IND-W vs THA-W Match 3 Commentary - Dubai (30 August 2026)

OUT! CAUGHT! Deepti Sharma wraps things up by picking the final wicket. She finishes with three wickets from the 7 balls she bowled tonight without conceding a single run. With that wicket, Deepti becomes the leading wicket-taker in Women’s T20Is, going past Thipatcha Putthawong with 171 wickets. India win by 94 runs. Sharma starts the over with a shorter one, pitching it just outside off, but the ball grips and turns into the batter sharply. Nannapat Koncharoenkai rocks back to cut it away, but the ball jumps on her and loops toward the silly point region off the shoulder of the blade. Richa Ghosh reacts quickly as she reaches across to her right and dives while extending her hands to pouch the catch.

OUT! ONNICHA KAMCHOMPHU IS RUN OUT! Three wickets in as many balls for India. On a back of a length, on middle. Nannapat Koncharoenkai makes room and lofts it on the rise but does not quite manage to get hold of it. Spoons it wide of mid on, where Smriti Mandhana gets around to her left quickly. Onnicha is keen for a single, and seeing that, Koncharoenkai also sets off for the run. Halfway through the run, both batters hesitate, and that leads to the downfall of Kamchomphu. Mandhana picks the ball up and scores a direct hit at the bowling end. The replays confirm that the two batters did not cross, and hence, Onnicha Kamchomphu is deemed to be the one dismissed.

Beaten! On a length, outside off. Nannapat Koncharoenkai looks to heave across the line but misses.

FOUR! SHOT! A touch fuller, at the stumps, Nannapat Koncharoenkai launches it over mid on and gets the boundary. 

Just a yard behind the good length, outside off. Nannapat Koncharoenkai pushes it to cover for one. 

Back of a length, angling across the left-hander. Thipatcha Putthawong tries to steer it away but gets beaten. 

On the back of the good length, pitching on off and shaping away. Thipatcha Putthawong presents the full face of the bat to defend, but it zips past the outside edge. 

A touch fuller, outside off. Suleeporn Laomi opens her stance and looks to go big on the off side, but gets nicked on the outside edge. The ball bounces off toward deep third, and the batter gets a single. 

Short, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai looks to cut it away, but fails to get the connection. 

Pitches it up, around off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai shuffles across and ramps it to deep fine leg for one.

Much fuller, just outside off. Suleeporn Laomi drives it straight to the cover fielder. 

OUT! CAUGHT! The change of pace does the trick. Slower one from Nandani Sharma, on off, fuller in length. Suleeporn Laomi plants her front foot toward the leg side of the delivery and swings her blade to slog it away. However, due to a lack of pace, Laomi fails to time it right and loops it toward long on, where Shafali Verma does the rest. 

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Two in two for Nandani Sharma. Bowled on a good length, outside off, a hint of away shape. Sunida Chaturongrattana has a poke at the ball away from her body. The ball moves away enough to graze the outside edge. Richa Ghosh is standing up to the stumps, and she fumbles at the first attempt but manages to cling on eventually.

Short, on middle, Nannapat Koncharoenkai dabs it to the right of the bowler. 

A touch fuller, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai comes down the track and drills it to mid off. Shafali Verma dives to her right and makes a half stop. Brace taken.

Short of a length, outside leg, Nannapat Koncharoenkai looks to pull but misses 

Nearly chipped it back. Not all that full, a bit of grip and turn. Nannapat Koncharoenkai steps out and is not to the pitch of the ball. She chips it down the deck but it drops short of Rawat.

Shorter and on off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai hits it down to long on for a run.

Floated up, on off, Laomi drives it to deep cover for one.

Much fuller, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai drives it through cover for one. 

Swing and a miss! Pitches it up, fuller, outside off, and turns it away. Suleeporn Laomi attempts a slog, but misses on the outside edge. 

Short of a length, around off, Suleeporn Laomi stabs it to cover for one run. 

Tossed up, fuller, on middle, Nannapat Koncharoenkai drives it back to the bowler.

Flighted and fuller, on the middle stump. Nannapat Koncharoenkai tries to flick it away, but gets an inside edge. The ball rolls toward the vacant fine leg region. Richa Ghosh charges toward it and cuts it to a single. 

On a nagging length, outside off, Suleeporn Laomi swings and misses.

Looped up, on off. Laomi lunges and knocks it to cover.

Flighted delivery, on off, driven to deep cover for one.

Shorter and on off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai hangs back to deal with it. It spins away with bounce to catch the shoulder of the blade before dropping beside the strip on the off side.

Offers flight, full and on off, Koncharoenkai steps out and firms the drive back to the bowler.

Drags the length back, does Rawat, on middle. Koncharoenkai pivots on the back foot and pulls it wide of deep square leg. Kranti Gaud sprints to her right and makes a tumbling stop. Two taken. The 50 is up for Thailand.

