India and Pakistan meet at Edgbaston in the Women’s T20 World Cup group stage in front of a record crowd of 18,814, the highest attendance for a group-stage match in the tournament’s history. The figure surpasses the previous record of 15,935 set during the teams’ earlier group-stage meeting in Dubai in 2024.
On the field, India posts 170/6, with Smriti Mandhana scoring 68 and Richa Ghosh contributing 34. Deepti Sharma then leads the bowling attack with a career-best 5/10, taking the most wickets at a Women’s T20I to help restrict Pakistan to 106 all out. India wins by 64 runs.
Both reports frame the match as another major chapter in the India–Pakistan rivalry, which draws heightened attention in ICC tournaments where the teams typically face each other only at major events rather than through regular bilateral series. The record attendance is also linked to the growing global profile of women’s cricket.
