The ‘women in blue’ are set to kick-start their title defense at the Asia Cup today.

Seven-time champions Indian women will begin their campaign with a high-octane clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in the tournament opener at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

India have an 11-3 lead over Pakistan in women’s T20I meetings. On the other hand, Pakistan entered the event after an inconsistent run of results in their bilateral commitments.

India won the last women’s Asia Cup held in 2022 after defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh.

India women’s squad for Asia Cup T20:

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, and Sajana Sajeevan.

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