New Delhi: India’s national women’s cricket team has begun its title defence of the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. This is going to be the ninth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup. India is the most successful nation in the Women’s Asia Cup when it comes to titles. The Women in Blue have claimed the titles a whopping 7 times in the last 9 editions. On the other hand, Bangladesh has won 1 title as well as hosts Sri Lanka.
INDIA outshines Pakistan in another epic showdown! 💥🇮🇳
The 7-time Asia Cup Champion Indian Women’s Team kicks off Asia Cup 2024 with a spectacular victory against Pakistan Women’s Team. #INDvPAK #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/UenkK9tBND
— Wazhma Ayoubi 🇦🇫 (@WazhmaAyoubi) July 19, 2024
India has been drawn up alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, UAE and Nepal in Group A. The Group stages will be followed by the semifinals where the top 2 teams of each group will battle it out. Subsequently, the top 2 teams will clash in the finals on the 28th of July.
In the last edition of the Women’s Asia Cup, Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh to win the seventh title. Now, under the guidance of Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandana can the girls clinch the title for the eighth time?
Women’s Asia Cup 2024: Tables
There are in total 8 teams which are taking part in the ongoing Asia Cup. These are divided into groups of 4 each:
Group A
- India W
- Nepal W
- UAE W
- Pakistan W
Group B
- Thailand W
- Sri Lanka W
- Bangladesh W
- Malaysia W
Indian squad for Women’s Asia Cup 2024
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajeevan Sajana.
Asia Cup main IND WOMEN Ne 6 bar pak ko Haraya
IND WOMEN Aaj Pak se win ho gar bata diya IND ke women ho ya man team ho
Pak ko humse win hona impossible hai abA strong win against Pakistan to start the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 for India 👊 pic.twitter.com/yN4ZC0utnV
— PARMESHWAR DUBEY (@LovePrembaba) July 19, 2024
When is the Women’s Asia Cup 2024?
The Women’s Asia Cup 2024 is currently going on in Sri Lanka from July 19 and will conclude on July 28. Finals of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 is set to take place at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
Where to watch the Women’s Asia Cup 2024?
Fans can watch the Women in Blue in action live on the Star Sports network. Apart from that Disney+Hotstar also will be live streaming the same on its app and website.
