Women's Asia Cup will start from July 19. The tournament is considered very important in terms of preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in October. India will begin their campaign against Pakistan on Friday. Indian team under the captaincy of Harmanpreet has dominated the Asia Cup, winning three out of four T20Is and three out of four Asia Cups in the ODI format.
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Who got a place in the Indian team?
This match between India and Pakistan will be played from 7 pm. Smriti Mandhana has been made the vice-captain. Star women players like Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper) have been included in the team. Apart from 15 main team players, Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaq, Tanuja Kanwar and Meghna Singh have been included as reserve players.
India-Pakistan record
India have won 17 out of 20 matches in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament. They beat Bangladesh in the final in 2022. India have registered 11 wins out of 14 matches against Pakistan in T20 Internationals.
Mandhana is in great form
The best thing for India is that Smriti Mandhana is in great form. . Have performed well as a team recently. Fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar has taken eight wickets in three matches against South Africa while spinner Radha Yadav has also been successful
Pakistan will be captained by Nida Dar
Pakistan have retained Nida Dar as captain for the Asia Cup but have made several changes to the squad. Iram Javed, Omaima Sohail and Syeda Arub Shah have been named in the squad for the first time this year while Tasmia Rubab will make her debut.
India's Probable Playing XI
Shefali Verma , Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Sajivan Sajna, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Uma Chhetri, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy.
