Defending champion Indian women's team will take on its biggest rival Pakistan in the first match of the Asia Cup on Friday. This tournament is considered very important for the preparation of the Women's T20 World Cup to be held in October. The Indian team led by Harmanpreet has dominated the Asia Cup.

India has won the Asia Cup T20 title three out of four times and the 50-over format of the Asia Cup all four times. In the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament, India has won 17 out of 20 matches. It defeated Bangladesh in the 2022 final.

India has won 11 out of 14 matches against Pakistan in this tournament. Earlier this month, India drew the T20 series with South Africa 1-1. While the second match out of the three T20 matches was washed out due to rain. Pakistan had to face defeat against England in the series held in May. In this series, England defeated Pakistan 3-0.

Excellent form of Indian team
The best thing for India is the excellent form of Smriti Mandhana. At the same time, Pooja Vastrakar has shown a great all-round performance. She took 8 wickets in 3 matches against South Africa while spinner Radha Yadav has also been successful. The spinners include Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana and Shreyanka Patil.

Pakistan has retained Nida Dar as captain for the Asia Cup, but there have been many changes in the team. Iram Javed, Omaima Sohail and Syeda Arub Shah have got a place in the team for the first time this year while Tasmia Rubab will make her debut.

Nepal and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will also face each other on the first day in Group A. The top two teams from both groups will play the semi-finals. Nepal is playing in the tournament for the first time since 2016 while this is UAE's second consecutive tournament.

Match Details
Tournament-Women's Asia Cup
date-19th July
Match-India Vs Pakistan
Toss-7:00 PM, Match start- 7:30PM
Stadium– Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Sri Lanka

last 5 matches

Pakistan was able to win only 3 matches in 14 matches

Eyes on the stars

Toss Roll and Pitch Report
All the matches of the Asia Cup to be held in Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Sri Lanka will be played here. So far 3 Women's T20 Internationals have been played here. In which the team that won the toss and batted first has won the match. The captains of both the teams would like to win the toss and bat first.

Weather Report and Match Prediction
The Indian women's team is in form right now. It has recently defeated South Africa. If we look at the head to head record, India's team is ahead of Pakistan. India's chances of winning this match are 90%. There is no chance of rain in Dambulla tomorrow.

Winners of Women's Asia Cup Women's Asia Cup started in 2004. When India won it. Till now Women's Asia Cup has been held 8 times. In which India has won this tournament 7 times whereas Bangladesh has won the Asia Cup 1 time.

Possible Playing XI
India : Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, D Hemalatha, Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil.

Pakistan : Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Arub Shah and Tasmia Rubab.