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The Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is scheduled to be held in England and Wales. This is the 10th edition of the competition, with teams almost ready for the upcoming major ICC event. India women’s national cricket team, the current winners of the Women’s ODI World Cup, will look to win the T20 World Cup when they return home in 2025.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s team has played amazing cricket. India women’s team will begin their campaign on Sunday, June 14, when they take on their rivals, Pakistan women’s national cricket team, at the iconic Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. It is going to be a blockbuster encounter as we take a look at the head-to-head records between India and Pakistan.
IND-W vs PAK-W head-to-head record: India Women vs Pakistan Women – Overall T20I stats summary
The fiercest rivalry between India Women and Pakistan Women began in 2009 in England, where the two teams met for the first time in the Women’s T20 World Cup, as bilateral series between the two sides do not take place due to the political situation between the two countries.
India and Pakistan have played 16 T20 matches, out of which the women have won 13. Their most recent match, at the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, ended in a similar fashion to India’s victory. The last time Pakistan defeated India was in the 2022 Asia Cup, where all-rounder Nida Dar helped register a 13-run win.
| Format | matches played | Indian women won | pakistan women won |
|---|---|---|---|
| T20 International (T20I) | 16 | 13 | 3 |
IND-W vs PAK-W T20I Head-to-Head
| team 1 | team 2 | winner | Result | venue | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 6 wickets | Dubai (DICS) | October 6, 2024 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 7 wickets | Dambulla | 19 July 2024 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 7 wickets | cape town | February 12, 2023 |
| india women | Pakistani women | Pakistani women | 13 runs | Sylhet | October 7, 2022 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 8 wickets | birmingham | 31 July 2022 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 7 wickets | Thrift | 11 November 2018 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 7 wickets | kuala lumpur | 9 June 2018 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 17 runs | bangkok | 4 December 2016 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 5 wickets | bangkok | 29 November 2016 |
| india women | Pakistani women | Pakistani women | 2 runs | Delhi | March 19, 2016 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 6 runs | Sylhet | 2 April 2014 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 18 runs | guangzhou | 31 October 2012 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 8 wickets | guangzhou | 28 October 2012 |
| india women | Pakistani women | Pakistani women | 1 run | galle | 1 October 2012 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 9 wickets | basseterre | 8 May 2010 |
| india women | Pakistani women | india women | 5 wickets | taunton | 13 June 2009 |
India vs Pakistan in Women’s T20 World Cup: Previous match results
Over the past few years, India women have registered massive wins in the competition, including a spectacular 5-wicket win at Taunton in 2009 and a 5-wicket victory over Australia in 2009. In 8 matches, Pakistan Women have won only twice, and the rest have been won by the Women in Blue. Below, we have given the results of the India Women vs Pakistan Women match in the T20 World Cup.
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – India Women won by 5 wickets (Taunton, 13 June 2009)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – India Women won by 9 wickets (Basseterre, May 8, 2010)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – Pakistan Women won by 1 run (Galle, October 1, 2012)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – India Women won by 6 runs (Sylhet, April 2, 2014)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – Pakistan Women won by 2 runs (Delhi, March 19, 2016)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – India Women won by 7 wickets (Providence, November 11, 2018)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – India Women won by 7 wickets (Cape Town, February 12, 2023)
- India Women vs Pakistan Women – India Women won by 7 wickets (Dambulla, July 19, 2024)
India Women vs Pakistan Women – Highest and lowest team totals in IND-W vs PAK-W T20I
In 16 matches, the Women in Blue have been dominant, and the Pakistan team has failed to maintain the rivalry like the men’s competition; It has become one-sided. The team’s highest score in IND-W vs PAK-W is 151/3, which came in the 2023 T20 World Cup in Cape Town. 63 is the lowest score in this match, whose record is in the name of Pakistan in the Women’s Asia Cup.
| Type | Team | score | over | RR | Inn | Field | Result | match date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| highest | IND-W | 151/3 | 19.0 | 7.94 | 2 | cape town | won | 12 February 2023 |
| lowest | pak-w | 63 | 19.1 | 3.28 | 2 | guangzhou | lost | 31 October 2012 |
Top individual performers in India Women vs Pakistan Women T20I matches
Cricketers from both the countries already have a dream of scoring runs against their arch rivals and making a name for themselves as well as making their name famous in world cricket. Because this match across the borders has always provided some amazing performers, and currently, Smriti Mandhana and Nida Dar are the two leading performers for their respective countries as active cricketers.
