Women’s Asia Cup 2024: India wins first match. Pakistan was destroyed by Smriti-Shefali’s batting.

IND vs PAK Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Highlights: The Women’s Asia Cup 2024 saw victory for the Indian squad to start the competition. India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the match held at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on July 19 (Friday). India needed to score 109 runs to win this game, and it did so in just 14.1 overs. The Indian team’s next Group-A encounter is against the UAE on July 21.

Incoming opener Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma were excellent for India while batting. Smriti made 45 runs in 31 balls inclusive of nine fours. While Eight and Six, four fours and one six helped Shefali make forty runs for just 29 balls. India was set up nicely for their win by a first wicket stand of 85 runs in 57 balls by the two. In Addition to this, one down D. Hemalatha made 14 runs, while Jemima Rodrigues made 3 runs; however, the captain Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten and also scored five runs. Nashra Sandhu got one wicket and Syeda Arub Shah got two wickets for Pakistan.

Excellent performance of bowlers under the leadership of Deepti

In 19. Could only manage 108/10 in the first two overs against a Pakistan team that lost the toss and decided to bat. Sidra Amin topped Pakistan’s order with three fours and a career-best 25 off 35. Although aggressive opener Jessika Cull opted to depart unbeaten after scoring 22 off 16 balls including two 6s and a 4. Muniba Ali , wicketkeeper on he added 11 runs and tuba Hasan added another score to the total and got 22 runs. Deepti Sharma could take off a maximum of three players from the Indian side. Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil and Pooja Vastrakar bagged two wickets each.

India and Pakistan have played the women’s team Twenty20 match so far fifteen times. India has emerged victorious in 12 games in this regard. Similarly in the Women’s Asia Cup the side for India has had upper hand. India has emerged the winner in six out of the seven matches that have been played between the two nations – Pakistan. Pakistan does taste a victory and that’s during the twenty twenty Asia cup competition which was staged in Sylhet.

Indian team’s playing XI:

Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemima Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, and Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper).

Pakistan’s playing XI:

Sidra Amin, Gul Feroza, Alia Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hasan, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Arub Shah, Muniba Ali (wicketkeeper), Nida Dar (captain).

Regarding to which we would like to inform you that the Women’s Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from July 19-28. That is four teams for each section and thus there are eight teams in this competition in total. India, the defending champions are in Group A joined by Pakistan, Nepal, and United Arab Emirates. The other group comprises, Bangladesh and Malaysia together with Sri Lanka and Thailand. The previous competition was not as large as the current one, therefore only seven teams participated in it.

Asia Cup final will be held on this day

The Indian team will now play against the UAE on July 21 after the match against Pakistan. They will face Nepal on July 23. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The event finale is scheduled for July 28; the semi-final matches will take place on July 26.

The Women’s Asia Cup is again being played in the T20 format. India have won the Women’s Asia Cup seven times, making them the most successful team in the competition. In 2022, the final of the Women’s Asia Cup was held. After that, India defeated Sri Lanka in the championship game to win the trophy. With Bangladesh set to host the Women’s T20 World Cup in September and October, this competition is crucial.