Preview: The Women’s Asia Cup’s ninth edition has come to a close, and the semi-finalists have been announced. On July 26 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla, the host team, Sri Lanka Women (SL-W), will play Pakistan Women (PAK-W) in the second semi-final. The two teams were grouped together, as is well known.
Group B’s leaders, Sri Lanka Women, continued their undefeated streak. Two compelling run-chases, which they accomplished with remarkable authority, preceded their dominant 144-run victory.
As for Pakistan Women, they recovered well from an early loss against their fiercest rivals, India Women, in which they were soundly defeated by a seven-wicket margin. They advanced to the competition’s final four with decisive wins of nine and ten wickets.
Womens Asia Cup T20, 2024, 2nd Semi Final Match, SRI vs IND
Venue: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Date & Time: Friday, July 26, 7:00 PM
Pitch Report: In general, Dambulla games have had low scoreboards. The team batting first has failed to score more than 120 runs in seven of the twelve games. In an identical number of games, the pursuing team has also emerged victorious. Spinners have benefited greatly from the pitches thus far, and this pattern is probably going to continue on Friday.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Sri Lanka Women: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya.
Pakistan Women: Sidra Ameen, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob Shah.
