PAKW VS SLW: The second semi-final match of Women's Asia Cup 2026 was played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. As a result, Pakistan team, coming to bat first, set a target of 131 runs in 20 overs. In response, the Sri Lankan team achieved the target and won by 4 wickets. With this, the Sri Lankan team has qualified for the final, where it will now face the Indian cricket team.
Disappointing batting was seen from the Pakistan cricket team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, in the second semi-final match of the Women's Asia Cup 2026. Not a single batsman from Pakistan could score even a half-century. Team captain Fatima Sana played the biggest innings, who returned unbeaten after scoring 47 runs in 36 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. At the same time, Tooba Hasan also returned unbeaten after scoring 12 runs with the help of one four in 10 balls.
Apart from this, Sawal Zulfiqar was out on 24 runs in 16 balls. Muniba Ali lost her wicket after scoring only 2 runs in 8 balls. Gul Feroza was out after scoring 21 runs on 32 balls. Ayesha Zafar lost her wicket after scoring 7 runs on 8 balls and Sadaf Shams lost her wicket after scoring 8 runs on 11 balls. In this way, Pakistan team, batting first in 20 overs, scored 130 runs on the board after losing 5 wickets.
Before the start of the match, Sri Lanka was considered the favorite to win, but the team had a very bad start while chasing the target. The team lost the first two wickets at the score of just 5 and the first 4 wickets at the score of 33. Pakistan's bowling was really impressive. The match could have ended, but Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari managed the innings for Sri Lanka.
Both added 67 runs on 59 balls for the fifth wicket. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana did the work of breaking this partnership. Sana breathed life into the match by dismissing Harshita (36). After this, Fatima broke the back of Sri Lanka by dismissing Dilhari (33) on the last ball of the over.
Sri Lanka needed 22 runs in the last 3 overs to win the match. In the 18th over of the innings, Kaushani Nuthyangana and Nilakshika Silva kept Sri Lanka's hopes alive by scoring 9 runs each. Now defending champions Sri Lanka needed 13 runs from 12 balls. Captain Fatima, who had taken 4 wickets for Pakistan, came to bowl and by the fifth ball of the over, she lost the match to Pakistan by spending 15 runs.
Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets in the first 7 balls. Now the Lankan team will face the Indian team in the final. This match will be played on Sunday, 13 September at Dubai International Stadium.
