India will take on Sri Lanka on the opening day of Women’s T20 Asia Cup tournament at Sylhet in Bangladesh at 1.00 PM on Saturday. Defending Champion Bangladesh will take on Thailand in the first game of the tournament. Bangladesh will be hosting women’s international matches after four years.
A total of seven teams – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates – will be competing for the title. The teams will play each other in a round-robin format, where each will play six games. The top four teams will reach the semifinals.
After being held as a 50-over tournament between 2004 and 2008, the Asia Cup moved to the T20 format in 2012. The tournament was last held in Kuala Lumpur in 2018, where Bangladesh defeated India in a tight final to clinch the title in 2018. India has won two out of three T20 editions. Interestingly, when it was played in a 50-over format, India won all four titles.
