Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in their opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at Sharjah on Thursday.

The Pakistan women’s team are slotted in Group ‘A’ alongside Australia, India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh, England, Scotland, South Africa and the West Indies are in Group ‘B’.

Pakistan will feature against arch-rivals India on 6 October at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS). Pakistan will then be in action against defending champions Australia on 11 October at the DICS, while their last group match will be against New Zealand on 14 October at the same venue.

As per the format of the tournament, the top two sides from each group will qualify for the semi-finals set to take place on 17 and 18 October, while the winner of the tournament will be decided on 20 October. The first ball of the final, to take place at the DICS, is expected to be bowled at 6 pm local time.

Squads:

Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Sachini Nisansala, Udeshika Prabodhani

Pakistan: Muneeba Ali Siddiqi (wk), Gull Feroza, Sidra Amin, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana Khan (c), Omaima Sohail, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Diana Baig

Source: Dunya News