The Harmanpreet Kaur led side is all set to play the women’s Asia Cup 2022 against six other teams as they vie against each other for the Women’s T20 Asia Cup trophy. The schedule of the tournament was recently announced by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Jay Shah.
The Indian women’s team start off their campaign against Sri Lanka on October 1st in their first game, and they will play against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 7th. The eighth edition of the Women Asia Cup 2022 will be played by seven teams playing for the title. The final will be played on October 15th, 2022.
The tournament will feature India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE and Bangladesh. Bangladesh will play host and the matches will be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
India will begin their campaign against Sri Lanka and will play its opening match on October 1st at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium ground. The match will be starting at 1:30 pm. India will play a total of six matches in a round-robin format before the semi-finalists are decided and will hope to make it to the final of the Asia Cup.
Bangladesh will host this year’s Women’s Asia Cup 2022
Squads
India
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, K.P. Navgire Reserve players: Taniya Sapna Bhatia, Simran Dil Bahadur
Pakistan
Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Tuba Hasan. Reserve players: Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Pervaiz, Umme Hani and Waheeda Akhtar
Sri Lanka
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wk), Kaushini Nuthyanga, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Malsha Shehani, Madushika Meththananda, Inoka Ranaweera, Rashmi Silva, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasooriya, Tharika Sewwandi
Malaysia
Winifred Duraisingam (c), Mas Elysa (vc), Sasha Azmi, Aisya Eleesa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nurilyaa Natasya, Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada, Noor Hayati Zakaria.
Bangladesh (hosts)
Squad yet to be announced
Thailand
Squad yet to be announced
UAE
Squad yet to be announced
Full Schedule of the Women’s Asia Cup 2022:
- October 1 – Bangladesh vs Thailand (2 pm IST) / India vs Sri Lanka (6:30 pm IST)
- October 2 – Pakistan vs Malaysia (2 pm IST) / Sri Lanka vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
- October 3 – Pakistan vs Bangladesh (2 pm IST) / India Malaysia (6:30 pm IST)
- October 4 – Sri Lanka vs Thailand (2 pm IST) / India vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
- October 5 – UAE vs Malaysia (2 pm IST)
- October 6 – Pakistan vs Thailand (2 pm IST) / Bangladesh vs Malaysia (6:30 pm IST)
- October 7 – Thailand vs UAE (2 pm IST) / India vs Pakistan (6:30 pm IST)
- October 8 – Sri Lanka vs Malaysia (2 pm IST) / India vs Bangladesh (6:30 pm IST)
- October 9 – Thailand vs Malaysia (2 pm IST) / Pakistan vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
- October 10 – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (2 pm IST) / India vs Thailand (6:30 pm IST)
- October 11 – Bangladesh vs UAE (2 pm IST) / Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (6:30 pm IST)
- October 13 – SF 1: Team 1 vs Team 4 (2 pm IST) / SF 2: Team 2 vs Team 3 (6:30 pm IST)
- October 15 – Final
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