India have had a wonderful start to their Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 campaign as they have secured back-to-back wins in the group stage over Pakistan and UAE. In their opening game against the arch-rivals, India were rather dominant as they backed a strong bowling performance with an explosive batting display. The victory was a statement that India are the favourites to win the Women's Asia Cup T20 title. In the second game, they put up a strong batting performance upfront and breached the mark of 200 for the first-time riding on Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh's batting. ICC Confirms Expansion of Teams in ICC Women’s T20 World 2024, Issues Notice to USA Cricket.

India are on the brink of entering the semifinal and a win in the last game against Nepal will secure them a place in the finals. With semifinal almost secured, India might want to test a few players ahead of the semifinal clash. Fans eager to know the playing XI of Team India against Nepal in Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 will get the entire information here.

Smriti Mandhana has found success in one of the two games so far but she has been a consistent performer and India will surely continue with her. Shafali Verma has been the best batter for India in the two games and also will hold her place. The concern has been Dayalan Hemalatha's batting form. Under a situation with no pressure on her, Hemalatha failed to deliver. It was captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh who saved the day for India and this will make the management think that Jemimah Rodrigues needs to be promoted to get the best out of her. Except the one change, it is rare India will tamper a lot with their settled batting unit.

Shreyanka Patil has been ruled out of the ongoing Women's Asia Cup 2024 with injury and has been replaced Tanuja Kanwar. Kanwar took a wicket in the last match against UAE and likely to hold her place with Radha Yadav. India will be considering replacing one of them with Asha Sobhana as her skillsets are too tempting to keep away for longer time. Renuka Singh holds her place in XI as of now but Arundhati Reddy might have a go too. India has been a settled bowling unit as of now and any change is unlikely.  Chamari Athapaththu Becomes the First Ever Cricketer To Score Century in Women's Asia Cup T20, Achieves Feat During SL-W vs MLY-W Match.

India Playing XI for Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 Against Nepal

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh, Asha Sobhana

 

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