India vs UAE: Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Match Highlights
In the Women’s Asia Cup 2024, UAE captain Esha Rohit Oza won the toss and chose to bowl first against India at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
India’s off-spinner Shreyanka Patil is out of the tournament due to a finger injury and has been replaced by Tanuja Kanwar. Tanuja is set to replace Renuka Singh Thakur in the playing XI.
India won their first match of the competition against arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets, while UAE lost their match against Nepal by six wickets.
Esha Rohit Oza said, “We want to bowl first. It’s a fresh wicket, we want to use that to our advantage and restrict them. It’s important that you learn from the game. There were quite a few errors in the field. I just want to stick to the basics. Same side.”
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned that she would have chosen to bat first if she had won the toss. “We wanted to bat only, happy with that. We’ll just go with the flow and see how we start. Shreyanka is not playing, she got injured in the last game. In place of her, Tanuja is playing,” Kaur said.
Playing XI
United Arab Emirates Women
Esha Rohit Oza (c), Theertha Satish (wk), Rinitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Vaishnave Mahesh, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny, and Indhuja Nandakumar.
India Women
Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh, and Tanuja Kanwar.
Doubts Revealed
Women’s Asia Cup -: The Women’s Asia Cup is a cricket tournament where teams from different Asian countries compete against each other.
UAE -: UAE stands for the United Arab Emirates, a country in the Middle East.
Esha Rohit Oza -: Esha Rohit Oza is the captain of the UAE women’s cricket team.
Toss -: The toss is when the captains of both teams flip a coin to decide who will bat or bowl first.
Bowl -: Bowling is when a player throws the ball towards the batsman to try and get them out.
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium -: This is a cricket stadium located in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Shreyanka Patil -: Shreyanka Patil is an Indian cricketer who plays for the women’s team.
Tanuja Kanwar -: Tanuja Kanwar is another Indian cricketer who replaced Shreyanka Patil in this match.
Harmanpreet Kaur -: Harmanpreet Kaur is the captain of the Indian women’s cricket team.
Playing XI -: Playing XI refers to the eleven players who are selected to play in the match for each team.
Wicket -: In cricket, a wicket can mean the set of stumps and bails or the pitch where the game is played.