Sri Lanka Cricket reports free passage for fans at Ladies' Asia Cup

Dambulla [Sri Lanka], July 13 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday declared that there will be free passage for the fans at the impending Ladies' T20 Asia Cup 2024 which will start on July 19.

Harmanpreet Kaur-drove Group India will take on their most despised rivals Pakistan on the first day of the season of the competition at the Rangiri Dambulla Global Cricket Arena

SLC made an announcement on Friday and affirmed that Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UAE, Nepal, Malaysia, and Thailand will contend in this competition.

It added that India, Pakistan, UAE, and Nepal will contend in Gathering 'A' and Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Thailand will contend in Gathering "B. The assertion further added that a sum of 15 games will be participating in the competition.

"The much-anticipated eight-country Ladies' T20 Asia Cup 2024 will begin on July 19, 2024, at the RDICS, Dambulla. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UAE, Nepal, Malaysia, and Thailand will contend in this competition, which is quite possibly of the main challenge in ladies' cricket in the Asian area. India, Pakistan, UAE, and Nepal will contend in Gathering 'A', and Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Thailand will contend in Gathering "B. The competition will see a sum of 15 games, including the two semi-finals and the finals," SLC expressed.

The debut match of the Ladies' T20 Asia Cup 2024 will be played among UAE and Nepal. The hosts will start their journey on July 20 against Bangladesh.

"On the first day of the season UAE will take on Nepal at 2 p.m., and afterward India take on Pakistan at 7 p.m. Sri Lanka's most memorable round of the competition will be on July twentieth, against Bangladesh at 7 p.m," it added.

The assertion further added that VP of Sri Lanka Cricket Ravin Wickramaratne has been designated as the Competition Overseer of the Ladies' T20 Asia Cup 2024.

"The Chief Board of trustees of Sri Lanka Cricket and the Asian Cricket Gathering mutually selected Ravin Wickramaratne, VP of Sri Lanka Cricket, as the Competition Head of the Ladies' T20 Asia Cup 2024," it further added.

Wickramaratne said that an effective result of the Ladies' T20 Asia Cup 2024 will propel ladies' cricket on the world stage.

"Sri Lanka Cricket, fully supported by the Asian Cricket Committee, is wanting to lead a profoundly fruitful competition, as an effective result of this competition will assist with propelling ladies' cricket on the world stage," Wickramaratne was cited in an explanation from Sri Lanka Cricket as saying.

Prior on Saturday, the Ladies' Choice Advisory group of the Leading body of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reported the Group India crew for the impending Ladies' Asia Cup T20, which is set to happen in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from July 19.

Once more harmanpreet Kaur will lead Group India in the competition, with star opener Smriti Mandhana assuming the part of her appointee.

Crew: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil and Sajana Sajeevan.

Voyaging saves: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer and Meghna Singh.