The final match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 will be played between India and Sri Lanka today. The performance of both the teams in the tournament has been excellent so far. Both the teams have not lost a single match in this Asia Cup so far. The Indian team is playing the Asia Cup final for the 9th time. At the same time, Sri Lanka is entering the final for the sixth time. India defeated Sri Lanka in the final every time.
Let us tell you that the Indian women's team is in form at this time. India defeated Pakistan in the first match, UAE in the second, Nepal in the third and Bangladesh in the semi-finals. Whereas, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh in the first match, Malaysia in the second, Thailand in the third and Pakistan in the semi-finals.
If we talk about the pitch here, all the matches of Asia Cup to be played in Sri Lanka will be played at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium here. So far 17 women's T20 international matches have been played here. The team that wins the toss and bowls first here has won 11 matches. The captains of both the teams would like to bowl after winning the toss. The pitch of Dambulla Stadium helps the bowlers.
Probable playing XI for both teams
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Uma Chhetri, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav and Tanuja Kanwar.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wicketkeeper), Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Ushmika Prabodhani, Sugandhika Kumari and Achini Kulasuriya.