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Women's T20 Asia Cup, Dubai 2026
The Women's T20 Asia Cup is the Asian Cricket Council's continental tournament for women's sides, played in 2026 at Dubai from 28 August to 13 September. It is in the news because India went through it unbeaten and beat defending champions Sri Lanka by 72 runs for a record eighth Asia Cup title across ODI and T20 editions.
Last updated 2 November 20263 min read
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Gathers the 2026 Women's T20 Asia Cup in one place: organiser, groups, India's route to a record eighth title and the records set at Dubai.
- Women's Asia Cup 2026
- Asian Cricket Council
- Dubai
- Smriti Mandhana
- Shafali Verma
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- women's cricket
- cricket
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