Dambulla, July 21: Left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwer has been handed an international debut by India as UAE won the toss and elected to bowl first in a Group A match of the Women’s Asia Cup at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Tanuja, one of the four travelling reserves, was drafted into the main squad after Shreyanka Patil was ruled out of the competition due to a fractured finger in her left hand sustained during India’s seven-wicket win over Pakistan on Friday. Jemimah Rodrigues, Youngest Indian to Score 2000 Runs in Women’s T20Is, Pens Down Feelings in Instagram Post After Reaching Milestone; Writes ‘All Glory to Jesus, My Guiding Force!’.

Hailing from Himachal Pradesh, Tanuja has been a consistent performer for Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League (WPL), was given her debut India cap by her state-mate Renuka Singh Thakur. Later, the UAE Women's team "We wanted to bat only, happy with that. We'll just go with the flow and see how we start," said India captain Harmanpreet Kaur.

UAE skipper Esha Oza said her side is unchanged from their surprising defeat to a lowr-ranked Nepal on Friday. “It is a fresh wicket and want to use that to our advantage. It is important to learn from the game before. We made quite a few errors on the field and want to correct that,” she said. Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 Full Schedule, Free PDF Download Online: Get Fixtures, Time Table With Match Timings in IST and Venue Details of Twenty20 Cricket Tournament.

India posted 201/5 with half-centuries from Harmanpreet Kaur (66) and Richa Ghosh (64*). It was the very first time that the Indian women's cricket team have posted a 200+ total in T20Is. This is also the highest score in the history of Women's Asia Cup.

IND-W vs UAE-W Playing XIs

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh and Tanuja Kanwer

UAE: Esha Oza (captain), Theertha Satish (wicketkeeper), Rinitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Vaishnave Mahesh, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny and Indhuja Nandakumar

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