India Women take on Bangladesh in the Asian Games 2026 women’s cricket semifinal today, Sunday, September 20, at 10:30 am IST.
The Twenty20 match is being played at the Korogi Sports Park in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and the winner goes into the gold medal match.
India, the defending champions, reached the last four by beating Japan by eight wickets after bowling them out for 57.
Bangladesh advanced after their weather-affected quarterfinal against China was abandoned and they went through as the higher-ranked side.
India beat Bangladesh by 40 runs in the Women’s Asia Cup semifinal earlier this month.
The semifinal is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2026, at 10:30 am IST at the Korogi Sports Park in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games venues.
It is a Twenty20 match, and the winner advances to the gold medal match.
India Women are the defending champions, having won gold at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games.
India reached the semifinal by beating Japan by eight wickets in the quarterfinal at Nisshin on September 18.
In that match, Japan were bowled out for 57 in 19.5 overs, with Sree Charani taking four wickets.
India then chased down the target in only five overs, with Shafali Verma hitting 40 off 15 balls.
Bangladesh reached the semifinal after their weather-affected quarterfinal against China was abandoned, and the higher-ranked side advanced without playing.
India are the strong favourites and have an unbeaten record in recent T20 matches, according to a match preview.
The two teams met earlier in September in the Women’s Asia Cup semifinal, where India won by 40 runs.
In that Asia Cup semifinal, Shafali Verma scored 64 and Deepti Sharma took three wickets for 26 runs.
India’s squad is led by Harmanpreet Kaur and includes Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh.
The match will be televised on the Sony Sports Network and streamed on SonyLIV.
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