The Women’s Asia Cup 2022 is all set to get underway from October 1st and it will be a tournament to watch out for. India women will march on to the tournament on the back of a stupendous series win against England Women. Pakistan women's brigade can give a tough time and might as well clinch the title given their proven bench strength.
Bangladesh is all set to host the tournament and UAE and Malaysia have made it to the tournament after winning the qualifiers. It will be played in a 20-over format and the teams are already bracing for it. Here’s all you need to know about the upcoming Women’s Asia Cup 2022:
Teams Participating:
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, UAE, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malaysia will be participating in the tournament.
Schedule:
- 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
Squads:
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.
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
Bangladesh, UAE and Thailand are yet to announce their squad for the event.
Match Details:
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