Anubhav Katheria
Indian team is set to face their archrival Pakistan in their first match of the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka on July 19.
India won the last edition of the Women’s Asia cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the final. India is the most successful side in comparison to all other 8 teams in the Asia Cup.
Head-to-head record of IND vs PAK
India has a strong record against Pakistan where both the teams has played 14 matches against each other and Pakistan has won 3 and India has won 11 matches. There has been only one bilateral match between the teams, which was in New Delhi during 2016 T20I World Cup where match was impacted by rain and India lost by 2 runs.
In Women’s Asia Cup T20, India and Pakistan have played against each other 6 times between 2012 to 2022, where India have won 5 matches and Pakistan has won 1 match which they won in 2022.
Apart from India and Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand, are part of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024.
Group A: India, Pakistan, Nepal and United Arab Emirates.
Group B: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand.
India and Pakistan squad For Women’s Asia Cup 2024
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Sing Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Shobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan. Travelling Reserves: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh.
Pakistan: Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Avi (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sadiq Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab and Tuba Hassan
Harmanpreet Kaur will look to take Indian team to another final and defend their title of Women’s Asia Cup in Sri Lankan soil.
