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4Score177 - 3 Ruchitha Venkatesh to Smriti Mandhana, SIX! 3Score171 - 3 Ruchitha Venkatesh to Smriti Mandhana, SIX!
2Score165 - 3 Ruchitha Venkatesh to Smriti Mandhana, SIX! Oh my goodness!
Mandhana absolutely muscles it away from the middle of her willow. Loopy one from Venkatesh, fuller around middle.
Smriti Mandhana skips down the track and makes it a full toss to dispatch it over deep mid-wicket for a massive six. 🏏Cricket Match PredictionWho will win the match?
1Score159 - 3 Ruchitha Venkatesh to Harmanpreet Kaur, Fullish, just outside off, Harmanpreet Kaur scoops it to right of short fine and gets a single. 6Score158 - 3 Marina Lamplough to Harmanpreet Kaur, Uppish, but far from the bowler's reach!
A touch fuller, on middle, Harmanpreet Kaur pushes it toward mid on, but ends up chipping it up. Marina Lamplough sprints herself to her right, but is far away from the catch.
The batter gets across for one. 🏏Cricket Match PredictionWhat target will IND-W set?
4Score156 - 3 Marina Lamplough to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! HUNDRED FOR MANDHANA!
18th international hundred for Smriti, her 2nd in T20Is. With this, Mandhana goes past Meg Lanning and Laura Wolvaardt for the most centuries in women's international cricket.
She also becomes the first Indian to score 2 centuries in T20Is. Dropped short by Marina, on off.
3Score152 - 3 Marina Lamplough to Harmanpreet Kaur, Pushed through, flatter and at the sticks. 🏏Cricket Match PredictionHow many wickets will HK-W take in this innings?
2Score151 - 3 Marina Lamplough to Richa Ghosh, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED!
That is not at all an easy chance to convert, but Marina Lamplough made it look so easy. Pitches it fuller, offering a bit of flight around off.
Richa Ghosh sits on a knee, looking to sweep it across, but the ball catches the top edge and it is skied towards the short cover region. Marina Lamplough, after completing her follow-through, chases the skier and dives at the very end to complete the catch.
1Score151 - 2 Marina Lamplough to Richa Ghosh, FOUR! SHOT!
Short of a length, angling in, on middle and leg. 6Score147 - 2 Alison Siu to Richa Ghosh, In the air...
SAFE! Just a shade behind the fuller length, on off and middle.
Richa Ghosh walks down the track to smoke it downtown, but connects it from the outer half of the bat. The ball balloons toward the vacant mid off region.
The long off fielder charges toward the skier from the boundary line, but the ball drops in front of her despite the dive. 5Score146 - 2 Alison Siu to Smriti Mandhana, DROPPED!
Would you believe it? Smriti Mandhana has gotten a reprieve in her 90s.
Tucking the batter up for room, on a good length, on middle and leg. Mandhana clears her front leg and has a heave across the line.
She does not manage to get it wide enough of deep mid-wicket, and Iqra Sahar is in with a chance. 4Score145 - 2 Alison Siu to Smriti Mandhana, BEATEN!
On a length, just outside the leg stump. Smriti Mandhana looks to swing it toward deep square leg but misses.
2Score145 - 2 Alison Siu to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Smriti Mandhana is just one big hit away from a century!
Pitches it much fuller, on middle, Smriti Mandhana sweeps it toward the left of the deep mid-wicket fielder for four runs. 1Score141 - 2 Alison Siu to Richa Ghosh, Nice and full, with a hint of outswing, around off.
Richa Ghosh flicks it to long on and gets a single. 6Score140 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR!
With this shot, Smriti Mandhana moves into the 90s. Floated up, on a good length, on off.
Mandhana backs away and charges down the track. 5Score136 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR!
Easy pickings. A bit too short and too straight as well, at the hips.
3Score131 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Smriti Mandhana, Not in control but safe. Hangs it up there, on middle and leg.
Mandhana steps out but is not to the pitch of the ball. She has a swipe across the line and it is skied off a top edge but it lands safely down the ground before the long off fielder can get to the ball.
2Score130 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Smriti Mandhana, Serves the off-break, on off, not much pace offered. 1Score130 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Richa Ghosh, Was that a chance?
Looped up, outside off. Ghosh hangs low and drags the sweep.
It is hit a bit uppishly and the mid-wicket fielder cannot react quickly. 6Score129 - 2 Maryam Bibi to Smriti Mandhana, SIX!
That is a powerful hit. Angled into the left-hander, bowled on a length.
Smriti clears her front leg and swings away with the angle of the ball. Clubs it over deep square leg for half a dozen more.
