Match Details
Date: July 28, 2024
Time : 3:00 PM IST
Venue : Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
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Preview
India will take on Sri Lanka in the final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla. The entire tournament has belonged to the Indian cricket team with their comprehensive win against all comers, including teams like Pakistan, UAE, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have also managed to win all their games in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, but still, it will be quite tough to get past their upcoming opponents in the grand finale.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium have been quite well prepared for the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, providing enough assistance to the batters and the bowlers alike. The average first innings score at this venue in all women’s T20I matches is 130, but there have been a few scores in the range of 200 runs in the tournament as well.
Team Analysis
India
The openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma have provided good starts to the Indian cricket team right throughout in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, allowing the rest of the batters to put big scores on the board time and again. The likes of Renuka Singh Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, and Radha Yadav have been amongst the wickets on a consistent basis in the tournament.
India squad for Women’s Asia Cup 2024
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, Tanuja Kanwar, Sajana Sajeevan
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka batting lineup is quite reliant on their captain Chamari Athapththu to set up their innings match after match in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, but few of the other batters have made decent contributions to the team’s cause as well. The bowling for Sri Lanka has been quite efficient in the tournament, with the likes of Udeshika Prabodani, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Sugandika Kumari taking the bulk of the wickets.
Sri Lanka squad for Women’s Asia Cup 2024
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodani, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kawya Kavindi, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi De Silva, Sachini Nisansala, Shashini Gimhani
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Although Sri Lanka have stayed undefeated in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, it will be quite tough for them to defeat India in the final of the tournament due to their rampaging form against all comers.
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