Summary

  • Pakistan lose last seven wickets for 31 runs - report

  • Deepti stars with ball - taking 5-10

  • Attendance of 18,814 a record for a Women's T20 WC group-stage match

  • India pile up 170-6 - scoring 105 in last 10 overs

  • Ghosh hammers 34 off 17 balls

  • Mandhana hits classy 68 (44)

  • Bangladesh avoid upset to edge past Netherlands

  • Women's T20 World Cup, Group 1, Edgbaston

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by Ffion Wynne & Mike Peter

  1. Ind 18-1

    Two fours for Smriti Mandhana.

    She wallops Sadia Iqbal out to long-on, where the fielder makes a bit of a mess of their effort and sees the ball run onto the rope.

    Two balls and late and drives confidently to the ropes through the covers.

  2. Annesha Ghosh
    India cricket journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Jemimah Rodrigues is one of the most athletic female cricketers that India has produced.

    She brings real urgency and energy between the wickets but that does cause a few problems for her batting partners sometimes!

  3. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    If I use the word 'elegant' too many times when Smriti Mandhana is batting, give me a kick.

    But every shot she plays just has the most beautiful timing.

  4. Ind 10-1

    Captain Fatima Sana is taking the second over for Pakistan.

    The right-arm seamer bowls to Smriti Mandhana, who spend the first over at the non-striker's end.

    The India opener gets off the mark from her first ball, sending a single to long leg.

    Jeminah Rodrigues then hustles through a run to mid-on and has to dive for the crease, with the throw flying past the stumps and whacking her boot.

  5. Ind 7-1

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    Jemimah Rodrigues makes an early entrance.

    The first ball she faces from Sadia Iqbal is a wide, and she defends the follow-up delivery.

    And breathe.

  6. Annesha Ghosh
    India cricket journalist on BBC Test Match Special

    Live by the sword, die by the sword.

    It's classic Shafali Verma, short-lived entertainment. But what a comeback from Sadia Iqbal to respond to that six.

    I expect her to be among the top wicket-takers in this tournament.

  7. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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    It was a bit quicker, a bit of extra bounce. Shafali was trying to give herself some room again but she's gone, and she knew it.

  8. wicket

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    Verma c Muneeba b Iqbal (Ind 6-1)

    Sadia Iqbal strikes back!

    The left-arm spinner steels herself after the first-ball six and sends down three dot balls to Shafali Verma.

    Her fifth delivery has a little more bounce than the India opener anticipated, she takes an ugly heave and feathers an edge to Muneeba Ali behind the stumps.

  9. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    What nerves?

  10. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Have a bit of that!

  11. 6 runs

    Ind 6-0

    What an opening statement from Shafali Verma!

    The opener pummels Sadia Iqbal's opening ball over mid-off for a first ball six.

    That's quite some take down of the world's number one ranked bowler in T20 internationals.

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    We're ready to go at Edgbaston.

    Sadia Iqbal is going to open the bowling for Pakistan - she'll be bowling to Shafali Verma with Smriti Mandhana at the other end.

  13. How's stat?!

    Pakistan have beaten India twice in this competition before - but not since 2016, when they edged it by two runs in Delhi.

  14. Annesha Ghosh
    India cricket journalist on BBC Test Match Special

    The diasporic presence here in Birmingham plays such a big part. They have the opportunity to come and watch their icons from both Pakistan and India.

    It is always a huge game for the growth of women's cricket.

  15. Mixed build-up for India

    India have had a mixed build-up to this tournament. They toured Australia in February and March, winning their T20 series 2-1 but losing the ODI leg 3-0 and the one-off Test.

    That was followed by a T20 tour of South Africa in April, which they lost 4-1, before falling to a 2-1 series defeat against England prior to this tournament.

    Before heading to England, Team India played on two important tours in 2026 - Australia in February-March and South Africa in April. The team didn’t achieve major success in either series, but Muzumdar says the focus has been on what they learned.

    “We discussed what we learned and what needs improvement. Except for Nandini Sharma, the South Africa squad was almost the same, and Radha Yadav returned. There were many positives. You learn a lot from defeats, and that’s what we did," Amol Muzumdar told BBC Marathi.

    “Another positive is that about a month ago, we beat Australia in Australia. It was the first time Australia lost a T20 series. I don’t think they’ve lost in the past 15-20 years. We’ve had enough discussions - now it’s about execution.”

  16. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

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    It will probably feel like a home game for India today. It is a fixture that is a reminder of the power of sport.

  17. Here's more from Amruta Durve from BBC Marathi's interview with India coach Amol Muzumdar:

    “We toured England last year. During the T20 series there, India beat a strong team like England 3-2 in T20 for the first time and won the ODI series 2-1. This had never happened before.”

    “Almost the same team was there, with just 2-3 changes now. So, we have confidence and experience of playing in England. The weather in Bengaluru isn’t like England, but we can prepare the kind of pitches we need here—slightly green surfaces where the ball moves a bit. We can’t replicate England’s weather, but we can get close.”

    “In England, not just two summers—even two days aren’t the same. We will be playing in northern regions like Edgbaston, Headingley, Leeds, and Manchester’s Old Trafford. It’s impossible to predict conditions in the northern parts.”

    “The weather changes and no one has control over it. I always say—control the controllables. Focus only on what you can control."

  18. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This will be one of the most-watched sporting events in the world today.

  19. BBC Marathi's Amruta Durve has been speaking to India coach Amol Muzumdar in the build-up to this match.

    “Our preparation is in full swing. Let’s see what happens. In T20 cricket, you cannot underestimate anyone. If you do, you’ll have to pay for it,” he says.

    “There is no team in the world that cannot challenge you in T20 cricket. On any given day, even underdogs can be equally dangerous. That’s why I always tell my players not to take anyone lightly.”

    “Our group is strong. There’s Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Every match will be important. In ICC tournaments, no team is weak and no team is too big. There is a different kind of pressure in ICC events. If you handle that pressure on the day of the match, you win.”

  20. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana: "If we had won the toss we'd have batted as well because this looks like a batting track.

    "As a team we are doing great. We know we have a good bowling unit, we just need to improve in the batting. It's going to be a good contest.

    "We are going with Saira, she'll be playing for the first time in a World Cup."