The Women's Asia Cup will begin on July 19. This tournament is considered very important in terms of preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in October. India will start its campaign against Pakistan on Friday. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet, the Indian team has dominated the Asia Cup, winning three out of four T20 and three out of four Asia Cups in the ODI format.
Who joined 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, Jemima Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper) have been included in the team. Apart from the 15 main players of the team, Shweta Sehrawat, Saiqa Ishak, Tanuja Kanwar and Meghna Singh have been included as reserve players.
record between india and pakistan
India has won 17 out of 20 matches in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament. They defeated Bangladesh in the final in 2022. In T20 Internationals, India has won 11 out of 14 matches against Pakistan.
Mandhana is in great form
The best thing for India is that Smriti Mandhana is in great form. Recently, they have performed well as a team. Fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar has taken eight wickets in three matches against South Africa while spinner Radha Yadav has also been successful.
Pakistan team will play under the captaincy of Nida Dar
Pakistan has retained Nida Dar as captain for the Asia Cup but has made several changes to the team. Iram Javed, Omaima Sohail and Syeda Arub Shah have been included in the team 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, Sajeevan Sajna, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Uma Chhetri, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy.