Delhi: On the basis of Smriti Mandhana's record-breaking innings and the excellent performance of the Indian bowlers, Team India has registered its second consecutive win in the Women's Asia Cup 2026. In the Group-A match played on Thursday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India defeated Hong Kong by 137 runs. With the help of this victory, the Indian women's cricket team has confirmed its place in the semi-finals of Asia Cup 2026.

Batting first, India scored 193 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the entire Hong Kong team collapsed for just 56 runs. Indian bowlers ended the match in just 12 overs. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets, while Shri Charani, Nandini Sharma and Pratika Rawal got 2 wickets each. This is India's second biggest win in terms of runs in Women's T20 International.

Mandhana created a storm with the bat

Smriti Mandhana laid the foundation of this big victory of India. Taking full advantage of the Hong Kong bowlers, he played a brilliant inning of 124 runs in just 64 balls. His innings included 7 sixes and 14 fours.

Mandhana along with Shefali Verma gave a fast start to India. Both added 74 runs for the first wicket. Shefali scored 28 runs in 17 balls.

Hong Kong bowlers also bowled many loose balls, of which Mandhana and Shefali took full advantage. However, after Shefali's dismissal, some wickets fell quickly, but it had no effect on Mandhana.

Made many big records in one innings

Mandhana made many big entries in the record books during her innings of 124 runs. She made the record of scoring most centuries in women's international cricket. This was her 18th international century and she left Australia's Meg Lanning behind.

After this, Mandhana also left behind Mithali Raj's record of 10,868 international runs. With some sixes, she also made the record of the batsman scoring the most runs in women's international cricket.

This means that this match against Hong Kong will not only be remembered for India's victory, but will also be in the news for a long time for Mandhana's record-breaking innings.

Apart from Mandhana, the bat of other players remained calm.

Apart from Mandhana, other players in Indian batting did not get a chance to play big innings. Pratika Rawal, who came at number-3 in the debut T20 series, was out after scoring 10 runs in 12 balls.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 10 runs in 9 balls, while Richa Ghosh scored 11 runs in 13 balls. However, Mandhana's stormy innings scored enough runs to take India to a strong score of 193 runs.

Hong Kong team collapsed for 56 runs

Hong Kong had a very poor start while chasing the target of 194 runs. The Indian bowlers did not give the opposition team a chance to recover by continuously taking wickets.

Deepti Sharma led the bowling by taking 3 wickets. Shri Charani, Nandini Sharma and Pratika Rawal took 2 wickets each. The result was that the entire Hong Kong team was reduced to just 56 runs. India won the match by 137 runs and won its second consecutive win in the tournament.

India's second biggest win in Women's T20

The 137-run win against Hong Kong is India's second biggest win in Women's T20 International. India's biggest win came against Malaysia in 2018, when the team won the match by 142 runs.

India's 5 biggest wins in Women's T20 International

142 runs vs Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 2018

137 runs vs Hong Kong, Dubai, 2026

104 runs vs UAE, Sylhet, 2022

100 runs vs Barbados, Birmingham, 2022

97 runs vs England, Nottingham, 2025

95 runs vs Netherlands, Leeds, 2026

This match was completely one-sided for India. First Mandhana made records with the bat and then the bowlers gave the team a big victory by wrapping up the Hong Kong innings. With this victory, the Indian team has further strengthened its campaign in the Women's Asia Cup.