2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup
Dates19 – 28 July 2024
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatWomen's Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and knockout
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up India
Participants8
Matches15
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu
Most runsSri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu (304)
Most wicketsIndia Deepti Sharma (10)
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The 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Asia Cup, with the matches played as Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. In January 2023, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the pathway structure and calendar for 2023 and 2024, where they confirmed the dates and teams of the tournament.[1]

The tournament was played by eight teams at the end of July 2024.[2] The four full members of the Asian Cricket CouncilBangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – qualified automatically.[3] It was originally announced that they would be joined by the finalists from the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup (Malaysia and United Arab Emirates);[1] however, in March 2024, the ACC announced that they would be joined by the semi-finalists from the Women's Premier Cup, thus also including Nepal and Thailand.[4][5] In the final, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets to win their maiden Asia Cup title.[6][7][8]

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  3. ^ "India, Pakistan in same group for Asia Cup 2023; ACC announces 2023-24 cricket calendar". Sportstar. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Asian Cricket Council announces women's Asia cup 2024 in Sri Lanka". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Expanded Women's Asia Cup to be played in Dambulla from July 19". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka shock India to win first ever Asia Cup title". Wisden. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Athapaththu, Harshitha stun India as Sri Lanka win their first Women's Asia Cup title". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka clinch maiden Women's Asia Cup title with comprehensive win over India". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.