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 |
| 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) |
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
edit| Means of qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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| ICC full membership | — | — | 4 |  Bangladesh India Pakistan Sri Lanka
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| 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup | February 2024 |  Malaysia
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4 | Malaysia Nepal Thailand United Arab Emirates
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| 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | India
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.615 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.102 | |
| 3 | Nepal
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.042 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.780 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[22]
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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sri Lanka
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.988 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Bangladesh
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.971 | |
| 3 | Thailand
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.858 | |
| 4 | Malaysia
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.667 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[22]
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
edit| 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
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
edit| Player | Innings | NO | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Chamari Athapaththu
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5 | 2 | 304 | 101.33 | 146.85 | 119* | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 |
| Shafali Verma
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5 | 1 | 200 | 50.00 | 140.84 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| Smriti Mandhana
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4 | 1 | 173 | 57.66 | 137.30 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| Gull Feroza
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4 | 1 | 149 | 49.66 | 125.21 | 62* | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Nigar Sultana
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3 | 2 | 142 | 142.00 | 111.53 | 62* | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Updated: 28 July 2024[37] | ||||||||||
Most wickets
edit| Player | Innings | Wickets | Runs | Overs | BBI | Econ. | Ave. | 5WI |
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| Deepti Sharma
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5 | 10 | 100 | 20.0 | 3/13 | 5.00 | 10.00 | 0 |
| Kavisha Dilhari
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5 | 9 | 111 | 18.0 | 2/4 | 6.16 | 12.33 | 0 |
| Sadia Iqbal
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3 | 8 | 67 | 14.1 | 4/16 | 4.72 | 8.37 | 0 |
| Renuka Singh
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5 | 7 | 92 | 19.0 | 3/10 | 4.84 | 13.14 | 0 |
| Radha Yadav
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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.
References
edit- ^ a b "Asian Cricket Council announces new pathway structure and calendar for 2023 & 2024". Asian Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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- ^ "Pakistan name squad for ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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- ^ "Shreyanka Patil ruled out of Asia Cup with fractured finger". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Injured Shreyanka Patil out of Women's Asia Cup, India call up Tanuja Kanwar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Women's Asia Cup 2024 points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Nepal ride on Samjhana's brilliance to register maiden Asia Cup win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Nida Dar achieves milestone in T20I cricket". Cricket Pakistan. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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- ^ "Jemimah Rodrigues completed 2000 T20I runs, becomes youngest Indian to do so". Female Cricket. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Stats - Ghosh breaks batting speed limits in India's first 200 in women's T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "India win big after racking up their highest T20I total". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "20 Year Old Shafali Verma Completes 3000 International Runs". Female Cricket. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Chamari smashes first-ever century in Women's T20 Asia Cup history". Ada Derana. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Highest Totals By Sri Lanka Women In WT20Is". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Renuka Singh Completes 50 T20I Wickets With A Magical Spell In Women's Asia Cup Semi-Final vs BAN". Cricket One. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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- ^ @imfemalecricket (28 July 2024). "Milestone Alert! 3000+ International runs for Jemimah Rodrigues. Future of Indian women's cricket is in safe hands" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- ^ "Women's T20 Asia Cup, 2024 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
Further reading
edit- 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.