Women’s Asia Cup 2022: Squads, Schedule, Streaming and All you need to know

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

Live Streaming and TV Coverage

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