{"id":115310,"date":"2026-06-14T10:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=115310"},"modified":"2026-06-14T10:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:20:24","slug":"pakistan-women-set-for-blockbuster-clash-against-india-women-in-t20-world-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistan-women-set-for-blockbuster-clash-against-india-women-in-t20-world-cup-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Women Set for blockbuster Clash against India Women in T20 World Cup Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIRMINGHAM: Cricket fans around the world are eagerly awaiting another chapter of the historic Pakistan-India rivalry as Pakistan Women take on India Women in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026<\/a> at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Sunday. The Group A encounter is among the most anticipated matches of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Match Expectations<\/h2>\n
India enter the match as favorites due to their higher ranking and stronger recent performances, but Pakistan’s disciplined bowling attack has the potential to make the contest highly competitive.<\/div>\n
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With a packed crowd expected at Edgbaston and the intensity of the historic Pakistan-India rivalry adding extra excitement, the match promises to be a thrilling encounter.<\/div>\n
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A victory in the tournament opener would provide crucial momentum and boost the winning team’s confidence for the remainder of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.<\/div>\n

Predicted Key Battle<\/h2>\n

Fatima Sana vs Smriti Mandhana could be one of the most decisive contests of the match, while Pakistan’s spinners will look to challenge India’s aggressive batting lineup.<\/p>\n

Team news and likely XIs<\/h2>\n

Pakistan<\/b>\u00a0(probable): 1 Muneeba Ali, 2 Gull Feroza, 3 Ayesha Zafar, 4 Saira Jabeen, 5 Rameen Shamim, 6 Aliya Riaz, 7 Fatima Sana (capt), 8 Eyman Fatima, 9 Diana Baig, 10 Nashra Sandhu, 11 Sadia Iqbal<\/p>\n

India<\/b>\u00a0(probable): 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Yastika Bhatia, 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Harmanpreet Kaur, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Arundhati Reddy\/Renuka Singh, 9 Kranti Gaud, 10 Shree Charani, 11 Nandani Sharma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BIRMINGHAM: Cricket fans around the world are eagerly awaiting another chapter of the historic Pakistan-India rivalry as Pakistan Women take on India Women in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Sunday. The Group A encounter is among the most anticipated matches of the tournament. Match Expectations India enter the match […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":115311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[42981],"class_list":["post-115310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pakistan-women-set-for-blockbuster-clash-against-india-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115312,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115310\/revisions\/115312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}