Birmingham: The Indian Cricket Team defeated Pakistan in their first match in the Women’s T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2026). Richa Ghosh played a great innings of 68 runs from 44 balls in the match. Shefali Verma and Jemaima Rodriguez did not get any runs at all. Harmanpreet Kaur played an innings of 36 runs. But the Richer innings strengthened the Indian team.

Smriti Mandhana led the recovery with a brilliant innings of 68 off 44 balls. Daughter of Siliguri Indian teamThe wicketkeeper batsman scored 34 runs off just 17 balls. His strike rate was 200. Reacher hit a six and five boundaries in the innings. Of which 23 runs came in the 19th over, where he hit three boundaries.

Pakistan chose to bat first in the match. But in the match, Muniba Ali and Gul Feroza did not make a bad start in the opening for Pakistan. However, Deepti Sharma sent back Feroza to give Pakistan the first blow in the fifth over, breaking the 38-run partnership. In his next over, he returned Ayesha Zafar with that brilliance. India’s third success also came thanks to Deepti. Muniba reached the threshold of half-century by batting in a fast pace. However, Deepti Sharma ran him out for 41 runs in a quick direct hit. After that, Pakistan could not put up much of a fight. Sri Charani’s spin duo with Deepti broke Pakistan’s lower middle order like a house of cards. Apart from Alia’s 18 runs, no other batsman could score double-digit runs. In the end, Pakistan were all out for 108 runs. India won by a landslide.

The Indian team was under pressure to chase runs. India was under a lot of pressure after losing two wickets for 18 runs. Smriti and Harmanpreet started the innings for India in this situation. Harmanpreet started aggressively. On the other hand, Mandhana was taking the innings forward. However, as time went on, Mandhana started batting aggressively. Richa counter-attacked right off the bat. Deepti Sharma also accompanied him. The two added 23 runs in the 19th over. The innings ended with a good run