New Delhi, June 15 -- India Women began their ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 campaign in style, beating Pakistan Women by 64 runs in a one-sided Group A match at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Sunday (June 14).

Smriti Mandhana's classy 68 and Deepti Sharma's career-best 5/10 powered India to a comfortable victory. Pakistan never looked like chasing down the target of 171 after losing early wickets and collapsing to 106 all out in 17 overs.

India won the toss and chose to bat. The innings got off to a shaky start as Shafali Verma fell for 6 in the first over. Jemimah Rodrigues also departed cheaply for 1.

Smriti Mandhana then took charge. The left-hander played fluent shots and reached her half-century off just 34 balls. She smashed 9 fours a...