Team India arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday in preparation for the Women’s Asia Cup, which begins Friday.
The Women’s Asia Cup begins on Friday, and Team India arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. India, the reigning champions, will take on Pakistan at Dambulla on Friday in an attempt to begin their quest for a record-tying seventh Asia Cup victory. The squad, which included Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Varma, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, and captain Harmanpreet Kaur, shared a video on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that showcased their fun and humor throughout the team’s travel from Chennai to Dambulla.
All set for #WomensAsiaCup2024#TeamIndia | #ACC pic.twitter.com/FGl3HVCNbW
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) July 17, 2024
Full-member teams from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are competing in the 15-match competition; Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, and Nepal will also be represented.
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia are in Group B, while Pakistan, India, Nepal, and the UAE are in Group A. On July 26, the top two teams from each group will compete in the semi-finals.
The championship match is scheduled for July 28 in Dambulla.
Team India has had great success on the field leading up to the Women’s Asia Cup. They defeated South Africa 3-0 in the ODI series and in a one-off Test match played in June and July, and they drew the three-match T20I series 1-1, with one game being canceled due to rain.
Prior to that, India enjoyed a triumphant T20I tour to Bangladesh, winning five matches there in April and May.
India hosted Australia for three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) in December and January of last year. While winning the Test match, India lost the ODI series 0-3 and the T20I series 1-2.
India’s preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which takes place in Bangladesh this October 3–20, will be greatly aided by these series and tournaments. India will be competing for its first-ever major ICC women’s trophy.
India’s Women’s Asia Cup squad: India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan. Traveling reserves: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh.
