India Women vs Zimbabwe Women, Second T20I in Raipur on 18 October: A Top Order That Fell to 19 for 4 Looks to Fix Its Start

India Women lead the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe 1-0 and play the second match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur at 7 pm on 18 October 2026.

What happened in the first match

Zimbabwe made 114 for 5, with Nyasha Gwanzura taking three wickets in the powerplay. India then slipped to 19 for 4, with captain Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Anushka Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur all out for single-digit scores. Debutant Niki Prasad and Deepti Sharma added 82 to win the game by four wickets, The Tribune and The Bridge reported.

What Deepti said

“Of course, we want to play an aggressive brand of cricket… we always learn from our innings and our matches,” Deepti told reporters, according to The Tribune.

The squads

India are led by Mandhana, with Shafali Verma as vice-captain. Zimbabwe are captained by Nkomo and include Ndhlovu, Mayers and Gwanzura.

What comes next

The third T20I is also in Raipur. The tour then moves to Baroda for three ODIs between 23 and 28 October, which are part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2025-29.

Match details are as reported by The Tribune, The Bridge, CricTracker and Mykhel.

Image: The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, venue of the T20I series (file photo). Photo by VishuN, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.