Women Asia Cup 2026: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 4 wickets in the second semi-final of Women Asia Cup 2026 to reach the final. As a result, India will face Sri Lanka in Sunday’s final (IND W vs SL W). The Asia Cup title fight will be held at the Dubai International Stadium. However, the dream of Pakistan Women Cricket Team to reach the final ended in the semi-final.
After winning the toss and batting first, Pakistan scored 130 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. However, the beginning was not good for them. Muniba Ali got out after scoring 2 runs in the second over. After that Shawal Zulfikar and Gul Feroza made a pair of 24 runs to manage the team temporarily. Zulfiqar returned for 24 runs in the powerplay and Ayesha Zafar for 7 runs in the seventh over.
Captain Fatima Sana dragged Pakistan’s innings in the middle. He made an important partnership of 40 runs for the fifth wicket with Gul Feroza. Feroza scored 21 runs in the last ball of the 16th over. After that, Fatima single-handedly took Pakistan’s run to a fighting position. He remained unbeaten on 47 runs off 36 balls. His innings had 4 fours and 2 sixes. Tuba Hasan remained unbeaten on 12 runs.
Chasing 131 runs, Sri Lanka got off to a terrible start. Fatima Sana sent captain Chamari Atapattu back for 5 runs in the second ball of the second over. The Pakistan captain sent Sanjana Kavindi to the sack without scoring any runs on the very next ball. Sri Lanka quickly lost two wickets and fell under pressure.
After losing two wickets, Imesha Dulani and Hasini Perera added 26 runs off 25 balls for the third wicket. But Perera bounced back with 3 runs in the last over of the Powerplay. Dulaney was dismissed for 22 runs in the seventh over. As a result, after losing 4 wickets at the end of 10 overs, Sri Lanka’s score stood at 53 runs. Then 78 more runs were needed off the last 60 balls to win.
Under pressure, Harshita Samarawickrama and Kabisha Dilhari brought Sri Lanka back into the match. But in the 17th over, Fatima hit again. He sent back Harshita who scored 36 runs in the first ball of the over and Kabisha who scored 33 runs in the last ball. Fatima’s spell of 4 wickets with 38 runs in 3.4 overs put Sri Lanka under pressure but Pakistan could not turn the match in the end.
In the end, Nilakshika Silva 18 and Kaushani Nuthangana contributed 10 runs unbeaten to help Sri Lanka win. Before the 19th over, Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets and collected 131 runs. As a result, they won by 4 wickets with 8 balls remaining. Fatima Sana performed well with bat and ball but could not take the team to the final. Sri Lanka will enter the title fight against India on Sunday.
