Women’s Twenty20 Internationals

Match scheduled to begin at 13:00 local time (06:00 GMT | 11:00 PST | 11:30 IST | 12:00 BST)

The strongest women’s team in Asia, India have won all five editions of the Women’s Asia Cup, winning the first four competitions held in 50-over format and then beating Pakistan in the final of the first ACC T20 event held in Guangzhou in 2012. India finished in fifth place in the recently concluded ICC Women’s Championship finishing their campaign with an impressive 3-0 series victory over West Indies. The Indians also had the opportunity of playing a three match T20 series against the current world champions. India’s ODI captain Mithali Raj is one of the most outstanding players in women’s international cricket.

The second ranked women’s team in Asia, Pakistan finished seventh in the ICC Women’s Championship and the team has benefitted greatly from playing regular competitive cricket over the last two years. The team has recently played a five match ODI series in New Zealand and their tour ended with a T20 International. Pakistan’s best performance in the Asia Cup came in the T20 version in 2012 when they lost in the final to India, and they showed what a dangerous side they can be by defeating India during the ICC Women’s World T20 in March 2016.