India Women 128/6 in 15.3 Overs | Live Scores of India Vs. Thailand Women, Women’s Asia Cup 2026: Thailand fight back as India lose Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh in two balls

Live Scores of India Vs. Thailand Women, Women’s Asia Cup 2026: India will open their Women’s T20 Asia Cup campaign against Thailand today and there will be heavy pressure on them to rediscover their consistency in the shortest format. Despite being the dominant side in the continental tournament – winning three of the five T20 editions since 2016-17 – India have endured a tough 2026. They have suffered nine defeats in 16 T20Is this year, including a crushing loss to Australia that knocked them out of the Women’s T20 World Cup in the group stage.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur remains one of the main talking points. While she played in India’s World Cup decider against Australia, her inconsistent batting throughout the campaign kept questions about her T20 future alive. With the Asia Cup to be followed by the Asian Games in Japan next month, India has little time to find the best combination.

The absence of Jemimah Rodrigues is a major setback for the batting unit as Pratika Rawal has been brought into the squad. Mandhana and Shafali remain a dangerous opening combination, but India need the middle order to maintain the pace and ensure the acceleration.

Their location also needs to be improved after several costly outages, especially near the borders. The bowling attack offers more assurance, with Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Radha Yadav and Prema Rawat forming a strong spin group while Renuka Singh Thakur leads the pace attack.

Thailand, meanwhile, arrived off the back of a confidence-boosting win over Hong Kong. Captain Naruemol Chaiwai scored 43 while Onnicha Kamchomphu took three wickets in disciplined bowling.