IND-W VS PAK-W Match: The Indian women's cricket team will face Pakistan in its first match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024. Indian women's cricket team is the defending champion of this tournament. She would be hoping to win the title once again.

The Indian women's national cricket team has performed tremendously in international cricket in its last few series. Won series against Bangladesh and South Africa. The Indian women's cricket team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, has many stars like Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Renuka Singh, who have contributed to their success over the years. The Indian women's team includes young players like Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana and Richa Ghosh.

On the other hand Pakistan women's team led by Nida Dar has not performed well in international cricket in the last few series. Pakistan women's team has faced defeat at the hands of West Indies and England in its last international series. They would like to recover from this defeat. Team head coach Junaid Khan would like to bring some inspiration to the team before the big match against India.

The importance of this Women's Asia Cup tournament has increased before the ICC Women's T20 World Cup to be held in October. India are the most successful team in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament, winning 17 out of 20 matches.

India vsPakistan Women's T20I Head-to-Head Record
India have registered 11 wins in 14 matches against Pakistan in T20 Internationals and Harmanpreet Kaur will aim to take this streak forward. Earlier this month, India drew 1-1 with South Africa as the second of three T20 matches was washed out due to rain. The morale of Pakistan will be low, having been defeated 3-0 by England in May

Dambulla Pitch Report
The pitch of Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium remains balanced in T20 cricket. The pitch provides good support to the spin bowlers, but the batsmen are expected to dominate the new ball. The average first innings score here is 159. The team batting first has won four out of the six T20 matches played in Dambulla.

Broadcast and Streaming Platform
Star Sports will telecast the India and Pakistan match live in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament. Live streaming of the match can be seen on Disney + Hotstar.

India Squad for Women's Asia Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan. Travelling reserves: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh.

Pakistan Squad for Women's Asia Cup: Nida Dar (c) Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab and Tuba Hassan.