5Score123 - 2 Maryam Bibi to Smriti Mandhana, Keeping it away from the batter's arc, on a length. Smriti reaches out for it and goes over extra cover.
She does not quite get hold of it and it is cut off by the deep cover fielder. 4Score121 - 2 Maryam Bibi to Smriti Mandhana, SIX!
Clean strike. 3Score115 - 2 Maryam Bibi to Richa Ghosh, Lands it full, on off.
1Score113 - 2 Maryam Bibi to Richa Ghosh, Good effort in the field. Full and shaping away, outside off.
Ghosh reaches across and firms the drive down the ground. Mariko Hill dives full length to her right at mid off and saves a certain boundary.
6Score112 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Richa Ghosh, A half-tracker and it keeps low, on middle and leg, that is pulled away through the square leg region for a single. 5Score111 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Richa Ghosh, So far, so good from Kaur.
She keeps it slow, shorter and spinning back in, on middle. 4Score111 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Richa Ghosh, Three dots in a row!
3Score111 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Richa Ghosh, Slower and shorter, on middle and leg. 1Score111 - 2 Joyleen Kaur to Pratika Rawal, OUT!
CAUGHT! Joyleen Kaur strikes with her first ball.
Not the best of balls by Kaur but she will happily take it. Dragged down by Kaur, on off, Rawal makes room to open up the off side, trying to take the aerial route.
6Score111 - 1 Kary Chan to Pratika Rawal, Looped up, on middle. 5Score110 - 1 Kary Chan to Smriti Mandhana, On a nagging length, at the stumps.
Smriti Mandhana skips down the track and hits it over the bowler. The long off fielder does well to sprint to her left and dives to make a stop.
Single taken. 4Score109 - 1 Kary Chan to Smriti Mandhana, SIX!
Banged away! Just a shade behind the good length, just outside the off stump.
6Score100 - 1 Iqra Sahar to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Easily done and with that, India bring up their 100.
Sahar errs in length as she dishes out a full toss, on off. 5Score96 - 1 Iqra Sahar to Smriti Mandhana, SIX!
FIFTY FOR MANDHANA! What a knock this has been from the vice-captain of India.
This is just behind the good length, around middle and leg. Smriti Mandhana swivels on her back foot and pulls it flat towards the deep backward square leg fence.
It lands flush on the boundary cushions as Mandhana brings up her 36th T20I half-century. 4Score90 - 1 Iqra Sahar to Smriti Mandhana, WIDE!
Slower one now, shaping down the leg side. Smriti Mandhana shuffles across the stumps to ramp it away, but ends up leaving it.
3Score89 - 1 Iqra Sahar to Pratika Rawal, Pushes it fuller again, outside off, Pratika Rawal drives it to long off for one. 3Score88 - 1 Iqra Sahar to Pratika Rawal, WIDE!
Much fuller, but beyond the tramline outside off. Pratika Rawal leans toward the off side to hit it away, but misses the connection.
86 More UpdatesIND-W vs HK-W Live Score: Hong Kong captain Mariyam Bibi wins the toss and elects to field first against India in their Group A clash. India will look to take another step towards the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2026 when they face Hong Kong, China in their second Group A match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
700. Hong Kong, meanwhile, are under pressure after losing their opening match to Thailand by six runs.
They fought hard while chasing 120 but finished on 114/7, leaving them needing a victory to keep their qualification hopes alive. India look to fix batting wobbleDespite their comfortable win over Thailand, India will have some concerns to address with the bat.
They were cruising at 101/2 after 10 overs before losing seven wickets for just 29 runs to finish on 159/9. Shafali Verma provided the standout performance, smashing 64 off 36 balls to give India a flying start.
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal will be keen to convert their starts, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur will also be looking to find her rhythm. With a tougher Group A clash against Pakistan coming up on September 5, the Hong Kong game offers India an opportunity to give their batting unit greater confidence while potentially testing their bench strength.
India's bowling, however, was near flawless in the opener. Deepti Sharma made history by becoming the leading wicket-taker in women's T20Is after returning sensational figures of 3/0 against Thailand.
She also became only the third Indian woman, after Harmanpreet and Mandhana, to reach 150 T20I appearances. Hong Kong need another fighting displayHong Kong will enter the contest as underdogs but showed plenty of resilience in their opening game.
Their bowling attack kept Thailand under pressure, with Marina Lamplough producing an outstanding spell of 4/11. Kary Chan also provided impetus with a 20-ball 28, but Hong Kong's chase ultimately fell six runs short.
Lamplough will be crucial against an Indian top order featuring Mandhana and Shafali, while Hong Kong will need a significantly stronger batting effort if they are to challenge the seven-time champions.
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