The Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024, which is being held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, will include a major match between India and Pakistan on the opening day of competition. Here’s your handy calculator for that.
Match details
India vs Pakistan
Dambulla, July 19, 7.00pm local time
India is listed first, only alphabetically. Over this time, they have participated in 17 Twenty20 Internationals and have a 10-5 win-loss record (two matches ending in a tie). They were victorious in the Asian Games gold medal match in Hangzhou, defeating Sri Lanka by a score of 19 runs. Following that, they suffered series losses in a row at home against Australia and England, thumped Bangladesh 5-0 in Sylhet, and, most recently, saw their three-match series against South Africa in Chennai finish 1-1 with the second game being abandoned after just one innings.
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Pakistan has actually completed 19 T20I matches in the same period of time. However, they have lost twelve of them and only won seven. They produced an amazing result, defeating South Africa 3-0 at home prior to the Asian Games. It was not a unique Asian Games. As anticipated, they advanced to the semifinals but were defeated by Bangladesh in the bronze-medal playoff and then by Sri Lanka in the semifinals. Since then, they have suffered losses in T20I series against West Indies at home, in Bangladesh, and most recently in England, where they were swept 3-0. The lone series victory occurred in late 2017 in New Zealand, where they prevailed 2-1.
India vs Pakistan – head-to-head
Over the years, there have been 14 matches between the two teams, but no bilateral series for unknown reasons. When the T20 World Cup 2016 took place in Delhi, Pakistan defeated India by two runs in a game that was cut short by rain. That was the only occasion a match was played in one of the two nations. But in Twenty20 Internationals, Pakistan has only won three matches versus India. India has eleven victories.
India is also far ahead at the Asia Cup. In their six games against Pakistan, they have won five of them. But Pakistan did win one, at the most recent Asia Cup in Sylhet in 2022.
Players to watch
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma make up a potent opening duo for India. Typically the longer-batting man, Mandhana has amassed 3320 T20I runs with a strike rate of 121.83 and an average of 28.13. Shafali’s associated numbers are 129.48, 24.27, and 1748. Opponents frequently find that eliminating one of them immediately is insufficient; eliminating both of them swiftly is necessary.
The star for Pakistan is all-around bowler Nida Dar, who can be relied upon to score significant runs and pick up wickets virtually every time she takes the ball. Sidra Amin, who has 205 runs in eight innings this year, has also been in the midst of a purple patch at the plate.
Where to watch
The Women’s Asia Cup 2024 will air on the Star Sports Network in India and Sri Lanka. In India, the live broadcast will be accessible on the Disney+ Hotstar website and app.
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