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The Indian women’s cricket team will be aiming to mount a successful title defence at the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 scheduled to start in Sri Lanka on July 19.

This will be the ninth edition of the continental cricket tournament and will feature the top eight women’s cricket teams from across Asia. The Women’s Asia Cup 2024 T20 tournament will be available on live streaming and live telecast in India.

The Indian cricket team won the last women’s Asia Cup held in 2022 after defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka are the hosts this year and the eight participating nations have been drawn into two groups of four each. The teams will face each other once in the group stage.

India have been drawn in Group A along with Pakistan, Nepal and UAE. India are scheduled to face Pakistan in their opening match of the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 on July 19 before playing UAE on the 21st and Nepal on July 23rd.

Following the group stage, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The semi-finals are scheduled for July 26 and the final will be held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on July 28.

India are the most successful team in Women’s Asia Cup history winning seven titles. Bangladesh have won once while Sri Lanka are yet to win despite featuring in five finals. Pakistan have made it to the finals twice.

Harmanpreet Kaur will lead a 15-member India squad at the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 while opener Smriti Mandhana will serve as the vice-captain.

Where to watch Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 live in India

The Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 cricket tournament, including India’s matches, will be available for live streaming on Disney+ Hotstar app and website in India. The Women’s Asia Cup will also be telecast live on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India.

Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024: India squad

India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Uma Chetry (wicket-keeper), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajeevan Sajana.