New Delhi. Women’s Asia Cup 2024 has started today (19 July). A total of 8 teams including India, Nepal, Pakistan are participating in it. India and Pakistan teams will face each other from 7 pm. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Indian team, while Nida Dar will lead Pakistan. Before the match, Harmanpreet Kaur has said that she enjoys a lot while playing against Pakistan.
Harmanpreet Kaur said before the match, “We enjoy playing against Pakistan. But every team is important. When we go to the field, we want to play good cricket and we follow the same. This tournament is very important for us. We also want to take Asia to a good level in the world. We would like that this will also be a good preparation for our T20 World Cup. Every match is important for us, we will try to win in all of them.”
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Let us tell you that the Indian and Pakistani teams have faced each other 14 times in this format so far. During this time, India has had the upper hand. India has won 11 matches while Pakistan has won only 3 matches. However, in the 2022 Asia Cup, the Indian team had to face defeat from Pakistan. Despite this, Pakistan was out of the tournament. The Indian and Sri Lankan teams reached the final. Where India defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.
Indian squad for Women’s Asia Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Uma Chhetri (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Shobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajna Sajeevan
Pakistan squad for Women’s Asia Cup: Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gul Feroza, Muniba Ali, Naziha Alvi, Nashra Sandhu, Iram Javed, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Arub Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tooba Hassan.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 19, 2024, 14:56 IST
