Pakistan captain Nida Dar knows India's strength and is looking to learn valuable lessons from their neighbours in today’s fixture against Pakistan at Women’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.
“Their approach in T20 is great, we have seen their approach. So this series is very important to us as at least we can learn from them," Dar said.
The continental tournament is being held in the T20 format this year, while the World Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh later this year.
At captains’ press conference in Dambulla, Harmanpreet Kaur said, "This tournament is very important for all of us because we give equal respect to this tournament and want to improve at the Asian as well as at the world level.”
Since the tournament's inception in 2004, India have ruled the roost, clinching the trophy in all the seven editions (T20Is and ODIs combined).
"The challenge will be to keep doing the right things which we have done in the past Asia Cups, keep playing the same type of cricket, and keep dominating other teams and enjoy our cricket,” affirmed captain
Seeking to continue their domination over teams in the sub-continent, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is using the Women's Asia Cup as a platform to prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
"Each and every game is important for us and we will try to give our best. So our focus will remain same as we prepare for the T20 World Cup or any other World Cup," she added.
India's record against Pakistan, who they will face in their campaign opener, has also been stellar in the shortest format, with 11 wins against three defeats in 14 matches so far.
"We always enjoy playing against Pakistan but each and every team is important. Whenever we go and play, we always want to play good cricket and we will follow the same method," Harmanpreet said on the eve of their opener.
India being the most successful team in the Women's Asia Cup T20 with 17 wins in 20 matches. They beat Bangladesh in the final of the last edition in 2022. While Pakistan is here for the experience, “"We just wanted to play against India because we had some good experiences and the way they are playing is great.”
Besides India and Pakistan, other participating teams in this edition of the tournament are hosts Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand and United Arab Emirates
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