That's a wrap for our coverage of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 clash between India and Pakistan. A memorable victory for India, and equally, a defeat that Pakistan will want to erase from their minds as quickly as possible.

Stay tuned to NDTV Sports for all the live and latest sports updates. Goodbye!

This is India's fourth-biggest margin of victory in terms of balls remaining, with 68 balls to spare. Their best is a victory with 84 balls to spare, against Thailand in 2022.

As for Pakistan, it is their second-heaviest defeat in terms of balls remaining.

With the win, India finish top of Group A. The favourites have lived up to their billing, and dominated all three games. A superb showing from India's spinners. Shafali Verma started the show, Shree Charani put India in control, and Prema Rawat and Deepti Sharma finished things off.

VICTORY FOR INDIA! Harmanpreet Kaur finishes off in style! A boundary and then a straight six from the captain to cap it off. India chase down the target in just 8.4 overs. After the loss of three wickets in the powerplay, Harmanpreet and Deepti take India safely over the line.

IND 57/3 (8.4)
IND beat PAK by 7 wickets.

Superb shot from Deepti Sharma! First ball after the powerplay, Deepti steps out and slams it over mid-wicket for 4. India inching closer to victory.

IND 41/3 (7)

End of the powerplay. Not a great one for India, but they do not need to worry a lot given the relatively low target. Fatima Sana bowled an excellent spell. 

IND 34/3 (6)

GONE! Smriti Mandhana out LBW! Fatima Sana picks up her third wicket! It's a close call that goes in favour of Pakistan. The good news for India is that more than half the target has been completed already.

IND 29/3 (4)

Great shot from Smriti Mandhana! She slams the final ball of the third over for 4, over extra cover! Great timing from the in-form left-hander.

IND 24/2 (3)

OUT! Pratika Rawal slams a boundary and then departs. Thick edge goes through third-man for 4 after some poor fielding. But Fatima roars back and sends Pratika back to the dugout. Inside edge, good catch by wicket-keeper Muneeba Ali.

IND 18/2 (2)

GONE! Shafali Verma departs! Caught and bowled by Pakistan captain Fatima Sana. A leading edge goes straight back to Fatima. And she gives a send-off to the India opener, gesturing to the dugout.

IND 13/1 (1.3)

India begin the chase of 56 runs against Pakistan. Sadia Iqbal bowls the first over and concedes nine runs in it. Shafali Verma begins the innings with a six and races to the mark of 3000 T20I runs.

INDW 9-0 (1)

This is the lowest-ever women's T20I total for Pakistan. They have been bowled out for just 55. A special performance by India's spinners, who took nine wickets in tandem. Pakistan's earlier lowest total was 56, which came against New Zealand in 2024.

55 ALL OUT. That's the end of Pakistan's innings. Deepti Sharma picks up the final wicket. Tuba Hassan steps out and goes for a slog, but misses the ball and Richa Ghosh completes the stumping!

PAK 55 all out (18.1)

GONE! Prema Rawat with a third! Nashra Sandhu goes for a drive, but ends up getting an inside edge that is caught behind by Richa Ghosh. Sharp catch from India's wicket-keeper.

One wicket left!

PAK 54/9 (16.3)

50 comes up for Pakistan! It's a boundary struck by Tuba Hassan, good shot through the covers. Pakistan are just four runs away from avoiding their lowest-ever WT20I total. Four overs to go, two wickets left.

PAK 53/8 (16)

GONE! Moments after the mix-up with her batting partner, Umm-e-Hani departs herself. Prema Rawat picks up her second wicket of the game. Nandani Sharma takes her second catch of the game. 

PAK 48/8 (15)

India could bowl Pakistan out for their lowest-ever women's T20I score today. Pakistan's current lowest total is 56, but they're still nine runs short with only three wickets remaining. Pakistan's lowest Women's Asia Cup total is 63, which was caused by India 14 years ago.

PAK 47/7 (14)

RUN OUT! Pakistan lose their seventh! Terrible mix-up between Eyman Fatima and Umm-e-Hani, the former was way out of her crease, but Deepti Sharma fumbled while receiving the ball! Somehow, she manages to recover and cause the run out before Fatima is able to return to her crease. 

PAK 45/7 (13.1)

Much-needed boundary for Pakistan. Good shot from Eyman Fatima, cut away nicely for 4, square of the wicket. Pakistan need to stitch a partnership and ensure their bowlers have some sort of a score to defend.

PAK 41/6 (11)

OUT! Deepti Sharma enters the party! She gets the Pakistan captain, Fatima Sana. LBW! Fatima looks very disappointed with the decision, but she has to walk back. 

PAK 35/6 (9.1)

OUT! Prema Rawat drops a catch early in the over, as Fatima Sana hits it straight back to her but she puts it down. But she puts the disappointment behind her and strikes on the final ball. Sadaf Shamas swings and misses, and the stumps are dislodged. 

