2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

Dates	19 – 28 July 2024
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	Women's Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Participants	8
Matches	15
Player of the series	Chamari Athapaththu
Most runs	Chamari Athapaththu (304)
Most wickets	Deepti Sharma (10)
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The 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Asia Cup, with the matches played as Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. In January 2023, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the pathway structure and calendar for 2023 and 2024, where they confirmed the dates and teams of the tournament. ^[1]

The tournament was played by eight teams at the end of July 2024. ^[2] The four full members of the Asian Cricket Council – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – qualified automatically. ^[3] It was originally announced that they would be joined by the finalists from the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup (Malaysia and United Arab Emirates); ^[1] however, in March 2024, the ACC announced that they would be joined by the semi-finalists from the Women's Premier Cup, thus also including Nepal and Thailand. ^{[4] [5]} In the final, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets to win their maiden Asia Cup title. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Teams and qualifications

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
ICC full membership	—	—	4	Bangladesh   India   Pakistan   Sri Lanka
2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup	February 2024	Malaysia	4	Malaysia     Nepal   Thailand   United Arab Emirates
Total			8

Squads

Bangladesh [9]	India [10]	Malaysia [11]	Nepal [12]
Nigar Sultana (c, wk) Nahida Akter (vc) Rumana Ahmed Dilara Akter (wk) Marufa Akter Shorna Akter Jahanara Alam Rubya Haider Rabeya Khan Murshida Khatun Shorifa Khatun Sultana Khatun Ritu Moni Sabikun Nahar Ishma Tanjim	Harmanpreet Kaur (c) [a] Smriti Mandhana (vc) Uma Chetry (wk) Richa Ghosh (wk) Dayalan Hemalatha Tanuja Kanwar Shreyanka Patil Arundhati Reddy Jemimah Rodrigues Sajeevan Sajana Deepti Sharma Renuka Singh Asha Sobhana Pooja Vastrakar Shafali Verma Radha Yadav	Winifred Duraisingam (c) Nur Aishah Aisya Eleesa Mas Elysa Ainna Hamizah Hashim Elsa Hunter Mahirah Izzati Ismail Wan Julia (wk) Suabika Manivannan Dhanusri Muhunan Irdina Beh Nabil Aina Najwa (wk) Nur Arianna Natsya Amalin Sorfina Nur Izzatul Syafiqa	Indu Barma (c) Rajmati Airee Dolly Bhatta Mamta Chaudhary (wk) Rubina Chhetry Kabita Joshi Samjhana Khadka Kabita Kunwar Sita Rana Magar Puja Mahato Kritika Marasini Sabnam Rai Bindu Rawal Kajal Shrestha (wk) Roma Thapa
Pakistan [13]	Sri Lanka [14]	Thailand [15]	United Arab Emirates [16]
Nida Dar (c) Muneeba Ali (wk) Najiha Alvi (wk) Sidra Ameen Diana Baig Gull Feroza Tuba Hassan Sadia Iqbal Iram Javed Aliya Riaz Tasmia Rubab Fatima Sana Nashra Sandhu Syeda Aroob Shah Omaima Sohail	Chamari Athapaththu (c) Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Shashini Gimhani Vishmi Gunaratne Ama Kanchana Kawya Kavindi Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Sachini Nisansala Inoshi Priyadharshani Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Anushka Sanjeewani (wk) Harshitha Samarawickrama	Thipatcha Putthawong (c) Nattaya Boochatham Kanyakoran Bunthansen Nannaphat Chaihan Sunida Chaturongrattana Onnicha Kamchomphu Rosenanee Kanoh Suwanan Khiaoto (wk) Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk) Suleeporn Laomi Phannita Maya Chayanisa Phengpaen Chanida Sutthiruang Aphisara Suwanchonrathi Koranit Suwanchonrathi	Esha Oza (c, wk) Samaira Dharnidharka Heena Hotchandani Lavanya Keny Kavisha Egodage Suraksha Kotte Vaishnave Mahesh Indhuja Nandakumar Rinitha Rajith Rishitha Rajith Rithika Rajith Khushi Sharma Theertha Satish (wk) Emily Thomas Mehak Thakur

