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]
Dates | 19 – 28 July 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
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Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 15 |
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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
editMeans of qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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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
editBangladesh 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
editGroup A
editPoints table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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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 |
Fixtures
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- 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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- 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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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shafali Verma (Ind) scored her 3,000th run in international cricket.[29]
Group B
editPoints Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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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 |
Fixtures
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- Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nannaphat Chaihan (Tha) and Suabika Manivannan (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.
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- 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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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
editBracket
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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
edit1st Semi-final
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Renuka Singh (Ind) took her 50th wicket in women's T20Is.[32]
2nd Semi-final
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- 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
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- 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
editMost runs
editPlayer | Innings | NO | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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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
editPlayer | Innings | Wickets | Runs | Overs | BBI | Econ. | Ave. | 5WI |
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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 | 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
edit- ^ Smriti Mandhana captained India in their third match of the group stage.
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