🏏ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Group A: Ind W vs Pak W, M6 - Page 5

Teams:

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud

Pakistan Women (Playing XI): Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali(w), Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana(c), Rameen Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Tasmia Rubab, Sadia Iqbal

Pitch Report | Ian Smith and Nasser Hussain: "Well, India against Pakistan. It's the game that lights up any World Cup, and you need great conditions for that. In terms of the weather, we have got that. It's a very pleasant afternoon here in Birmingham. It's a temperature around 19-20, so no problem there. No rain expected, so that's a good thing. We're going to get continuity there. In terms of the dimensions of this ground, bowling from the Pavilion End, the boundary out to the right is about 55 metres, 61m square on the on-side. Down the ground, straight hit is around 69-70m. The pockets, 70m apiece. Behind me, 55m down to third man and to fine leg. Any pace in the pitch, well, maybe you can use those boundaries to your advantage. But what about the pitch surface? Game three on this very same surface. If you have played three games on a surface, you'd think it would look tired and get tired, but this is a hybrid pitch. This is one of seven hybrid pitches that they have here at Edgbaston, and it has held together pretty well. Obviously, with all the traffic during the previous games, there are some bits of rough, and there are little bits that it will grip, and that's why it's a spin-heavy side on both sides. I'm a little bit surprised India didn't play Nandni Sharma with all those variations and cutters. Here, your seamers need to bowl cutters, and your spinners will make it grip. I think it's still a very good surface."

Wicket

STAT: First toss win for India Women after 8 successive losses in T20Is, and this is also their first toss win after 12 consecutive toss losses on English soil in T20Is since 2022.

0.1

6

Sadia Iqbal to Shafali Verma, SIX, nerves, what nerves? Shafali launches the first ball over the rope. But this was asking to be hit. Mid-off was inside the ring and the ball was pitched right in her arc, Shafali lofts it cleanly and sends it all the way

Shefali Verma is out!!

India 6/1

0.5

W

Sadia Iqbal to Shafali Verma, out Caught by Muneeba Ali!! What a comeback! She got hit for a six first ball but has struck a big blow. Shafali Verma c Muneeba Ali b Sadia Iqbal 6(5) [6s-1]

Sadia Iqbal to Shafali Verma, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

We are one down..

I mean we will not lose to them but can't jinx my team

Shafali Verma is the first batter to hit a six on the first ball of a match in the Women’s T20 WC.

Shafali Verma is the first batter to hit a six on the first ball of a match in the Women’s T20 WC.