The 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Asia Cup tournament which took place from 1 to 15 October 2022 in Sylhet, Bangladesh.[1] The tournament was contested between Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United Arab Emirates.[2] On 20 September 2022, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the schedule of the tournament.[3] Bangladesh were the defending champions, having defeated India by three wickets in the final of the 2018 tournament to win the title for the first time.[4] The tournament was played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.[5] The seven teams played in a round-robin stage, with the top four progressing to the semi-finals.[6]
| Dates | 1 – 15 October 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | WT20I |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockouts |
| Host(s) |  Bangladesh |
| Champions |  India (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Player of the series | Deepti Sharma |
| Most runs | Jemimah Rodrigues (217) |
| Most wickets | Deepti Sharma (13) Inoka Ranaweera (13) |
The UAE and Malaysia qualified for the tournament by reaching the final of the 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship, which was played in June 2022 in Malaysia.[7][8]
In the round-robin stage, Thailand beat Pakistan by 4 wickets to register their first ever WT20I victory against their opponents.[9] Combined with a rain-out for the match between Bangladesh and the UAE, this led to Thailand qualifying for the semifinals, their best ever Asia Cup result.
Teams and qualifications
edit| Means of qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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| ICC Women's T20I Rankings | — | — | 5 | |
| Qualifier | June 2022 |  Malaysia
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| Total | 7 |
Squads
editThe following squads were announced for the tournament.[10]
| Bangladesh[11]
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India[12]
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Malaysia[13]
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 Pakistan[14]
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Sri Lanka[15]
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 Thailand[16]
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 United Arab Emirates[17]
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On 18 September 2022, Pakistan's Fatima Sana was ruled out of the tournament due to a twisted ankle,[18] and was later replaced in the squad by Nashra Sandhu.[19] India also named Simran Bahadur and Taniya Bhatia as standby players.[20] Bangladesh named Sharmin Akhter, Marufa Akter, Rabeya Khan and Nuzhat Tasnia as standby players.[21]
Round-robin
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | India
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.141 |
| 2 | Pakistan
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.806 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.888 |
| 4 | Thailand
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.949 |
| 5 | Bangladesh
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.423 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | −2.181 |
| 7 | Malaysia
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −3.002 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
Fixtures
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- Kaushani Nuthyangana (SL) made her WT20I debut.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Omaima Sohail (Pak) took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[24]
Play-offs
editBracket
edit| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | India
| 148/6 (20) | |||||||
| 4 | Thailand
| 74/9 (20) | |||||||
| SF1 | India
| 71/2 (8.3) | |||||||
| SF2 | Sri Lanka
| 65/9 (20) | |||||||
| 3 | Sri Lanka
| 122/6 (20) | |||||||
| 2 | Pakistan
| 121/6 (20) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Final
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Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Innings | NO | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Jemimah Rodrigues
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6 | 2 | 217 | 54.25 | 135.62 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
| Harshitha Samarawickrama
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8 | 0 | 202 | 25.25 | 92.23 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Shafali Verma
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6 | 0 | 166 | 27.66 | 122.05 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| Sidra Ameen
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7 | 1 | 158 | 26.33 | 90.28 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
| Nida Dar
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5 | 3 | 145 | 72.50 | 111.53 | 56* | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Updated: 15 October 2022[25] | ||||||||||
Most wickets
edit| Player | Innings | Wickets | Runs | Overs | BBI | Econ. | Ave. | 5WI |
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| Deepti Sharma
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8 | 13 | 100 | 30.0 | 3/7 | 3.33 | 7.69 | 0 |
| Inoka Ranaweera
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8 | 13 | 121 | 26.0 | 4/7 | 4.65 | 9.30 | 0 |
| Rumana Ahmed
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5 | 10 | 58 | 12.0 | 3/9 | 4.83 | 5.80 | 0 |
| Omaima Sohail
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6 | 10 | 88 | 19.0 | 5/13 | 4.63 | 8.80 | 1 |
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad
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7 | 9 | 106 | 23.0 | 2/8 | 4.60 | 11.77 | 0 |
| Updated: 15 October 2022[26] | ||||||||
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