Dambulla [Sri Lanka]Nida Dar’s Pakistan won the coin toss and will face Esha Rohit Oza’s United Arab Emirates in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Tuesday.
Pakistan Women’s team is second in the Group A standings with two points and comes into this match having defeated Nepal Women’s team by nine wickets.
Looking back at Pakistan’s previous match, outstanding performances from Gul Feroza and Muneeba Ali led the Women’s Green team to a nine-wicket win over Nepal in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan won the coin toss and opted to bowl against Nepal, with Nida Dar’s decision going in favour of the Women’s Green team.
Sita Rana Magar and Kavita Joshi were the top scorers in the Nepal batting line-up, with no other Nepali player reaching fifty in the match.
Pakistan’s bowling attack did not feature prominently in the match with most of their wickets coming through run-outs, however Sadia Iqbal led the Pakistan bowling attack with two wickets and 19 runs in her four overs.
During the run chase, Gul Feroza and Muneeba Ali scored first for Pakistan and singlehandedly secured the victory for the Women in the Green.
Pakistan’s two openers performed phenomenally in a close-run match, scoring 105 runs in the 12th over. However, Feroza was unlucky to lose her wicket in the 12th over against Nepal’s Kavita Joshi. However, the Green women’s team managed to win by nine wickets against Nepal.
Meanwhile, the UAE women’s team is yet to win a single match in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup and is bottom of the points table in Group A. The UAE comes into this match after a 78-run defeat to the Indian women’s team.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Pakistan captain Nida Dar praised the women’s green bowling performance in the last match, when she was named as an opener against the UAE, while UAE captain Esha Oza also wanted to start. She felt that UAE had “started the tournament a bit slow”. UAE made one change to their team, bringing in Suraksha Kotte in place of Ritika.
UAE women’s national team players: Esha Rohit Oza, Theerta Satish, Rinita Rajis, Samaira Dharnidarka, Kabishya Egodaj, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Suraksha Kotte, Vaishnav Mahesh, Lavanya Kenny, Indhuja Nandakumar.
Pakistan women’s playing XI: Kamome Feroza, Muneeba Ali, Sidra Ameen, Aliya Riaz, Nida Dar, Tuba Hassan, Omaima Sohail, Fatima Sana, Saida Aloob Shah, Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal.
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