Bangladesh named Taj Nehar, Fahima Khatun, Sobhana Mostary and Puja Chakraborty as standby players. ^[17] India named Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwar and Meghna Singh as traveling reserves. ^{[18] [19]} On 21 July 2024, Shreyanka Patil was ruled out of the remaining matches of the tournament with a fractured finger, ^[20] Tanuja Kanwar was named as her replacement. ^[21]

Group stage

Group A

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	0	6	3.615	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.102
3	Nepal	3	1	2	0	0	2	−2.042
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.780

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[22]

Fixtures

19 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   115/8 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 118/4 (16.1 overs)
Khushi Sharma 36 (39) Indu Barma 3/19 (4 overs)		Samjhana Khadka 72* (45) Kavisha Egodage 3/12 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 6 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind) Player of the match: Samjhana Khadka (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first victory in Asia Cup for Nepal. ^[23]

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19 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Pakistan   108 (19.2 overs)	v	India 112/3 (14.1 overs)
Sidra Ameen 25 (35) Deepti Sharma 3/20 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 45 (31) Syeda Aroob Shah 2/9 (3 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Shathira Jakir (Ban) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nida Dar (Pak) played in her 150th T20I match. ^[24]
• Deepti Sharma became the second Indian women's cricketer to take 250 wickets in international cricket. ^[25]
• Jemimah Rodrigues became the youngest Indian women's cricketer to score 2,000 runs in women's T20Is. ^[26]

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21 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

India   201/5 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 123/7 (20 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 66 (47) Kavisha Egodage 2/36 (4 overs)		Kavisha Egodage 40* (32) Deepti Sharma 2/23 (4 overs)

India won by 78 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Shathira Jakir (Ban) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Richa Ghosh (Ind)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Tanuja Kanwar (Ind) made her T20I debut.
• India recorded the highest team total in Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup. ^[27] and this was also India's highest total in women's T20Is. ^[28]

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21 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Nepal     108/6 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 110/1 (11.5 overs)
Kabita Joshi 31* (23) Sadia Iqbal 2/19 (4 overs)		Gull Feroza 57 (35) Kabita Joshi 1/19 (1.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Hemangi Yerzal (UAE) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind) Player of the match: Gull Feroza (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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23 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   103/8 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 107/0 (14.1 overs)
Theertha Satish 40 (36) Tuba Hassan 2/17 (3 overs)		Gull Feroza 62* (55)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Gull Feroza (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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23 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

India   178/3 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 96/9 (20 overs)
Shafali Verma 81 (48) Sita Rana Magar 2/25 (4 overs)		Sita Rana Magar 18 (22) Deepti Sharma 3/13 (4 overs)

India won by 82 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shafali Verma (Ind) scored her 3,000th run in international cricket. ^[29]

Group B

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	0	6	3.988	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.971
3	Thailand	3	1	2	0	0	2	−0.858
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	0	0	0	−4.667

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[22]

Fixtures

20 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Thailand   133/6 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia 111/8 (20 overs)
Nannapat Koncharoenkai 40 (35) Mahirah Izzati Ismail 3/16 (4 overs)		Wan Julia 52 (53) Onnicha Kamchomphu 2/20 (4 overs)

Thailand won by 22 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Dedunu Silva (SL) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE) Player of the match: Nannapat Koncharoenkai (Tha)

• Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nannaphat Chaihan (Tha) and Suabika Manivannan (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.

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20 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Bangladesh   111/8 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 114/3 (17.1 overs)
Nigar Sultana 48* (59) Inoshi Priyadharshani 2/17 (4 overs)		Vishmi Gunaratne 51 (48) Nahida Akter 3/12 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Vishmi Gunaratne (SL)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ishma Tanjim (Ban) made her T20I debut.

