Women's Asia Cup Semi-Final 1, IND-W VS BAN-W: The two finalist teams of the tournament will be decided on Friday in the ongoing Women's Cricket Asia Cup 2024 in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. The performance of the Indian team has been excellent so far. India made it to the semi-finals and are now just two steps away from their 8th title.

The first semi-final of this edition of the tournament will be played between India and Bangladesh. This match will start at 2 pm on Friday in Dambulla.

The performance of the Indian team in the Women's Asia Cup has been amazing. India has become champion seven times in the total eight editions played so far. Bangladesh has won the Asia Cup once. However, in the current tournament, the Indian team looks much stronger than Bangladesh. Bangladesh won the title by defeating India in the final match of 2018. That means the Indian team will not make the mistake of considering Bangladesh as weak.

Pitch Report
The average first innings score at Dambulla Cricket Stadium has been 160 and the average second innings total score has been around 140. The highest score of this ground is 209/5. The maximum successful target on this ground is 141. If we look at the statistics, the pitch is best for the teams batting first. Chasing becomes difficult as the pitch turns.

If Team India makes its place in the finals, then the title match of Team India will be with Sri Lanka or Pakistan. The Sri Lankan team has reached the finals 5 times before and every time the Sri Lankan team has been defeated by Team India. At the same time, Pakistan team has reached the finals of Asia Cup twice and both times Team India has defeated Pakistan.

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.

Bangladesh Squad for Women's Asia Cup: Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Nahida Akter (vc), Murshida Khatun, Dilara Akter, Jahanara Alam, Rumana Ahmed, Ritu Moni, Marufa Akter, Shorna Akter, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Shorifa Khatun, Ishma Tanjim, Sabikun Nahar Jesmin. Stand-by: Taj Nehar, Fahima Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Puja Chakrabortty.