India, June 14 -- IND-W vs PAK-W, Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Indian women's cricket team began their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign with a 64-run demolition of Pakistan on June 14, Sunday at the Edgbaston in Birmingham. With a stiff 171 for Pakistan to win, they made a promising start, but India's spin-bowling choked them methodically. Deepti Sharma bowled beautifully to end up with stunning figures of 4-0-10-15. The spin-bowling all-rounder deservedly won the Player of the Match award too.

IND-W vs PAK-W, Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Here are the turning points from India's convincing win over Pakistan

3) Deepti Sharma's introduction puts Pakistan in a spin

With Pakistan needing to scale their highest run-chase in a T20I, they started ex...