The Asia Cup 2022 will be held in Bangladesh from October 1 to 15 in preparations for the next year's women's T20 World Cup.
Preparations for next year’s T20 World Cup take centre stage as the women’s Asia Cup 2022 is held in Bangladesh. The regional competition, to be held in the T20I format, will feature seven of the best women’s sides from the subcontinent vying for the coveted trophy in a tournament that runs from October 1 to 15.
The seven-team event sees India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia and UAE locking horns with each other in a single round-robin format. Each team face the other once before the top 4 sides contest for the semifinals, from where the finalists are determined.
The tournament is mainly based in Sylhet, which hosts all 24 matches across two venues in Sylhet Outer Cricket Stadium and the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
There have been two previous editions of the women’s Asia Cup in the T20I format, with India winning the inaugural tournament in 2016 in Thailand before Bangladesh pulled off a major surprise in Malaysia back in 2018.
Date | Matches | Venue | Time (IST) |
Oct 1 | Thailand vs Bangladesh | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
India vs Sri Lanka | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 2 | Pakistan vs Malaysia | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
Sri Lanka vs UAE | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 3 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
India vs Malaysia | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 4 | Sri Lanka vs Thailand | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
India vs UAE | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 5 | UAE vs Malaysia | Sylhet | 1:00 PM |
Oct 6 | Pakistan vs Thailand | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
Bangladesh vs Malaysia | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 7 | Thailand vs UAE | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
India vs Pakistan | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 8 | Sri Lanka vs Malaysia | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
India vs Bangladesh | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 9 | Thailand vs Malaysia | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
Pakistan vs UAE | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 10 | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
India vs Thailand | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 11 | Bangladesh vs UAE | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 13 | SEMI FINAL 1 | Sylhet | 8:30 AM |
SEMI FINAL 2 | Sylhet | 1:00 PM | |
Oct 15 | FINAL | Sylhet | 1:00 PM |
Star Sports Network will telecast the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2022 live on TV sets in India. Pakistan based viewers can watch the tournament on PTV Sports and Ten Sports. Following is the list of others broadcasters to live telecast the competition in different regions:-
Bangladesh: Gazi TV
Afghanistan: Ariana TV
Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: Sky Sports
South Africa: SuperSport
USA: Willow TV
UK: Sky Sports
UAE: OSN Sports
Disney+Hotstar, Star’s digital platform application and site, will provide live streaming for the women’s Asia Cup T20 2022 in India. Viewers based in other regions can look for the respective broadcast platforms enlisted above and their sites for the same.
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, K.P. Navgire, Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Reserves: Taniya Sapna Bhatia, Simran Dil Bahadur
Pakistan: Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wk), Tuba Hasan, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk).
Reserves: Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Pervaiz, Umme Hani, and Waheeda Akhtar
Malaysia: Winifred Duraisingam (c), Mas Elysa (vc), Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada, Noor Hayati Zakaria, Sasha Azmi, Aisya Eleesa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nurilyaa Natasya
Thailand: Sornnarin Tippoch, Nattaya Boochatham, Naruemol Chaiwai (c), Suwanan Khiaoto, Suleeporn Laomi, Chanida Sutthiruang, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi, Sunida Chaturongrattana, Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Nattakan Chantam, Rosenan Kanoh, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Phannita Maya, Thipatcha Putthawong, Nanthita Boonsukham
United Arab Emirates: Chaya Mughal (c), Esha Rohit Oza, Kavisha Egodage, Priyanjali Jain, Rinitha Rajith, Theertha Satish (wk), Khushi Sharma, Samaira Dharnidharka, Siya Gokhale, Vaishnavi Mahesh, Natasha Cherriath, Indhuja Nandakumar, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny, Suraksha Kotte.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Malsha Shehani, Madushika Meththananda, Inoka Ranaweera, Rashmi Silva, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasooriya, Tharika Sewwandi, Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wk), Kaushini Nuthyanga
Bangladesh: Murshida Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Nigar Sultana (c & wk), Salma Khatun, Shanjida Akter, Sharmin Akhter, Fahima Khatun, Shamima Sultana, Fariha Trisna, Marufa Akter, Rumana Ahmed, Nahida Akter, Ritu Moni, Shohely Akhter, Lata Mondal, Sobhana Mostary