Women Asia Cup: India-Pakistan will face each other today

Women Asia Cup: India-Pakistan face to face today

The defending champion Indian women's team will take on Pakistan in the biggest match on Friday in the first match of the Asia Cup. This tournament is considered very important for the preparations for the Women's T20 World Cup to be held in October. The Indian team captained by Harmanpreet has dominated the Asia Cup.

India has won the Asia Cup T20 title three times out of four and the 50-over format of the Asia Cup all four times. India has won 17 out of 20 matches in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament. It defeated Bangladesh in the 2022 final.

India has won 11 out of 14 matches in this tournament against Pakistan. Earlier this month, India drew the T20 series with South Africa 1-1. While the second of the three T20 matches was washed out due to rain. On the other hand, Pakistan had to face defeat from England in the series held in May. England defeated Pakistan 3-0 in this series.

Indian team excellent form

The best thing for India is the excellent form of Smriti Mandhana. At the same time, Pooja Vastrakar has shown a great all-round game. She took 8 wickets in 3 matches against South Africa while spinner Radha Yadav has also been successful. The spinners include Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana and Shreyanka Patil.

Pakistan has retained Nida Dar as the captain for the Asia Cup, but many changes have been made in the team. Iram Javed, Omaima Sohail and Syeda Arub Shah have got a place in the team for the first time this year while Tasmia Rubab will make her debut.

In Group A, Nepal and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will also face each other on the first day. The top two teams from both the groups will play the semi-finals. Nepal is playing in the tournament for the first time since 2016 while this is the second consecutive tournament for UAE.

Match details

Date- 19 July

Match- India Vs Pakistan

Toss- 7:00 PM,

Match start- 7:30 PM

Stadium- Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Sri Lanka

Role of toss and pitch report

All the matches of Asia Cup to be held at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Sri Lanka will be played here. So far 3 Women's T20 Internationals have been played here. In which the team that won the toss and batted first has won the match. The captains of both the teams would like to bat after winning the toss.

Weather report and match Dream11 prediction

Indian women team is in form right now. It has recently defeated South Africa. If we look at the head-to-head record, then India's team is ahead of Pakistan. India's chances of winning this match are 90%. There is no chance of rain in Dambulla tomorrow.

Winners of Women Asia Cup Women's Asia Cup started in 2004. When India won it. So far, the Women's Asia Cup has been held 8 times. India has won this tournament 7 times, while Bangladesh has won the Asia Cup 1 time.

Possible Playing XI

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, D Hemalatha, Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil.

Pakistan: Nida Dar (captain), Alia Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Arub Shah and Tasmia Rubab.

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