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22 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   184/4 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia 40 (19.5 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 119* (69) Winifred Duraisingam 2/34 (4 overs)		Elsa Hunter 10 (11) Shashini Gimhani 3/9 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 144 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Shathira Jakir (Ban) Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nur Izzatul Syafiqa (Mas) made her T20I debut.
• Chamari Athapaththu (SL) became the first cricketer to hit a hundred in Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup. ^[30]
• This was the Sri Lanka's highest total in women's T20Is. ^[31]

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22 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Thailand   96/9 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 100/3 (17.3 overs)
Nattaya Boochatham 40 (41) Rabeya Khan 4/14 (4 overs)		Murshida Khatun 50 (55) Phannita Maya 1/8 (1.3 overs)

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Dedunu Silva (SL) Player of the match: Rabeya Khan (Ban)

• Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sabikun Nahar (Ban) made her T20I debut.

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24 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh   191/2 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia 77/8 (20 overs)
Murshida Khatun 80 (59) Elsa Hunter 1/27 (4 overs)		Elsa Hunter 20 (23) Nahida Akter 2/13 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 114 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Dedunu Silva (SL) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind) Player of the match: Murshida Khatun (Ban)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

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24 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Thailand   93/7 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 94/0 (11.3 overs)
Nannapat Koncharoenkai 47* (53) Kavisha Dilhari 2/13 (4 overs)		Chamari Athapaththu 49* (35)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE) Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)

• Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	A1	India	83/0 (11)
	B2	Bangladesh	80/8 (20)
						SF1	India	165/6 (20)
						SF2	Sri Lanka	167/2 (18.4)
	B1	Sri Lanka	141/7 (19.5)
	A2	Pakistan	140/4 (20)

Semi-finals

1st Semi-final

26 July 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh   80/8 (20 overs)	v	India 83/0 (11 overs)
Nigar Sultana 32 (51) Renuka Singh 3/10 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 55* (39)

India won by 10 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Dedunu Silva (SL) Player of the match: Renuka Singh Thakur (Ind)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Renuka Singh Thakur (Ind) took her 50th wicket in women's T20Is. ^[32]

2nd Semi-final

26 July 2024 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Pakistan   140/4 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 141/7 (19.5 overs)
Muneeba Ali 37 (34) Udeshika Prabodhani 2/23 (4 overs)		Chamari Athapaththu 63 (48) Sadia Iqbal 4/16 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind) Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Udeshika Prabodhani (SL) played in her 100th T20I match. ^[33]
• Nida Dar became the first Pakistani women's cricketer to take 250 wickets in international cricket. ^[34]

Final

28 July 2024 15:00 Scorecard

India   165/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 167/2 (18.4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 60 (47) Kavisha Dilhari 2/36 (4 overs)		Harshitha Samarawickrama 69* (51) Deepti Sharma 1/30 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Shathira Jakir (Ban) Player of the match: Harshitha Samarawickrama (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jemimah Rodrigues (Ind) became the youngest women cricketer to play 100th T20I match, ^[35] and scored 3,000th run in international cricket. ^[36]
• Kavisha Dilhari (SL) took her 50th wicket in women's T20Is.^{[ citation needed ]}

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Innings	NO	Runs	Average	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Chamari Athapaththu	5	2	304	101.33	146.85	119*	1	2	35	15
Shafali Verma	5	1	200	50.00	140.84	81	0	1	27	3
Smriti Mandhana	4	1	173	57.66	137.30	60	0	2	29	2
Gull Feroza	4	1	149	49.66	125.21	62*	0	2	22	0
Nigar Sultana	3	2	142	142.00	111.53	62*	0	1	13	2
Updated: 28 July 2024 [37]

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Runs	Overs	BBI	Econ.	Ave.	5WI
Deepti Sharma	5	10	100	20.0	3/13	5.00	10.00	0
Kavisha Dilhari	5	9	111	18.0	2/4	6.16	12.33	0
Sadia Iqbal	3	8	67	14.1	4/16	4.72	8.37	0
Renuka Singh Thakur	5	7	92	19.0	3/10	4.84	13.14	0
Radha Yadav	5	6	128	19.0	3/14	6.73	21.33	0
Updated: 28 July 2024 [38]

Notes

1. Smriti Mandhana captained India in their third match of the group stage.

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Further reading

• Narayanan, Lavanya Lakshmi (31 July 2024). "Women's Asia Cup review: Chamari's bravehearts march to maiden title win, India handed reality check". Sportstar . Retrieved 5 October 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo