Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022: Women’s cricket fans are eagerly excited for the upcoming T20 Women’s World Cup which is going to take place in the year 2023 in South Africa and all the national women’s teams have already started preparing with that bigger picture in mind. However, before the much-awaited ICC event, we also have the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022 which is set to take place in Bangladesh this year.
The tournament will be starting on 1st October and the schedule/fixture for the same has finally been announced. The first match will be played between Bangladesh and Thailand and the Final will be played on 15th October. As there are only 8 participating teams (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Thailand and UAE), the whole tournament will be completed within a matter of just 15 days (between 1st and 15th October).
India W have won the tournament a record 6 times and they are also the favourites to win the tournament again this season. Bangladesh, however, are the defending champions.
In this article, we shall be taking a look at the schedule and squads of all the participating teams in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022.
Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022 Schedule
| DATE | TIME | Team A | Team B | VENUE |
| 1 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | BANGLADESH | THAILAND | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 1 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | INDIA | SRI LANKA | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 2 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | PAKISTAN | MALAYSIA | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 2 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | SRI LANKA | UAE | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 3 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | PAKISTAN | BANGLADESH | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 3 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | INDIA | MALAYSIA | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 4 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | SRI LANKA | THAILAND | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 4 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | INDIA | UAE | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 5 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | UAE | MALAYSIA | SICS GROUND 2 |
| 6 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | PAKISTAN | THAILAND | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 6 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | BANGLADESH | MALAYSIA | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 7 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | THAILAND | UAE | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 7 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | INDIA | PAKISTAN | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 8 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | SRI LANKA | MALAYSIA | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 8 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | INDIA | BANGLADESH | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 9 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | THAILAND | MALAYSIA | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 9 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | PAKISTAN | UAE | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 10 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | SRI LANKA | BANGLADESH | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 10 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | INDIA | THAILAND | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 11 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | BANGLADESH | UAE | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 11 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | PAKISTAN | SRI LANKA | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 13 OCTOBER | 1:30 PM IST | SEMI-FINAL 1: TEAM | 1 vs TEAM 4 | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 13 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | SEMI-FINAL 2: TEAM | 2 vs TEAM 3 | SICS GROUND 1 |
| 15 OCTOBER | 6:00 PM IST | FINAL | SICS GROUND 1 |
Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022 Squads
Pakistan
Bismah Maroof (c), Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Tuba Hasan, Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar.
Reserve players: Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Pervaiz, Umme Hani and Waheeda Akhtar
Sri Lanka
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wk), Kaushini Nuthyanga, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Malsha Shehani, Madushika Meththananda, Inoka Ranaweera, Rashmi Silva, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasooriya, Tharika Sewwandi
Malaysia
Winifred Duraisingam (c), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nurilyaa Natasya, Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada, Noor Hayati Zakaria, Mas Elysa (vc), Sasha Azmi, Aisya Eleesa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk).
Bangladesh (hosts)
Squad yet to be announced
India
Harmanpreet (C), Mandhana, Shafali, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Navgire, Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka, Vastrakar, Rajeshwari and Radha Yadav.
Thailand
Squad yet to be announced
UAE
Squad yet to be announced
Women’s T20 Asia Cup Winning Prediction
The last Women’s T20 Asia Cup, i.e the one in 2018, was won by Bangladesh. However, given the impressive record that India W have in Asia Cup and given the fact that they have been in wonderful form lately, we think that they will clean off this tournament pretty easily. We thus predict that India W will win the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022.
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