India Women vs UAE Women Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium- Women's Asia Cup 2024, Match 5

Dambulla is all set to host the India Women vs UAE Women on Sunday from 2 pm IST. Pakistan and Nepal women's teams take on each other in the second match of the day from 7 pm IST.

India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in their first match. After bowling out Pakistan for 109, the Indian eves chased down the target inside 15 overs. Shafali Varma (40) and Smriti Mandhana (45) laid the platform. Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur then finished the game.

Nepal women registered their first win in the Asia Cup competition as they beat UAE in their first game. UAE posted 115/8 in their 20 overs and Nepal chased the score down inside 17 overs. Samjhana Khadka anchored the chae for Nepal with an unbeaten 72 off 45 balls with 11 fours in her innings.

The Women's Asia Cup will be on till July 28. India, Pakistan, UAE, and Nepal are placed in Group A. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia are placed in Group B. India under Harmanpreet Kaur is the defending champions of the tournament.

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India are seven-time winner of the Asia Cup. Bangladesh are the only other team to win the Asia Cup title in 2018. Two powerhouses Pakistan and Sri Lanka despite the talent in the team have never won the Asia Cup title.

India Women vs UAE Women Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium- Women's Asia Cup 2024, Match 5

India Women vs UAE Women Weather Report Of Dambulla

The match starts at 2 pm IST on Sunday. It's an afternoon game. The temperatures will be around 29 degrees in the afternoon. The weather conditions will be breezy and pleasant with clouds and sun. There is just a three percent chance of rain which is not a major threat. Humidity will be nearly 60 percent with the cloud cover close to 60 percent as well.

India Women vs UAE Women Pitch Analysis

The venue has hosted nine T20Is so far with 209 being the highest first-innings total posted and 141 the highest second-innings total. So far this has been a low-scoring Asia Cup with the teams batting first not able to post big totals. Hence the targets have been easily chased down. Things might change in this game as India might look to post a big total and then bowl out UAE cheaply to gain a boost in their NRR.

Weather Impact on India Women vs UAE Women Asia Cup 2024, Match 5

There is just a three percent chance of rain in the afternoon which is expected to subside. The overall weather conditions should be pretty pleasant with a maximum temperature of 30 degrees. Interestingly there has been no rain in Dambulla for the first four games so far.

Conclusion

Thus for the India vs UAE game, the weather conditions are pretty pleasant. India, the defending champions of the tournament have started the tournament with a win and are looking for another big win over the minnows.

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