Women's Asia Cup 2024 Final Match Preview: Team India Will try to Capture 8th Title
Women's Asia Cup Final: Today the Indian Women's cricket team will face Sri Lanka in the Women's Asia Cup final on Sunday (28 July). Both the teams have reached the finals while remaining undefeated in the tournament. The final match will be played at Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.
India vs Sri Lanka, Women's Asia Cup Final Match Preview: Two unbeaten teams of the tournament India and Sri Lanka will face each other in Women's Asia Cup 2024 Final.
The Indian team, playing under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the semi-finals, while host Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan and entered the finals. Current champion India is eyeing becoming champion for the record 8th time. The final will be played on July 28 at 3:00 pm Indian time.
India has performed brilliantly in the tournament so far. It defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets, UAE by 78 runs and Nepal by 82 runs in the league stage. In the semi-finals it defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets. India's top order batsmen and bowlers have performed very well so far. They have not given any chance to their rival teams yet.
There is no department of concern for the Indian team but it may be a bit worried due to captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues getting less opportunities to bat. On the other hand, Sri Lanka has also been invincible till now. He has also achieved the biggest win in terms of runs in the tournament.
Chamari Athapaththu will be main Challenge for Indian Bowlers
Captain Chamari Athapaththu has performed brilliantly for Sri Lanka so far. She has scored 243 runs so far but apart from her, no other Sri Lankan batsman has reached 100 runs. If India has to register victory then it will have to control the Sri Lankan captain. Sri Lankan bowlers will face a tough test against India's strong batting order. Except off-spinner Kavisha Dilhari (seven wickets), other Sri Lankan bowlers have so far failed to make an impact.
The Indian team is playing the final of the Asia Cup for the 9th time. The team will try to win the title for the 8th time. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will try to lift the Asia Cup trophy for the first time.
IND-W vs SL-W: Head-to-Head
India have won 19 out of 24 matches against Sri Lanka in Women’s T20Is. Sri Lanka Women's have won four games while one match in 2018 could not take place due to rain.
Final Match Pitch Report
The pitch in Dambulla has been fairly good for batting. In the semis, Mandhana, Athapaththu showed that run-making wasn’t all that tough. Scores in the range of 150-160 can be expected in the final.
Final Match Probable XI
India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh.
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya.
Women's Asia Cup Final Broadcasting Details: The live telecast of India vs Sri Lanka Women's Asia Cup Final match will be on Star Sports Network. Live streaming of the match will be on Hotstar app.