With both Asian Games 2026 women's cricket quarterfinal days done, the semifinal picture is set for September 20 at the Kōrogi Sports Park in Nisshin: Pakistan face Sri Lanka in the first semifinal, and Bangladesh meet India in the second. Both are rematches of semifinals from last week's Women's Asia Cup in Dubai, giving each contest a genuine head-to-head line to draw on rather than a blind guess.
India reached this semifinal with the more emphatic quarterfinal display of the two sides, bowling out hosts Japan for 57 and chasing the target down inside five overs behind Shafali Verma's unbeaten 40 off 15 balls. Bangladesh's route was very different: their quarterfinal against China was abandoned due to a wet outfield, and they advanced automatically on the tournament's seeding rules without facing a ball.
The two sides met just ten days earlier in the Women's Asia Cup semifinal in Dubai on September 10, where India won by 40 runs — Shafali Verma made 64 off 40 balls to lift India to 149 for 6, and Deepti Sharma then took 3 for 26 to restrict Bangladesh to 109 for 7 in the chase. India went on to beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in that tournament's final for an eighth Asia Cup title. Bangladesh will arrive at this semifinal without a competitive hit at these Games, which cuts both ways — no fresh form to lean on, but also no fresh scars from a heavy defeat in the tournament itself.
Pakistan needed a three-wicket win over Thailand in a rain-reduced 11-over chase to reach this semifinal, with Fatima Sana making 21 off 13 before Umm-e-Hani finished the match with two balls to spare. Sri Lanka were far more comfortable in their own quarterfinal, beating Malaysia by 86 runs on the back of Chamari Athapaththu's 63 in a total of 160 for 4.
Like the other semifinal, this is a repeat fixture from Dubai. In the Asia Cup's second semifinal on September 11, Fatima Sana struck 47 off 36 to lift Pakistan to 130 for 5, then took 4 for 38 with the ball — a rare Player-of-the-Match display from the losing side. Sri Lanka slipped to 33 for 4 chasing 131 before a 67-run partnership between Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari turned the game, and Sri Lanka got home by four wickets with eight balls to spare. Sri Lanka then lost the final to India, while Pakistan's tournament ended at the semifinal stage for the second time in as many weeks against the same opponent.
India go in as defending Asian Games champions from Hangzhou 2022 and as the form side of the four semifinalists, having beaten Bangladesh comfortably once already this month. But a 40-run margin from a single meeting in Dubai is not a guarantee of a repeat, and Bangladesh's semifinal spot came without any match play at these Games at all — untested rather than out of form, which is a different kind of uncertainty for India to prepare against. The Pakistan–Sri Lanka semifinal looks the tighter contest on paper: Sri Lanka have won the two sides' most recent meeting, but only after recovering from an early collapse against a Fatima Sana performance strong enough to win most games outright. If Sana finds that form again in Nisshin, Pakistan look capable of reversing the result; if Sri Lanka's middle order fires early instead of needing a rescue act, they should have enough in hand.
Live scores from both September 20 semifinals are tracked on SportGod's live matches page, with AI-powered match previews on SportGod's predictions page and fantasy contests open in SportGod's free games. The winners meet in the final on September 22, alongside the bronze medal match; more tournament coverage is on SportGod's blog.
Quarterfinal results, the Asia Cup head-to-head scorelines and the semifinal schedule are verified against same-day and same-week match reporting, current as of September 19, 2026.
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