Women's cricket is on the up and fans have started following it keenly. No wonder that it is all set to overtake the viewership of Men's cricket. The women brigade from Asia will take on the arena to decide the best team in the continent. The Women's Asia Cup 2022 will kick off on October 1st and the teams are toiling it hard in the nets. Speaking of the tournament, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and UAE will take part.
It will be a 20-over format tournament and one could conclude that it is going to be an exciting one. With the tournament right around the corner, here's all you need to know about the Women's Asia Cup 2022:
Squads:
Malaysia
Winifred Duraisingam (c), Mas Elysa (vc), Sasha Azmi, Aisya Eleesa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nurilyaa Natasya, Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada, Noor Hayati Zakaria.
India
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, K.P. Navgire Reserve players: Taniya Sapna Bhatia, Simran Dil Bahadur
Pakistan
Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Tuba Hasan. Reserve players: Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Pervaiz, Umme Hani and Waheeda Akhtar
Sri Lanka
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wk), Kaushini Nuthyanga, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Malsha Shehani, Madushika Meththananda, Inoka Ranaweera, Rashmi Silva, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasooriya, Tharika Sewwandi
Bangladesh, UAE and Thailand squads awaited.
Schedule:
- October 1 – Bangladesh vs Thailand (2 pm IST) / India vs Sri Lanka (6:30 pm IST)
- October 2 – Pakistan vs Malaysia (2 pm IST) / Sri Lanka vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
- October 3 – Pakistan vs Bangladesh (2 pm IST) / India Malaysia (6:30 pm IST)
- October 4 – Sri Lanka vs Thailand (2 pm IST) / India vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
- October 5 – UAE vs Malaysia (2 pm IST)
- October 6 – Pakistan vs Thailand (2 pm IST) / Bangladesh vs Malaysia (6:30 pm IST)
- October 7 – Thailand vs UAE (2 pm IST) / India vs Pakistan (6:30 pm IST)
- October 8 – Sri Lanka vs Malaysia (2 pm IST) / India vs Bangladesh (6:30 pm IST)
- October 9 – Thailand vs Malaysia (2 pm IST) / Pakistan vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
- October 10 – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (2 pm IST) / India vs Thailand (6:30 pm IST)
- October 11 – Bangladesh vs UAE (2 pm IST) / Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (6:30 pm IST)
- October 13 – SF 1: Team 1 vs Team 4 (2 pm IST) / SF 2: Team 2 vs Team 3 (6:30 pm IST)
- October 15 – Final
Telecast Details:
Live Telecast: Star Sports 2
Live Streaming: Disney Hotstar