NEW DELHI: Pakistan endured a dramatic batting collapse towards India of their Girls’s Asia Cup 2026 conflict in Dubai on Saturday, crashing to their lowest-ever whole in T20I cricket after being bowled out for simply 55.After opting to bat first, Pakistan appeared to have a possibility to place scoreboard strain on India. As a substitute, their innings unravelled spectacularly as India’s bowlers turned the screw, with Pakistan shedding six wickets for simply eight runs after initially reaching 27 with out loss.The 55 all out is now Pakistan’s lowest whole in Girls’s T20Is, surpassing their earlier low of 56 towards New Zealand in Dubai in 2024. It additionally turns into the fifth-lowest whole conceded by India in a Girls’s T20I.Solely Pakistan’s two openers managed to cross double figures, with Muneeba Ali scoring 13 off 15 balls and Shawaal Zulfiqar making 14 from 14.
Charani, Rawat set off spectacular collapse
The slide started after Muneeba survived a few early scares earlier than Shafali Verma finally cleaned her up. Sree Charani then struck twice within the last over of the powerplay, turning Pakistan’s promising begin right into a full-blown collapse.Pakistan went from 27/0 to 35/6, with India’s spinners repeatedly breaching a batting line-up that struggled to deal with the strain.Charani completed with excellent figures of three/7, whereas Prema Rawat additionally claimed three wickets for simply 9 runs. Deepti Sharma chipped in with 2/5 and Shafali Verma took one wicket.The Indian assault’s ruthlessness was mirrored in Pakistan’s incapability to construct even a single substantial partnership after the opening stand. With wickets tumbling at common intervals, the innings was wrapped up for 55 in 18.1 overs.Charani credited a easy method for her success.“Simply (attempting) to bowl to my power, and coaches are telling all bowlers, spinners particularly, to bowl to power and provides extra revs on the ball. [What deliveries are you working on?] Making an attempt to get extra consistency on my arm ball and be extra correct on the yorkers,” she mentioned on the break.The efficiency underlined why India had entered the competition with such confidence of their bowling assault. India had already secured a spot within the semi-finals after profitable their opening two matches towards Thailand and Hong Kong, whereas Pakistan got here into the sport having overwhelmed Thailand.
Pakistan’s undesirable report in two hundredth T20I
The collapse got here on a big event for Pakistan, who have been taking part in their two hundredth T20I. As a substitute of celebrating the landmark with a aggressive whole, they ended the innings with a report they’d quite overlook.Pakistan’s earlier lowest all-out whole within the format was 56 towards New Zealand in Dubai in 2024. Their different lowest totals included 60 towards England in Taunton in 2009, 63 towards India in Guangzhou in 2012 and 65 towards the West Indies in St Andrew’s in 2011.For India, in the meantime, the 55 all out added one other dominant chapter to their current report towards Pakistan. India had gained 9 of their earlier 10 T20I conferences, with their solely defeat in that stretch coming within the 2022 Asia Cup.The competition additionally marked Harmanpreet Kaur’s report a hundred and fiftieth match as a T20I captain, making her the primary cricketer, male or feminine, to achieve the landmark.
Lowest all-out totals for PAK-W in T20Is
- 55 vs IND-W, Dubai, 2026
- 56 vs NZ-W, Dubai, 2024
- 60 vs ENG-W, Taunton, 2009
- 63 vs IND-W, Guangzhou, 2012
- 65 vs WI-W, St Andrew’s, 2011
- 72 vs SL-W, Colombo (NCC), 2018