India Women vs Pakistan Women Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium- Women's Asia Cup 2024, Match 2

Dambulla is all set to host the Women's Asia Cup 2024 from July 19-28. All the matches will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla. The matches start from 2 pm and 7 pm IST.

India women are the defending champions of the Asia Cup having won the title in the 2022 edition. They beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final. Harmanpreet Kaur was the captain when India won the last Asia Cup title. She was the captain in India's 2012 and 2016 title editions as well.

She has a good core of players in the squad and many of them played in the last Asia Cup edition. Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, and Harmanpreet Kaur make up the batting core. The bowling will be led by Renuka Singh, Deepti Sharma, and Arundhati Reddy.

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Pakistan will be led by Nida Dar. She has taken over captaincy after Bismah Maroof's retirement. Muniba Ali, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Diana Baig, and Sidra Ameen were among the ones who played in the last edition of the Asia Cup.

Pakistan have won just three T20SI against India and lost six times to India Women in Asia Cup tournaments. Historically, they have yet to win an ODI against India since the rivalry started in 2005. Thus it is safe to say that India have well and truly dominated Pakistan in women's cricket.

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India Women vs Pakistan Women Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium- Women's Asia Cup 2024, Match 2

India Women vs Pakistan Women Weather Report Of Dambulla

The match starts at 7 pm IST on Friday, July 19. The temperatures will be around 28 degrees in the morning with a forecast of heavy rain. The conditions in the evening will be breezy and with not so much of clouds. The humidity will be 78 percent with a 2 percent chance of rain.

India Women vs Pakistan Women Pitch Analysis

Dambulla has hosted just six T20Is to date with the average first innings score being 160 and the average second innings total being around 140. However, 209/5 is the highest score batting first. The highest number of successful chases at this venue is 141.

Thus given the stats, the pitch is at its best for the teams batting first. Chasing gets difficult as the pitch starts turning. This is the monsoon season in Sri Lanka and thus rain might be a deciding factor in these games alongside dew.

Weather Impact on India Women vs Pakistan Women Asia Cup 2024, Match 2

There is a 2 percent chance of rain. However, there will be complete cloud cover in the evening. Heavy rain is expected during the day with chances of rain close to 40 percent. That might leave the outfield wet which might in turn delay the start of the game. However quick draining can start the match on time.

Conclusion

India heads into this tournament as the defending champions having won the title seven times. Against Pakistan, they have won the Asia Cup six times. Dambulla hosts all the games with rain a constant threat.

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