UAE Women vs Indonesia Women
Currently, the attention of the cricket community is focused on the Asia Cup matches taking place in the United Arab Emirates. UAE Women played against Indonesia Women: the home side delivered a confident performance, delighting fans and the local cricket community.
UAE Women vs Indonesia Women: Easy Win for the Locals
The Women’s Asia Cup format includes group stage matches and semi-finals. The UAE women’s national team was drawn into Group B in this tournament, alongside three other teams: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are considered favorites in virtually every tournament they participate in. To advance beyond the group stage, a team must finish in the top two positions of its group. The UAE lost their first match against Sri Lanka by nine wickets; however, when UAE women vs Indonesia women, fans began to feel hopeful. The hosts confidently defeated their opponents.
In a group match held on September 4, the UAE women’s national team defeated Indonesia by 6 wickets. The Indonesian team faced difficulties from the very beginning under the pressure exerted by their opponents. For the UAE, it was an important victory on home soil.
It cannot be said that this triumph was unexpected. Experts had predicted an UAE victory over Indonesia, and that is exactly what happened. The hosts opened the match on the attack, immediately breaking down their opponents’ defense. Suraksha Kotte was among the first to distinguish themselves. The athlete ultimately cleared three gates. Captain Esha Oza, along with Heena Hotchandani and Vaishnave Mahesh, added the remaining three runs to the total. The only players from the Indonesian team to put up significant resistance with the bat were captain Ni Putu Ayu Nanda Sakarini and Desi Wulandari, but this — along with the couple of wickets the team took later—was not enough to change the course of the match.
For the UAE national team, this victory was important for two reasons: firstly, it was a win on home soil in an international tournament, and secondly, the result kept alive hopes of reaching the semi-finals. A second consecutive defeat would have meant an early exit from the tournament.
UAE Women Team in Asian Cup 2026
A match against Bangladesh stood between the UAE national team and a spot in the semi-finals. Unlike the predictions for the match against Indonesia in this case, the odds were not in favor of the home team. The match against Sri Lanka had already revealed that the team lagged behind the leading cricketing nations — a group that includes Bangladesh. And unfortunately for the UAE Women, the outcome of the match wasn’t the same as against the Indonesia Women: the team lost and was eliminated at the group stage.
Final standings in Group B
| Place | Country | Matches played | Victories | Defeats | Draw | Points | NRR rating |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.730 |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.688 |
| 3 | UAE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – 1.158 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – 3.169 |
It must be said that the UAE tried to put up a fight: the match ended with a margin of 34 runs. Both teams played 20 overs. This marked a significant improvement in performance for the hosts, given that their match against Sri Lanka had ended in a crushing defeat, with the visitors winning by nine wickets.
For the UAE women’s national team, the match against Indonesia was the most enjoyable moment of the entire Asian Cup. Reaching the semi-finals was a challenging goal from the start, but the national team managed to delight its fans in at least one of the matches.
As for Group 1, the teams from India and Pakistan dominated, knocking Thailand and Hong Kong out of the tournament. In the semi-finals, India defeated Bangladesh, while Sri Lanka beat Pakistan. The final match ended in a triumph for India, who defeated Sri Lanka by a margin of 72 runs.
