India Women face Bangladesh Women in the second semi-final of the Women’s Asian Games 2026, a T20 fixture taking place at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Sunday, 20th September, with the match getting underway at 05:00 UTC.
These two sides have met 25 times in T20 internationals, and the record makes for pretty stark reading if you are a Bangladesh supporter. India have won 22 of those encounters, with Bangladesh managing just three victories. Their first meeting came back in April 2013, and the most recent fixture was as recently as 10th September 2026. That sort of dominance tells you everything about the gap between these teams at the top level, and Bangladesh will need something quite special to buck that trend today.
Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin is not a ground that offers batters an easy ride from ball one. The surface looks likely to reward bowlers who can stay disciplined and vary their pace, and there should be something in the pitch for spinners as well as seamers prepared to work their angles. Batters will need to build their innings carefully rather than going hard from the outset. Whoever wins the toss and reads the conditions well could hold a significant advantage.
India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma
Bangladesh Women: Dilara Akter, Juairiya Ferdous (wk), Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana (c), Sharmin Akhter, Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Marufa Akter
Smriti Mandhana is the obvious one to focus on with the bat. She has scored 4,751 runs across 177 T20 matches for India and has the class to take any attack apart on her day. If she gets in and finds her timing early, Bangladesh will struggle to contain her. A big opening partnership with Shafali Verma would almost certainly put the match to bed as a contest before Bangladesh get the chance to settle.
With the ball, Shree Charani is the name worth watching. She absolutely ran through Japan Women in the quarter-final, taking 4 wickets for just 10 runs and looking genuinely threatening throughout. The conditions at this ground could suit her well, and if she can generate turn and deceive Bangladesh’s middle order, India’s bowling attack starts to look very difficult to negotiate.
India have beaten Bangladesh 22 times in 25 T20 meetings, and nothing about the current form or playing squads suggests that changes today. Harmanpreet Kaur’s side have been building momentum through the tournament, their bowling looks sharp, and their batting has enough firepower to post totals that Bangladesh simply cannot chase. Bangladesh did advance to this stage but did so without actually playing their quarter-final, which got washed out. That means they come into a semi-final without any competitive outing to sharpen them up, and that could matter at this level. India are comfortably the stronger side and should book their place in the final.
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