The Indian team had made a great start to the 10th edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup (Women’s T20 World Cup 2026). Pakistan was defeated in the first match and then Netherlands in the second match. Smriti Mandhana had scored half-centuries in both the initial matches. But in the third match, Harmanpreet Kaur and team lost to South Africa. This one defeat has increased India’s problems. Now know the equation of India reaching the semi-finals.

A total of 12 teams are playing in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, which are divided into 2 groups. Each team will play 1 match each against the other 5 teams of its group, the top 2 teams will go to the semi-finals and the others will be eliminated. Indian women’s team has won 2 out of 3 matches and lost 1. The team is at second position in the points table with 4 points and a net run rate of +2.511. Now India has 2 matches left.

India’s remaining matches

The next match of the Indian women’s cricket team is with Bangladesh on Thursday, 25 June. Bangladesh Women has also won 2 out of 3 matches. In the last match, Team India will face Australia, who is at first place in the table after winning all three matches. India vs Australia match is on 28th June.

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India’s semi-final equation

If we look at the current situation, all the teams in Group A have played 3-3 matches. Australia is on top with 6 points. India, South Africa and Bangladesh have 4 points each. India’s net run rate (+2.511) is higher than South Africa (-0.546) and Bangladesh (-0.641). Pakistan and Netherlands are out of the race for the semi-finals.

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If India is not dependent on any other match then they will have to win both their matches. Bangladesh looks like a good team, which will give a tough challenge and Australia is fantastic. If India loses a match then better net run rate can help them, but then it will depend on other matches and their net run rate.

Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur created history in the match against South Africa. She reached such a figure which no male or female cricketer could ever reach before. The 18th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2026 is being played between India and South Africa in Manchester, which is Harman’s 200th T20 International match.

First cricketer to play 200 matches

Harmanpreet Kaur has become the first cricketer in the world to play 200 T20 International matches. Let us tell you that no male cricketer has ever been able to make the record of playing 200 matches. Let us tell you that the record of playing most T20 International matches in men’s cricket is held in the name of Paul Stirling, who has played 163 matches. Rohit Sharma has played the most matches for India, who is second in the overall list and has retired from T20. Rohit played 159 T20 International matches in his career.

Special jersey presented to Harmanpreet Kaur

Before the India vs South Africa match in the Women’s World Cup, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and head coach Amol Majumdar presented Harmanpreet Kaur a special number ‘200’ jersey and cap signed by the entire team.

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Respect. Love. And a whole lot of memories

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and Head Coach Amol Muzumdar present Harmanpreet Kaur with a special ‘200’ jersey & cap signed by the entire squad.#TeamIndia | #T20WorldCup | #WomenInBlue | #SAvIND | @ImHarmanpreet |… pic.twitter.com/FMJUsAVnhz

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) June 21, 2026

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Harmanpreet Kaur’s T20 record

Harmanpreet started her international career in 2009. He played his debut T20 match against England on June 11, 2019. His 200th T20 International match is against South Africa on Sunday. In this match, she was out after scoring 24 runs in 22 balls. Harman has scored 4147 runs in 200 matches played in T20, which includes 1 century and 17 half-centuries.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur said after an easy 64-run win against Pakistan in the Group One match of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Sunday that her team had put unnecessary pressure on itself in the beginning.

Chasing India’s target of 171 runs, Pakistan’s team was reduced to 106 runs in 17 overs in front of the career-best bowling of off-spinner Deepti Sharma (five wickets for 10 runs). Left arm spinners Shri Charani (three wickets for 21 runs) and Shafali Verma (one wicket for 22 runs) also supported Deepti well.

Earlier, taking advantage of two lives, Smriti Mandhana, apart from playing an inning of 68 runs in 44 balls with nine fours and two sixes, also made a partnership of 91 runs for the third wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (36 runs, 35 balls, four fours), due to which India scored 170 runs for six wickets, which is its highest score against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.

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Richa Ghosh finally scored 34 runs in 17 balls with five fours and one six and also made a brisk partnership of 45 runs in just 21 balls for the sixth wicket with Deepti Sharma (12 not out).

Harmanpreet praised Smriti and Deepti after the match and said, “Whenever we need them, they are always there to encourage the team.” The pitch was fine. In the beginning we put pressure on ourselves unnecessarily but when Smriti and I were batting, we tried to control the game.

Regarding Richa, who batted fast in the last overs of the innings, Harmanpreet said, “If it was in my hands, I would have liked to send her on the very first ball.” But she has a role and she is doing well.

Deepti, who was the most successful bowler in T20 International cricket with 166 wickets and was chosen the best player of the match, said that she likes these kind of wickets very much.

He said, “I am thankful and I like these kind of pitches.” I like ICC tournaments. The ball was turning so I kept changing my pace with every ball and every over. The ball was turning so I thought I should bowl slower and that helped me.