Flighted up, on middle. Koncharoenkai uses her feet and eases it to long on. They cross.

Fuller in length, on off, Suleeporn Laomi flicks it toward deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Back of a length, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai goes deep into the crease and steers it wide of backward point for one.

Shaping it away, much fuller, well outside off. Suleeporn Laomi presses on her front foot and drives it to cover.

Full-length delivery, on middle. Suleeporn Laomi nudges it to long on for a single. 

On the hard length now, nipping it away, outside off. Nannapat Koncharoenkai misses on her cut. 

Back of a length, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai slaps it to extra cover. 

Fuller, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai fails to flick it away.

Nearly sneaked through. Attacks the sticks with a full ball, Nannapat Koncharoenkai reaches out in front for the sweep but drags an inside edge onto the pads.

Full and outside off. Nannapat Koncharoenkai shuffles across the stumps for the lap but fails to get it away.

Tossed up, fuller, on off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai drives it to the left of the bowler.

Short, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai cuts it uppishly, but to the right of the short third fielder, who makes the stop.

On the shorter side, around off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai fends it back to the bowler. 

OUT! LBW! Rapped on the pads and that is an easy decision for the umpire. Deepti Sharma strikes with her first ball in her 150th T20I. Starts with the off-break, on off and middle. The ball is not all that short to go on the back foot but Hamilton does so and pays the price. She tries to play around her front pad but it spins back to go past the inside edge and hits the pads of the batter right in front of the stumps.

Nearly went to hand. Tossed up, on off. Nannaphat Chaihan pushes out in front of her body. Deepti dives to her left but the ball stays out of her reach.

OUT! TAKEN! A soft dismissal. With this wicket, Deepti Sharma is now level with Thipatcha Putthawong for most wickets (170) in Women's T20Is. On a nagging length, on middle. Nannaphat Chaihan goes deep in the crease, looking to pull it away. She is hurried and cannot get her hands through the line of the ball to unleash the pull. Spoons it straight to Nandani Sharma at a catching mid-wicket, and she makes no mistake. Suleeporn Laomi is the new batter.

Short, on off, Suleeporn Laomi rocks back and defends it down.

DROPPED! That should have been taken. A touch fuller, around middle, Suleeporn Laomi strides out and looks to flick it, but ends up offering the shot uppishly. Nandani Sharma flings herself to her right at short mid-wicket to take the catch, but fails to grab it. 

Around off, on a length, that is defended solidly off the front foot. A double-wicket maiden from Deepti Sharma. Superb stuff from the all-rounder.

Tossed up, on off. Koncharoenkai is early into the drive and chips it but it drops in front of cover.

Hangs it up there, full and outside off. Koncharoenkai collapses her back knee and looks to force the drive but the ball spins away to beat the bat.

On off, Koncharoenkai steps out and takes it on the full. Drives it to wide long off and picks up a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Wickets off successive overs for Shree Charani. Flighted up, around off from around the wicket, on a length. Sutthiruang sinks to a knee and attempts the slog sweep. The ball spins away and Chanida ends up slicing it straight up towards mid on. Smriti Mandhana, stationed inside the circle, settles under it. The ball bobbles in Smriti's hand, but she manages to cling onto it close to her chest.

Shorter and quicker, turning away. Hamilton plays down the wrong line and is beaten past the outside edge.

Flat and short, on off. Naomi swipes it away towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Dropped short, on off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai pulls it to deep square leg for a run.

Very full, outside off. Sutthiruang squeezes it out to backward point. There is a fumble by Bharti Fulmali but she recovers well to prevent the single.

Half a shout for LBW, but that is going down leg. Full and sliding onto the pads. Sutthiruang misses out on the sweep to get hit on the pads.

Floated up, on off. Sutthiruang reaches out and firms the drive but can't get it past Harmanpreet Kaur at mid off.

Looped up, on off, a bit of turn. Sutthiruang reaches out and carves it to deep cover for a run.

A top edge but safe. Fractionally short, turning away, on off. Koncharoenkai rocks back for the pull, but the ball spins away, and there is a bit of lift off the deck as well. It catches the top edge but drops safely behind square leg. They cross.

Flighted delivery, on middle. Koncharoenkai gets down on a knee and plays the slog sweep to the right of deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flat and short, on off. Suwanchonrathi hangs back and punches it to point.

Pushes it through, shorter and on the off pole. Suwanchonrathi watchfully stabs it down on the off side.

OUT! LBW! Trapped in front, and the finger is raised. Shree Charani strikes in her first over. Dishes out the arm ball does Charani, not all that short and it skids off the pitch. Suwanchonrathi presses back and shapes up for the pull but is beaten for pace. The ball sneaks under the blade and hits her on the back thigh right in front of the sticks.

A bit of air given, full and on off. Sutthiruang pushes away from her body. The ball lands and rips past the outside edge.

