s India will look to banish their ordinary run in the shortest format while facing questions over their consistency and form as they take on Thailand in their Women’s T20 Asia Cup Group A opener here on Sunday.
India have been the most dominant team in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup over the last decade — winning the title thrice in five editions of the T20 format since 2016-17 — but their performances bring forth more concerns than assurances at the moment.
India have lost nine of 16 T20Is this year, and their most recent loss — against in the Women’s T20 World Cup — knocked them out of the competition at the group stage itself. Thailand, meanwhile, will look to draw confidence from their victory over Hong Kong in their opening match, for which they had to work hard. A sedate start led to Thailand finishing at a modest 120 for nine, but they did well with the ball and in the field to restrict Hong Kong to 114 for seven.