The second semi-final of Women’s Asia Cup 2026 was played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dubai. On Friday (September 11), Sri Lanka qualified for the final by defeating Pakistan. After a poor start, Sri Lanka bounced back to beat Pakistan by four wickets.

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

Harshitha Samarawickrama top scored for the team with 31 runs, including two fours. Captain Fatima Sana took four wickets from Pakistan during the match. Batting first, Pakistan scored 130 for 5 in 20 overs. Captain Fatima Sana scored 47 runs off 36 balls, hitting four fours and two sixes. Chasing the target, Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets in 18.4 overs.

After a bad start, Sri Lanka won the match

Sri Lanka got off to a poor start. He lost two wickets for just 5 runs. The innings settled down for a while, but lost their third wicket for 31 runs. Then, the fourth wicket fell for 34 runs. From there, it looked like Pakistan had won the match. But Harshita Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari changed the situation by putting on a 67-run partnership (59 balls) for the fifth wicket. Then the team lost the fifth wicket at 100 runs. Sixth wicket fell on 109 runs. No wicket fell after that. Then, an unbroken partnership of 25 runs (10 balls) for the seventh wicket took the team over the edge of victory.

Final match between India and Pakistan on Sunday

The title match of the tournament will be played between India and Sri Lanka in Dubai on Sunday. Team India defeated Bangladesh in the first semi-final and qualified for the final. Sri Lanka then performed brilliantly in the second semi-final. Team India has reached the final for the 10th time. Now it will be interesting to see which team wins this time.