FOUR! Uppish but in the gap. Slows it down and offers flight, does Charani, on off. Sutthiruang lunges across and plays the drive away from her body. She checks her shot and chips it but it goes through the gap between cover and mid off and races away. Thailand are 39/3 at the end of 6 overs, needing 121 from 84 balls.

Just a shade behind the good length, on middle, Nannapat Koncharoenkai crouches a bit and pulls it to the left of deep backward square leg for a brace. 

FOUR! Not exactly from the middle of the bat, but it will work for Koncharoenkai! Good-length delivery, attacking the off stump. Nannapat Koncharoenkai clears her front foot and heaves it from the cue end of the bat over the short mid-wicket fielder for four runs. 

Back of a length, outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai cuts it to point.

FOUR! More runs for Thailand! Serves on a good length, does Gaud, just outside off. Nannapat Koncharoenkai flicks it toward the right of the short mid-wicket fielder for another boundary. 

Much fuller, on off, angling in. Nannapat Koncharoenkai comes down the track and yorks herself. The ball connects the inner edge and bounces off toward square leg. Single taken. 

Back of a length, around off, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi stabs it to cover.

OUT! TAKEN! A spectacular catch from Pratika Rawal. Nandani Sharma pitches it fuller, keeping the line just outside off and it swings away a bit from the batter. Phannita Maya pushes away from her body, but ends up slicing it off the outer half. The ball lobs towards cover, where Pratika Rawal times her leap to perfection and reverse scoops the catch safely into her hands. 

On a nagging length, outside off, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi dabs it to backward point for one. 

FOUR! Put away. Down leg, a bit too short, Koncharoenkai swivels on the back foot and shovels it down to the long leg fence for a boundary.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere. Jagging back in sharply with extra bounce, on middle. Koncharoenkai hops away from the line of the ball and looks to fend it down. It pops up off the shoulder of the blade but evades the slip fielder and drops in front of the fielder at short third.

WIDE! Back of a length, but sprays it beyond the tramline, outside off. Nannapat Koncharoenkai looks to cut it away but misses.

Shaping in, attacking the stumps now, on a good length. Nannapat Koncharoenkai clips it uppishly toward square leg and gets a single. 

Overpitched, outside off, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi jams it to extra cover. 

Just in! Into the wicket, on off and middle. Koncharoenkai hops and stays beside the line, looking to whip it away on the leg side. It kicks up a bit to catch the top edge. It balloons back over the bowler's head. Verma runs in from mid on but cannot get there in time. She gathers it on the bounce and releases an underarm throw at the bowling end. She hits but the replays find that Koncharoenkai has just about managed to slide her bat in.

DROPPED! That should have been taken. Deepti Sharma is the guilty party. On a length, on off. Maya has a poke at the delivery. The ball moves away enough to catch the outside edge. It goes straight to Sharma at slip, but she can't cling on as the ball catches her on the wrist and drops to the ground.

Low full toss, angled in at the pads. Maya smears it to deep square leg and crosses over.

Oh, that took off. Gaud hits the hard length, over off. Koncharoenkai hangs back to deal with it but it nips away with bounce to square the batter up.

On a back of a length, on off, that is punched off the back foot, but straight to cover-point.

Fuller in length, flirting with the tramline. Koncharoenkai charges down the track and flashes but misses.

Shaping away a touch, on a good length, on the off stump. Maya stays beside the line and stabs it down on the off side.

Goes past the bat! On a back of a length, outside off, moving away in the air. Maya reaches out but fails to connect.

FOUR! Edged away. Sharma pitches it up and gets the ball to curve away. Maya does not move her feet at all and goes hard on the drive. Gets an outside edge and it splits the gap between short third and the slip fielder for a boundary.

Drifts on the pads, on a good length. Maya tucks it wide of mid-wicket and hurries to the other end.

Short and wide on off, Koncharoenkai slaps it to deep point for a single.

Pushes the length up, swinging away, outside off, that is left alone for the keeper to collect.

Missed out! Back of a length, wide outside off, Natthakan Chantham cuts it straight to backward point.

Pushes the length fuller, does Gaud, on off, Natthakan Chantham drives it to mid on. 

FOUR! Oh, what a shot this is! Gaud bends her back and offers a short ball, well outside off. Natthakan Chantham gets her body closer to the delivery and cuts it over the point region for four runs. 

Hard length, around off, Natthakan Chantham fends it to the off side. 

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Kranti Gaud draws the first blood. Pitches it up, fuller in length, pitching it well outside off and nipping in. Natthakan Chantham prods halfway and looks to drive it away from her body, but it catches the inside edge before crashing into the stumps. 

FOUR! Streaky! Back of a length, wide outside off, Nannapat Koncharoenkai looks to cut at it, but the ball jumps on her, and it induces a thick outside edge before it flies way over the slip fielder for four runs. End of an eventful first over.