tournament. Both the teams have clashed 17 times in T-20 International. In these, India has defeated Pakistan in 14 matches. Pakistan has been able to win only 3 matches. If Pakistan wins, it will reach the semi-finals. In the group, India is first with 4 points and Pakistan is second with 2 points. If Pakistan wins this match, it will reach top-4. In case of defeat, they will have to beat Hong Kong in their last league match. Mandhana and Deepti are in great form. Opener Smriti Mandhana and spinner Deepti Sharma have been the top performers from India in this tournament. Mandhana has scored 143 runs in 2 matches at a strike rate of 193.24. He had played an innings of 124 runs in the last match. Deepti Sharma is the highest wicket taker in bowling. He has taken 6 wickets in 2 matches with an economy of just 2.16. In the first match, he took 3 wickets without giving any runs against Thailand. Pakistan’s expectations from Muniba Ali and Sadia Iqbal For Pakistan, opener Muniba Ali and spinner Sadia Iqbal have impressed the most in the tournament. Muniba had scored 54 runs in the only match played. Whereas in bowling, Saadia has taken the most wickets for the team. In the first match against Thailand, he took 3 wickets at an economy of 2.75. In Dubai, spinners got 71 wickets, pacers got 31 wickets. The team which won the toss 6 times in the first 7 matches of Asia Cup, chose to bowl first. So far only India has scored 150+ in the tournament. The batsmen are scoring runs quickly in the beginning, but the pace of scoring has decreased in the last overs. The pitch has helped the spinners. The spinners have taken 71 wickets at an economy of just 5.1 runs. Whereas fast bowlers have got 31 wickets. The temperature is expected to be around 37 degrees at the time of start of the match in Dubai on Saturday. After this there will not be much drop in temperature. Smriti Mandhana had described the conditions in Dubai as like a ‘steam box’. Possible playing-11 of both teams India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Shri Charani, Kranti Gaur, Nandini Sharma. Pakistan: Fatima Sana (captain), Muniba Ali (wk), Shawal Zulfikar, Gul Firozha, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Iman Fatima, Umm-e-Hani, Tuba Hasan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal.
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