The Women's cricket event was a part of the 2026 Asian Games from 17 to 22 September 2026 at the Kōrogi Sports Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A total of 8 teams had participated with the matches played in Twenty-20 format.
The Quarter final match between Bangladesh and China was abandoned without the toss due to rain and Bangladesh entered the semi final, being the higher ranked side.
India defended its gold medal after defeating Sri Lanka by 147 runs, and Pakistan secured the bronze after defeating Bangladesh by 31 runs.
Participating nations On 28 April 2025, the organizing committee approved the inclusion of cricket to the programme, following a request from OCA. The tournament features 8 nations.
Mode of QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified teamsHost countrycolspan=2 1ICC Full Memberscolspan=2 42026 Asian Games Qualifier26 – 31 May 2026 Pandamaran3 Total 8 Draw The seeds were determined based on the ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings as of 23 July 2026, followed by an official draw on the same day to allocate the knockout stage bracket.
Format Unlike the men's tournament, the women's tournament will not feature a league stage and will be played as a direct knockout competition. The tournament consists of four quarter-finals, followed by two semi-finals. The winners of both semi-finals advance to the gold medal match, while the losers compete in the bronze medal match.
Squads Nigar Sultana (c, wk) Nahida Akter (vc) Sharmin Akhter Dilara Akter (wk) Marufa Akter Shorna Akter Juairiya Ferdous (wk) Rabeya Khan Fahima Khatun Sultana Khatun Sanjida Akter Meghla Ritu Moni Sobhana Mostary Sharmin Sultana Fariha Trisna Mingyue Zhu (c) Cai Yuzhi Chen Xinyu Feng Qian Gong Yuting Hong Yali Jiang Chuquin (wk) Jiaping Li Lyu Yihan Ma Ruike Wang Huiying Wei Haiting Wen Sinan Xie Wenyan Zhao Yihan Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Smriti Mandhana (vc) Shree Charani Bharti Fulmali Kranti Gaud Richa Ghosh (wk) Gunalan Kamalini (wk) Shreyanka Patil Pratika Rawal Arundhati Reddy Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma Nandani Sharma Renuka Singh Thakur Shafali Verma Radha Yadav Mai Yanagida (c) Erika Oda (vc) Ahilya Chandel Ayumi Fujikawa Hinase Goto (wk) Haruna Iwasaki Shimako Kato Ayaka Kato-Stafford Elena Kusuda-Nairn Akari Nishimura (wk) Meg Ogawa Kurumi Ota Seika Sumi Erika Toguchi-Quinn Nonoha Yasumoto Mas Elysa (c) Nur Arianna Natsya (vc) Aina Najwa (wk) Winifred Duraisingam Wan Julia (wk) Ainna Hamizah Hashim Mahirah Izzati Ismail Aisya Eleesa Nur Dania Syuhada Amalin Sorfina Dhanusri Muhunan Musfirah Nur Ainaa Nazatul Hidayah Husna Nur Qalysha Nurin Imanina Fatima Sana (c) Muneeba Ali (wk) Humna Bilal Eyman Fatima Gull Feroza Umm-e-Hani Tuba Hassan Saira Jabeen Eman Naseer Momina Riasat Aliya Riaz Tasmia Rubab Nashra Sandhu Ayesha Zafar Shawaal Zulfiqar Chamari Athapaththu (c) Mithali Ayodhya Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Imesha Dulani Vishmi Gunaratne Kawya Kavindi Sanjana Kavindi Sugandika Kumari Nimasha Madushani Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk) Hasini Perera Chamudi Praboda Harshitha Samarawickrama Rashmika Sewwandi Naruemol Chaiwai (c, wk) Thanrada Seesawan Chanida Sutthiruang Nannaphat Chaihan Natthakan Chantham Phannita Maya Aphisara Suwanchonrathi Sunida Chaturongrattana Onnicha Kamchomphu Suleeporn Laomi Thipatcha Putthawong Nannapat Koncharoenkai Koranit Suwanchonrathi Pattamawadee Suriya Chayanisa Phengpaen
Knockout stage
The fixtures of the tournament were announced on 26 August 2026 to determine the knockout stage fixtures.
Bracket
Source:
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
RankTeam 33000 32100 32100 4 30201 5 10001 6 10100 710100 8 10100
See also 2026 Asian Games – Men's Qualifier 2026 Asian Games – Men's tournament 2026 Asian Games – Women's Qualifier Cricket at the 2026 Asian Games 2026 Asian Games
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References
External links Tournament home at Cricinfo