The 2026 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup also branded as DP World Women's Asia Cup 2026 was the sixth edition of the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup and overall the tenth Women's Asia Cup. It was hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board from 28 August to 13 September 2026 with 8 teams competing in 15 matches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka were the defending champions and were defeated in the final by India who went onto win their record-extending fourth title in the T20 format and overall the eighth title in the Asia Cup.

Background The Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup is a biennial international cricket competition in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) format, organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). It was inaugurated in 2004 as Women's Asia Cup, an annual Women's One Day International (WODI) competition and was held as such until 2006. It was converted to a biennial tournament from then on and since 2012, has been held in the WT20I format. Sri Lanka were the defending champions having defeated India in the previous edition's final.

In the 2025–2029 ICC Women's Future Tours Programme, the tournament was scheduled to be held in September–October 2026. However on 6 August 2026, the ACC announced that the tournament would instead be held from 28 August to 13 September 2026 in Dubai. Eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team played every other team in its group once in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, which consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners facing off in the final.

Qualification The four full members of the ACC with a women's team: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were given direct qualification for the tournament, while eighteen of the associate teams of the ACC competed in the 2026 ACC Women's Premier Cup to determine four entrants: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

+ Teams qualified for the tournament Method of qualification No. of teams Date of qualification Teams Full members 4 rowspan="4" ACC Premier Cup 4 3 – 13 June 2026 Total 8

Venue In August 2026, the ACC announced that all the matches would be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Venue in the United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Cricket Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Matches: 15 (Semi-finals & final)

Squads Following squads were announced for the tournament: Bangladesh: Dilara Akter (wk), Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter, Sharmin Akhter, Shorna Akter, Juairiya Ferdous (wk), Rabeya Khan, Fahima Khatun, Sultana Khatun, Sanjida Akter Meghla, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana (c, wk), Sharmin Sultana, Fariha Trisna Hong Kong: Maryam Bibi, Charlotte Chan, Kary Chan, Shing Chan, Yasmin Daswani (wk), Mariko Hill, Joyleen Kaur, Mahekdeep Kaur, Marina Lamplough, Natasha Miles (c), Iqra Sahar, Shanzeen Shahzad (wk), Alison Siu, Ruchitha Venkatesh, Hailey Wong India: Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Richa Ghosh (wk), Bharti Fulmali, Gunalan Kamalini (wk), Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Arundhati Reddy, Deepti Sharma, Nandani Sharma, Renuka Singh, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues Indonesia: Ni Kadek Ariani, Derni Bangi, Maria Corazon (wk), Ni Luh Wesika Ratna Dewi, Kisi Kasse, Dara Agung Laksmi, Sang Ayu Maypriani, Rahmawati Pangestuti, Kadek Winda Prastini, Lie Qiao, Ni Kadek Fitria Rada Rani, Ni Putu Ayu Nanda Sakarini (c, wk), Ni Made Putri Suwandewi, Sofia Velic, Desi Wulandari Pakistan: Waheeda Akhtar, Muneeba Ali (wk), Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Umm-e-Hani, Tuba Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Eman Naseer, Momina Riasat, Fatima Sana (c), Nashra Sandhu, Sadaf Shamas, Ayesha Zafar, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Najiha Alvi Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Mithali Ayodya, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Imesha Dulani, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kawya Kavindi, Sanjana Kavindi, Sugandika Kumari, Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk), Hasini Perera, Chamudi Praboda, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Dewmi Vihanga, Chethana Vimukthi Thailand: Nannaphat Chaihan, Naruemol Chaiwai (c, wk), Natthakan Chantham, Sunida Chaturongrattana, Naomi Hamilton, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Suleeporn Laomi, Phannita Maya, Chayanisa Phengpaen, Thipatcha Putthawong, Thanrada Seesawan, Chanida Sutthiruang, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi, Koranit Suwanchonrathi United Arab Emirates: Samaira Dharnidharka, Siya Gokhale, Heena Hotchandani, Uttara Iyer, Lavanya Keny, Suraksha Kotte, Mehul Kulkarni, Vaishnave Mahesh, Indhuja Nandakumar, Esha Oza (c), Rinitha Rajith, Theertha Satish (wk), Sashikala Silva, Archara Supriya, Janani Thirukkumaran

Player replacements

Group stage The group stage featured a total of 12 matches played from 28 August to 8 September 2026. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Group A Group B

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals played on 10 and 11 September and the final played on 13 September.

Bracket

Sources: Cricinfo

Semi-finals

Final

India won the toss and elected to bat first. Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma scored 59 and 68 runs respectively to put together a 129-run opening partnership. The next three batters were dismissed for under 20 runs each. In the final over, Gunalan Kamalini scored 15 runs in 5 balls to take India to the total of 183 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Chasing the target, Sri Lanka lost an early wicket in the first over. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne put together a 58-run partnership before both were dismissed in the tenth over. Nilakshika Silva scored 22 runs before being dismissed while the other remaining batters were all dismissed for single-digit scores, bundling out Sri Lanka for 111 runs as India secured a 72-run victory.

This was India's fourth T20 Asia Cup victory after 2012, 2016 and 2022; and overall eighth Asia Cup victory including the four WODI titles in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008. Shafali received the player of the match award for her batting performance as well as her bowling. After the match, the ACC's chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the charmain of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the interior minister of Pakistan presented medals to the runners-up Sri Lanka. However, India refused to accept the trophy from him due to the India–Pakistan political issues. This is the second time of such occurrence, after the 2025 Asia Cup where the India men's team also refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack and the subsequent 2025 India–Pakistan conflict, and Naqvi walked away with the trophy.

Statistics

Shafali Verma of India scored the most runs in the 2026 tournament (236 runs from 5 innings). One century was scored as well as a 100-run partnerships in the 2026 tournament. Deepti Sharma of India took the most wickets in the 2026 tournament (14 wickets from 5 innings). A total of six four-wicket hauls and two five-wicket hauls were taken in the 2026 tournament.

+ Most runs Runs Player Team 236 Shafali Verma 213 Smriti Mandhana 108 Nilakshi de Silva 99 Chamari Athapaththu 98 Harshitha Samarawickrama

+ Most wickets Wickets Player Team 14 Deepti Sharma 12 Shree Charani Chamari Athapaththu 9 Fatima Sana 8 Marufa Akter

Broadcasting + Broadcasters for the tournament Region Country/Sub-region Television networks Streaming platforms Africa Middle East and North Africa StarzPlay Cricket StarzPlay Asia Bangladesh T Sports Hong Kong Cricbuzz India Sony Sports Network SonyLIV Indonesia Cricbuzz Malaysia Cricbuzz Pakistan PTV Sports Tamasha Singapore Cricbuzz Sri Lanka TV1 Thailand Cricbuzz United Arab Emirates StarzPlay Cricket StarzPlay Europe Continental Europe Cricbuzz United Kingdom Sony Max

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