PAK 35/5 (9)

GONE! Wicket after wicket in Dubai! Shree Charani strikes in her second over. Ayesha Zafar is gone for 2, caught at mid-on by Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Third wicket for Shree Charani.

PAK 32/4 (7.2)

GONE! Shree Charani strikes again! Two wickets in the final over of the powerplay, and Pakistan are falling apart. Zulfiqar departs, given out LBW. Loud appeal from the Indian camp, and the umpire raised the finger without much hesitation.

PAK 29/3 (6)

GONE! Two wickets in six balls for Team India! Gul Feroza is gone for a duck on her fourth ball. She goes for a big shot, completely mistimes it, and it's a simple catch for Nandani Sharma at short third-man. Wicket in her first over for left-arm spinner Shree Charani!

PAK 28/2 (5.2)

GONE! Shafali Verma provides the breakthrough! Right after being hit for a boundary, Shafali strikes. Muneeba Ali misses her cut, and Shafali's delivery hits the stumps. Harmanpreet Kaur's tactic to bowl the part-timer in the powerplay has worked!

PAK 27/1 (4.3)

Muneeba Ali goes big! Shafali Verma into the attack in the powerplay, but Muneeba goes for a slog towards long-on. Pratika Rawal in the deep puts in the dive to try and grab it, she misjudges the flight, and the ball goes for 4 after one bounce.

PAK 27/0 (4.2)

Boundary! A fortunate inside edge off Zulfiqar's bat that rolls away for 4 behind the stumps. Couple of deliveries later, Zulfiqar misdrives an off-drive, but it falls just short of Shafali Verma at mid-off.

PAK 23/0 (4)

Oh dear, catch dropped! Zulfiqar misjudges her shot after a short delivery from Kranti, Pratika Rawal was right underneath it, but she drops it! Should've been a simple grab. Will that prove to be a costly blunder for India? 

Couple of balls later, Zulfiqar slams a boundary!

PAK 16/0 (3)

First boundary of the Pakistan innings comes on the final ball of the second over. Nandani Sharma had started off well, but Zulfiqar slams it over mid-on for 4 on the final delivery.

PAK 11/0 (2)

WE ARE LIVE! Kranti Gaud is going to open the bowling for India. Muneeba Ali and Shawaal Zulfiqar at the crease for Pakistan. Kranti starts off with a wide outside off-stump, but then tests Muneeba with a fast one swinging away.

PAK 1/0 (0.1)

The players are out onto the field at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. A good crowd in the stands to witness the blockbuster game. Time for the national anthems, and then live action!

Pakistan XI vs India: Muneeba Ali (wk), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana (c), Umm-e-Hani, Eyman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal.

India XI vs Pakistan: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Nandani Sharma, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud.

Once again, as has become common now, there are no handshakes between India and Pakistan at toss time. This has been the case since the Men's Asia Cup in 2025, which took place shortly after the Pahalgam terror attacks in India's Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan win the toss and opt to bat! Fatima Sana calls 'tails' and it's the correct call. Pakistan are going with the same team!

A new challenge for Team India, they'll be chasing for the first time in this Women's Asia Cup.

This is going to be Harmanpreet Kaur's 150th T20I as captain of India, making her the first cricketer - male or female - to achieve this milestone. A phenomenal achievement for India's skipper.

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Nandani Sharma, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Gunalan Kamalini, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav.

Pakistan Women: Muneeba Ali(w), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana(c), Umm-e-Hani, Eyman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Momina Riasat, Eman Naseer, Waheeda Akhtar

Having already made the semifinals, a far superior India will be expected to step up the intensity against traditional foes Pakistan in their final league game. Men or women, routinely scheduled Indo-Pak fixtures in multi-team events have not lived up to the off-field hype for a while now.

Pakistan need drastic improvement in their batting to compete with India. The shortcomings in the batting department have let the team down for a number of years.

Here's how Group A of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 shapes up, ahead of the India-Pakistan clash:

Today, Smriti Mandhana can achieve the record of becoming the highest-ever run-scorer in women's T20I cricket. She is just 78 runs away from overtaking New Zealand great Suzie Bates' tally of 4,758 runs. 

India's superstar batter Smriti Mandhana will be at the centre of attention today. Mandhana smashed a scintillating 124 in their previous game against Hong Kong, breaking multiple records in the process. The biggest among those was that she became the highest-ever run-scorer in women's international cricket across all formats.

While India are already through, Pakistan are looking to book their own berth in the Women's Asia Cup semi-finals. After a win over Thailand in their first match, Pakistan need just one more point to qualify. Hence, a win or even a no-result would see them go through.

India have made a fantastic start to their Women's Asia Cup campaign, brushing aside Thailand and Hong Kong in their opening two games and booking their place in the semi-finals. Harmanpreet Kaur and co. are the runaway favourites to win the trophy.

A very warm welcome to one and all for the live coverage of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan. It is the final match in Group A, but as always, stakes will be way beyond just two points when these two nations face off.

Stay tuned to NDTV Sports for all the live updates from the match!