Pakistan's batting fell apart in the most humiliating way possible during their Women's Asia Cup 2026 clash with India, with the side skittled out for just 55 runs after captain Fatima Sana chose to bat first upon winning the toss. The total is now the lowest a Pakistan women's side has ever posted in T20 International cricket.
The collapse eclipsed a mark Pakistan themselves had set only two years earlier. Playing against New Zealand in 2024, the team had managed just 56 runs, a total that stood as their previous lowest until this innings pushed it down to 55.
Four batters fail to score, only two reach double figures
The entire innings lasted a mere 18.1 overs. Batting was so brittle that just two players managed to cross into double figures, while four batters were dismissed without troubling the scorers at all. Sawal Zulfiqar top-scored with 14, followed by Muneeba Ali's 13. No one else in the lineup offered any real resistance to India's bowling attack.
Among India's bowlers, Shree Charani and Prema Rawat were the standout performers, each finishing with figures of three wickets. Veteran spinner Deepti Sharma accounted for two batters, while young all-rounder Shafali Verma picked up one wicket.
Muneeba and Zulfiqar couldn't convert a promising start
Openers Muneeba Ali and Sawal Zulfiqar had actually given Pakistan a solid platform, putting on 27 runs inside the first 4.2 overs. During that stretch, Indian fielder Pratika Rawal put down two catches off Muneeba, handing her back-to-back reprieves. It looked, briefly, as though Pakistan might turn that start into something substantial. Instead, Muneeba failed to make either life count, and once she fell, the middle order simply caved in behind her, with no partnership able to hold together.
The floodgates opened from the fifth over
With the score still at 27, Shafali Verma struck in the fifth over to open the wicket column, and from there Pakistan's innings unravelled rapidly. Young off-spinner Shree Charani was outstanding, removing three batters inside a span of just five runs; her four-over spell read 7 runs for 3 wickets.
The rest of the damage was shared between Prema Rawat and Deepti Sharma. Deepti dismissed two players, including captain Fatima Sana, while Prema Rawat matched Charani's impact with figures of 4-0-9-3. The combined effort from India's bowling unit dismantled Pakistan's batting order almost entirely, tilting the contest firmly in India's favour inside the opening overs.
The rout means India will head into the chase with an overwhelming advantage in this Women's Asia Cup 2026 fixture, and it reinforces just how difficult a phase Pakistan's batting unit is currently going through in T20I cricket.
