Match Preview
In the fourth match of the Women’s Asia Cup, it will be Sri Lanka women up against UAE women.
Sri Lanka women lost their opening game to India women but are now the favourites to win this fixture against UAE women. Their pacer Oshadi Ranasinghe took three wickets against India but the latter did not have any trouble putting up a score of 150/6 in the first innings. Sri Lanka women on the other hand were bowled out for just 109 runs.
UAE women currently rank 14th in the ICC T20I charts and this is their very first Asia Cup tournament this year. They will be hoping to put up a great show against Sri Lanka women in today’s match.
Match Details
Venue: Sylhet District Ground, Bangladesh
Match Format: T20I, Match 4, T20I tournament
Date: 2nd October 2022
Time: 1:00 PM IST
Streaming Platform: Disney+Hotstar
Live Broadcast: Star Sports Network
Pitch Report
The pitch at Sylhet is a balanced one for batters and bowlers when it comes to T20I cricket. In women’s T20I games, the average first innings score here has been 107 runs but Sri Lanka will be able to score more runs here if they opt to bat first.
Probable Playing XI for SL-W vs UAE-W:
Sri Lanka Women
Nilakshi de Silva, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Malsha Shehani, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Kavisha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari
UAE Women
S Dharnidharka, Rishitha Rajith, Kavisha Egodage, Theertha Satish (wk), Chaya Mughal (c), Khushi Sharma, Esha Rohit, Indhuja Nandakumar, Vaishnave Mahesh, Natasha Cherriath, Siya Gokhale
Match Prediction for SL-W vs UAE-W:
Looking at the team performances, then we can say that Sri Lanka women will win this contest as they are a better-placed team than UAE in this tournament. For UAE, it will be a much-needed experience to play against some quality world-class players.
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