India’s resounding victory, thrashing Pakistan by 64 runs; Defeated for the seventh time in T20 World Cup

By defeating Pakistan by 64 runs, India has registered its fifth biggest win by runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup. The Indian women’s team, who came to bat first at Edgbaston on Sunday, scored 170 runs losing 6 wickets. In response, Pakistan was reduced to just 106 runs in 17 overs.

India achieved its biggest win in the Women’s T20 World Cup by 82 runs against Sri Lanka in Dubai in the year 2024. Team India has won the match against Bangladesh by 79 runs in Sylhet, whereas in the year 2016, it had won the match against Bangladesh by 72 runs. In the year 2010, ‘Women in Blue’ had defeated Sri Lanka by 71 runs.

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India has registered its seventh win (in total 9 matches) against Pakistan in the Women’s T20 World Cup. The Australian team is at the top in this list, which has defeated South Africa in 8 out of 9 matches, while the New Zealand team has won all seven matches against Sri Lanka.

In the match played at Edgbaston on Sunday, the Indian team suffered two setbacks till the score was just 18. After this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur got India out of trouble by making a partnership of 91 runs in 63 balls with Smriti Mandhana. Mandhana was out after scoring 68 runs in 44 balls, while Kaur scored 36 runs in 35 balls.

Deepti Sharma (12 not out) along with Richa Ghosh (34) made a partnership of 45 runs in 21 balls for the sixth wicket and took the team to a strong score. For Pakistan, Sadia Iqbal and Fatima Sana took 2-2 wickets, while Tasmiya Rubab and Ramin Shamim took 1-1 wicket.

In response, the opening pair of Muniba Ali and Gul Firoza gave a great start to Pakistan, but after the break of this pair, the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals and collapsed for just 106 runs. For Pakistan, Muniba Ali scored the highest 41 runs in 35 balls. For India, Deepti Sharma took 5 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs, while Shri Charani took 3 wickets. Shefali Verma took one wicket.

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The 10th edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup has become historic even before it has started. In fact, this is going to happen for the first time in 2026, when a total of 12 countries of the world will be participating in the Women’s T20 World Cup. This World Cup tournament, hosted by England and Wales, will start from June 12 to July 5, in which a total of 33 matches will be played.

Meanwhile, everyone’s eyes will be on the India vs Pakistan match. Whether the men’s team or the women’s team is playing, the India-Pakistan match has a different thrill. This time this high-voltage match will be played in Birmingham on 14 June. Along with this, take a look at India’s entire World Cup schedule here.

India’s complete T20 World Cup schedule

• 14 June – India vs Pakistan (Birmingham)
• 17 June – India vs Netherlands (Leeds)
• 21 June – India vs South Africa (Manchester)
• 25 June – India vs Bangladesh (Manchester)
• 28 June – India vs Australia (London)

India vs Pakistan – Head to Head

The Women’s T20 World Cup tournament was started in 2009. Till now the World Cup has been played 9 times, in which India and Pakistan have faced each other 8 times. Of these, Team India has won 6 times and Pakistan has won only 2 times. When the India-Pak match took place in the 2024 World Cup, Team India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets.

If we look at the history of women’s T20 cricket, till now India and Pakistan have clashed 16 times. Here too, India has dominated because Team India has won 13 times in 16 matches and Pakistan women’s cricket team has been able to defeat India only 3 times.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday announced England’s 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. The command of this team has been handed over to senior all-rounder Nate Sciver Brunt. The same England team, captained by Sciver Brunt, will also take part in the series against India and New Zealand in May-June, after which the T20 World Cup will be played. This will be Sciver Brunt’s seventh T20 World Cup.

The Indian women’s team will tour England to play three T20 Internationals and a Test match at Lord’s. The T20 International matches are to be held in late May or early June while the Test matches will be held from 10 to 13 July. This also marks the 50th anniversary of the England women’s team’s match at this iconic ground.

The new name in the England team is 18-year-old Surrey spinner Tilly Courtin Coleman, who will make her debut in international cricket. Apart from this, Ishi Wong of Warwickshire and Lauren Filer of Durham have also got a place in the team for the T20 World Cup for the first time. Surrey’s Danny Watt-Hodge will play in his eighth T20 World Cup. Somerset’s Charizard Dean will be the team’s vice-captain while Hampshire’s fast bowler Lauren Bell will lead the bowling attack.

Many stars of sports and entertainment world announced these 15 names through a unique film. Apart from the T20 World Cup team, the selectors have also announced the team for the ODI series against New Zealand and then the two T20 International series against New Zealand and India.

England women’s team for 2026 T20 World Cup- Nate Sciver Brunt, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Tilly Courtin Coleman, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Danny Gibson, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Lynsey Smith, Isi Wong and Danny Watt Hodge.

ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unite has started two major investigations against the Canada cricket team. Such claims have been made in CBC’s documentary ‘Corruption Cricket and Cricket’, which has created a stir in the cricket world. An important part of this investigation is related to a match of T20 World Cup 2026, this tournament was held in India and Sri Lanka. Serious allegations of match fixing have been made during the New Zealand vs Canada match.

The fifth over of New Zealand’s innings is under scrutiny, which was done by Canadian captain Dilpreet Bajwa. Let us tell you that Bajwa was made the captain of the Canada national team just 3 weeks before the start of T20 World Cup 2026. In this over, Bajwa gave a total of 15 runs by bowling no-balls and wide balls. This proved important in the match. Now this over has come under investigation. The ICC is investigating whether this bad bowling was real or whether the captain gave away so many runs deliberately? Is this related to any betting?

Leaked audio created a stir

The Canadian cricket team is going through its worst phase. Apart from the allegations of corruption against the player, telephone recording has also indicated rigging during team selection, the audio of which is viral. In this, former coach Khurram Chauhan says that pressure was being put on him to select some special players in the national team, they were none other than the senior members of the board.

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Former coach Pubudu Dassanayake has also claimed that during the 2024 World Cup, he too had opposed the interference of other officials in the team selection. After this he was threatened with removal from the job.

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The image of Canadian cricket has also been tarnished at the administrative level. Cases of fraud and theft are pending against former CEO Salman Khan. The condition of Canadian cricketers is also not good, the money they received for the World Cup was also delayed and they were not even kept on any professional contract.

On March 8, in the final of T20 World Cup 2026, Team India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs and won the title of world champion. IPL 2026 is going to start within three weeks, the first match of which will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad (RCB vs SRH) on March 28.

The Indian team that won the T20 World Cup title included star players like Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Know here for which team each player of that World Cup team will play in IPL 2026.

Who will play for which team?

Mumbai Indians- Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Jasprit Bumrah

Chennai Super Kings- Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan

Kolkata Knight Riders- Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty

Gujarat Titans- Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj

Delhi Capitals- Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel

Punjab Kings- Arshdeep Singh

Only Sanju Samson’s team changed

There were a total of 15 players in the T20 World Cup-winning Indian squad, but in IPL 2026, 14 of them will be seen playing for their old team. Sanju Samson is the only player whose team has changed this time. Actually, he has left Rajasthan Royals and joined Chennai Super Kings. Samson came to CSK as part of a trade deal and in his place Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran went to the Rajasthan team.

These include Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel and Ishan Kishan, who will captain their respective teams in IPL 2026. Hardik Pandya is the captain of Mumbai Indians and Akshar Patel is the captain of Delhi Capitals. Ishan Kishan has been made the temporary captain, because Sunrisers Hyderabad’s regular captain Pat Cummins is injured and will be out of the first few matches.

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Sarfaraz Ahmed Retirement: After the T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan’s legendary wicket-keeper batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed surprised the cricket world by suddenly retiring, ending his career that lasted for almost two decades. Sarfaraz was one of the most successful captains for Pakistan.

Under the captaincy of Sarfaraz, Pakistan won the Champions Trophy title in 2017. Pakistan had defeated Team India in the final of the tournament. This is Pakistan’s only title in the Champions Trophy so far. Let us tell you that Sarfaraz made his international debut on November 18, 2007 in the ODI played against India in Jaipur.

Pakistan captaincy record

Sarfaraz, who played a total of 232 international matches in his career, captained Pakistan in 100 matches in all three formats. He commanded Pakistan in 50 ODIs, 37 T20 Internationals and 13 Tests. Under his captaincy, Pakistan team achieved number one ranking in T20 and made a record of winning 11 consecutive T20 series.

International career of Sarfaraz Ahmed

Talking about Sarfaraz’s international career, he played 54 Tests, 117 ODIs and 61 T20 International matches. In Tests, Sarfaraz scored 3031 runs at an average of 37.41, which included 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries. In 91 innings of ODI, the Pakistani batsman scored 2315 runs at an average of 33.55. During this period, 2 centuries and 11 half-centuries were scored. In T20 International, he scored 818 runs, which included 3 fifties.

ICC titles at junior and senior level

Sarfaraz became the only captain for Pakistan who won ICC trophies at junior and senior level. In 2006, under the captaincy of Sarfaraz, Pakistan won the Under-19 World Cup title. After this, he made Pakistan victorious under his captaincy in the 2017 Champions Trophy.

Was out of the team for a long time

The thing to note is that Sarfaraz Ahmed, who plays all three formats, was out of the Pakistan team for a long time. He played his last white ball match for Pakistan in the T20 International against Bangladesh in November 2021. Whereas Sarfaraz played his last test in December 2023. Therefore, he was out of the team for the last three years.

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