Not like final time, when all groups performed one another as soon as earlier than the semi-finals, this 12 months they are going to be cut up into two teams. India be a part of Pakistan, UAE and Nepal in Group A, whereas Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia slot into Group B. The India vs Pakistan recreation is scheduled for July 21.
The highest-two groups from every group will then function within the semi-finals on July 26, earlier than the title conflict on July 28.
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president, Jay Shah, mentioned of the match’s growth: “We’re excited to see the elevated participation and competitiveness among the many groups, reflecting the rising recognition and significance of girls’s cricket. This growth, from six groups in 2018 to seven in 2022, and now eight, is a testomony to our dedication to the ladies’s recreation and the burgeoning expertise pool in Asian cricket.”
The Asia Cup will function a dry run for groups main into the T20 World Cup that’s scheduled to be performed in Bangladesh beginning in September.
Since 2012, the match has been performed within the T20 format, often as soon as in two years, although in 2020 – throughout the pandemic – the match was first postponed after which cancelled.
This 12 months, the later a part of the Asia Cup will conflict with the beginning of the Girls’s Hundred competitors in England, which begins on July 23. That might have an effect on the participation of Smriti Mandhana (Southern Courageous), Chamari Athapaththu (Oval Invincibles) and Richa Ghosh (Birmingham Phoenix) for his or her Hundred groups.
Girls’s Asia Cup 2024 schedule