India Women vs Pakistan Women: Top Batting Players
5. Harmanpreet Kaur: The captain of the India women’s team has also played a vital role for the team in this rivalry from 2009 to 2024, as she has been the fifth highest run-scorer in this rivalry in Women’s T20Is, scoring 194 runs with a highest score of 34*. She will once again try to perform like a captain on Sunday.
4. Nida Dar: The 40-year-old player has not officially retired, but is currently on an indefinite break from cricket citing mental health issues. He is also not present in the country’s T20 World Cup team. However, he is a key player with 194 runs in India-W vs Pakistan-W games.
3. Smriti Mandhana: The Team India vice-captain has emerged as one of India’s most important batsmen in recent years. From 2014 to 2024, he has played 10 matches against the PAK-W team, scoring 239 runs at an average of 26.55.
2. Bismah Maroof: She is the former captain of the Pakistan women’s team and had announced her retirement last year, ending an illustrious career of 17 years. Bismah remains Pakistan’s all-time leading run scorer in the white ball format. She has also been the second highest run scorer in the India-W vs Pakistan-W match.
1. Mithali Raj: The former captain of India has been one of the best cricketers in world cricket. She is the first superstar of women’s cricket in India. Mithali Raj retired from all forms of international cricket on June 8, 2022, ending an illustrious career spanning 23 years. He had earlier retired from T20Is in September 2019.
Most runs in India Women vs Pakistan Women in WT20I
| player | Duration | mat | Inn | No | it goes | HS | avenue | BF | sr | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mithali Raj (IND-W) | 2009-2018 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 315 | 73* | 45.00 | 357 | 88.23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Bismah Maroof (PAK-W) | 2009-2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 248 | 68* | 19.07 | 292 | 84.93 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Smriti Mandhana (IND-W) | 2014-2024 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 239 | 63* | 26.55 | 232 | 103.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| Nida Dar (PAK-W) | 2010-2024 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 194 | 56* | 21.55 | 192 | 101.04 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Harmpreet Kaur (IND-W) | 2009-2024 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 194 | 34* | 32.33 | 241 | 80.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
India Women vs Pakistan Women: Top bowling performers
5. Priyanka Roy: The leg spinner who featured in only 2 matches but made a big impact by taking 8 wickets. In the first T20 World Cup match between the two sides in 2009, he took five wickets, which remains the best figures.
4. Deepti Sharma: The Player of the Tournament in the ODI World Cup, has been an important all-rounder for the India-W team as she has contributed in taking important wickets in the middle overs, helping India maintain control in difficult conditions.
3. Sana Mir: The former Pakistan captain has been a well-known name in the Asian women’s cricket fraternity. She has been a key all-rounder for the team and is only the second Pakistani to feature in the list of best bowling performers
2. Nida Dar: Another Pakistani in the list of most wickets for the Women in Green in the IND-W vs PAK-W game. She has been a match winner and has stepped away from cricket due to mental illness. He has taken 10 wickets in 12 innings.
1. Ekta Bisht: The left-arm spinner has been one of the most consistent performers, picking up 10 wickets in just 5 matches at an excellent average of 8.70 and an economy of 4.35. She leads the charts for most wickets for India vs Pakistan Women in Women’s T20I.
Most wickets in India Women vs Pakistan Women in WT20I
| player name | Duration | mat | Inn | balls | over | MDNS | it goes | wickets | B.B.I | avenue | economy | sr | 4 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekta Bisht (IND-W) | 2012-2018 | 5 | 5 | 120 | 20.0 | 0 | 87 | 10 | 3/14 | 8.70 | 4.35 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nida Dar (PAK-W) | 2010-2024 | 13 | 12 | 233 | 38.5 | 0 | 217 | 10 | 3/12 | 21.70 | 5.58 | 23.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sana Mir (PAK-W) | 2009-2018 | 11 | 11 | 258 | 43.0 | 1 | 216 | 9 | 4/13 | 24.00 | 5.02 | 28.66 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deepti Sharma(IND-W) | 2018-2024 | 7 | 7 | 162 | 27.0 | 0 | 166 | 9 | 3/20 | 18.44 | 6.14 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Priyanka Roy (IND-W) | 2009-2010 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 7.5 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 5/16 | 4.37 | 4.46 | 5.87 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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