Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022: India will face Sri Lanka in its opening game, discover the full schedule, teams, venue, format, live streaming platform and the cricket all time winners list
The Women’s T20 Asia Cup is set to begin on October 1. On Tuesday, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the full schedule of the upcoming female T20 Asia Cup.
The Women in Blue have won it seven times in their history while Bangladesh is currently the defending champions and Mithali Raj, the former India captain, with 1127 runs is the leading run-scorer in the history of the tournament. Shashikala Siriwardene with 33 scalps is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.
Women’s T20 Asia Cup Cricket All Time Winners And Runners Up List, Top Run Scorer, Highest Wicket Taker And Award Winner
Women’s Asia Cup Winners & Runners List
| YEAR | FORMAT | WINNER | WON BY | RUNNER UP | VENUE |
| 2022 | T20I | – | – | – | Sylhet |
| 2018 | T20I | Bangladesh | 3 Wickets | India | Kuala Lumpur |
| 2016 | T20I | India | 17 Runs | Pakistan | Bangkok |
| 2012 | T20I | India | 18 Runs | Pakistan | Guangzhou |
| 2008 | ODI | India | 177 Runs | Sri Lanka | Kurunegala |
| 2006 | ODI | India | 8 Wickets | Sri Lanka | Jaipur |
| 2005-06 | ODI | India | 97 Runs | Sri Lanka | Karachi |
| 2004 | ODI | India | Tournament 5–0 | Sri Lanka | Colombo |
Women’s Asia Cup Winners List with Captain, Man of the Match, and Player of the Series
| YEAR | WINNER | CAPTAIN | PLAYER OF THE MATCH | PLAYER OF THE SERIES |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – |
| 2018 | Bangladesh | Salma Khatun | Rumana Ahmed | Harmanpreet Kaur |
| 2016 | India | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mithali Raj | Mithali Raj |
| 2012 | India | Harmanpreet Kaur | Punam Raut | Bismah Maroof |
| 2008 | India | Mithali Raj | Asha Rawat | Rumeli Dhar |
| 2006 | India | Mithali Raj | Sunetra Paranjpe | Dedunu Silva |
| 2005-06 | India | Mithali Raj | Mithali Raj | – |
| 2004 | India | Mamatha Maben | Anju Jain | Anjum Chopra |
Mark your calendars! 🗓🏏
The ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2022 🏆 will be underway on 1st October 🤩 Here’s what the tournament line-up looks like.
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— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 20, 2022
India have announced their squad for the women’s Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh in October pic.twitter.com/AnxzGEVzWO
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 21, 2022
This will be the fourth edition of the tournament that will be held in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the defending champ and will face Thailand on the first day of the tournament. The second match of the first day will take place between India and Sri Lanka. In total, seven teams will compete in the tournament.
Teams
Bangladesh
India
Thailand
Pakistan
UAE
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Venue: The fourth edition of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup is scheduled to take place in Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and Sylhet Outer Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh.
Format
The fourth edition of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022 will be played in a round-robin format. Each team in the competition will play six matches and the top four teams will directly qualify for the semifinals. The league stage of the tournament will run until October 11 while the semi-finals will be held on October 13 and the final of the tournament will be held on October 15th.
Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022 Full Schedule
Date/Timings (IST)
• October 1 – Bangladesh vs Thailand/2 pm, India vs Sri Lanka -6:30 pm
• October 2 – Pakistan vs Malaysia/2 pm, Sri Lanka vs UAE – 6:30 pm
• October 3 – Pakistan vs Bangladesh/2 pm, India vs Malaysia/6:30 pm
• October 4 – Sri Lanka vs Thailand/2 pm, India vs UAE (6:30 pm IST)
• October 5 – UAE vs Malaysia/2 pm
• October 6 – Pakistan vs Thailand/2 pm, Bangladesh vs Malaysia/6:30 pm
• October 7 – Thailand vs UAE/2 pm, India vs Pakistan -6:30 pm
• October 8 – Sri Lanka vs Malaysia/2 pm, India vs Bangladesh/6:30 pm
• October 9 – Thailand vs Malaysia/2 pm, Pakistan vs UAE/6:30 pm
• October 10 – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh/2 pm, India vs Thailand/6:30 pm
• October 11 – Bangladesh vs UAE/2 pm, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka/6:30 pm
• October 13 – SF 1: Team 1 vs Team 4/2 pm, SF 2: Team 2 vs Team 3/6:30 pm
October 15 – Final
How to watch: The official broadcasters for the tournament will be announced soon.
Talking about the last edition, Bangladesh won the prestigious continental title for the first time after defeating India in a final-ball thriller. In 2020, the tournament was supposed to be held in Bangladesh, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it had to be cancelled.