IND vs PAK: Women's Asia Cup 2026 has started. This time the Women's Asia Cup is being hosted by UAE, all the matches of which will be played in Dubai. The Indian team will play its first match in the Women's Asia Cup against Thailand on 30 August. This match will also be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. After poor performance in the Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Team India would like to do well in the Asia Cup. In this tournament, a match will be played between India and Pakistan women's team on 5th September. In such a situation, the most talked about thing at this time is whether the Indian team will join hands with the Pakistani team in the Women's Asia Cup or not. Meanwhile, before the opening match of Team India, Indian women's team head coach Amol Majumdar gave a befitting reply to the question of joining hands with Pakistan.
India-Pakistan will clash in Women's Asia Cup on 5th September
Whenever ICC and ACC tournaments take place, everyone's eyes are mostly on the match played between India and Pakistan. In the Women's Asia Cup 2026, the match between India and Pakistan will be played on 5 September at Dubai International Stadium. Fans are eagerly waiting for this match. Team India will start its campaign in this tournament with a match against Thailand, which will be played on 30th August. Earlier, Indian women's team head coach Amol Majumdar was asked a question regarding the handshake with his players in the match against Pakistan.
What did the Indian head coach say on the handshake with Pakistani players?
Answering this question, Amol Majumdar said, “We try to play our best cricket on the field and we do not pay attention to things off the field. We try to play our best cricket on that particular day. We will talk about it when we play that match (India-Pakistan). But at the moment, our entire focus is on tomorrow's match.”
At the same time, the Indian women's head coach also said about the form of the team that this is a young team and there is a lot of scope for improvement in it. We are trying to play good and aggressive cricket. Now our target is to make a good start for the next 6 months. Let us tell you that this year Team India's performance in T20 International has been poor. The Indian team has played 16 T20 Internationals so far this year, out of which it has faced defeat in 9 matches. Whereas 7 matches have been won.
One day to go ⏳#TeamIndia's ACC #WomensAsiaCup 2026 campaign begins tomorrow 🙌 pic.twitter.com/jMDhvST7HE
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) August 29, 2026
Spinners can play an important role in Asia Cup
While talking about the preparations for the tournament, the Indian head coach said that considering the pitch and weather here, the role of spinners is going to be very important. There are many spinners in our squad who have different skills and we will try to take full advantage of it. Let us tell you that Jemimah Rodrigues is not playing the Asia Cup, because she is currently recovering from injury. Regarding Team India playing the Asia Cup without Jemima, Amol Majumdar said that we will miss her because she is an important player for us. Currently, Jemima is focusing completely on recovering from her injury at the BCCI COE in Bengaluru.
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