Harmanpreet Kaur-led India are favourites going into the tournament, to be held in Sri Lanka, after winning the previous edition in 2022. India have been the most-successful team in the Asia Cup, winning the title as many as seven times. This time around, the tournament has more significance as it is being held just before the upcoming T20 World Cup, in Bangladesh in October. Talking about the Asia Cup, the tournament comprises eight teams who have been split into two groups. India are in Group A alongside Pakistan, Nepal and UAE whereas hosts Sri Lanka, former champions Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand are part of Group B. Here is India's full schedule at Women's Asia Cup

Date	Fixtures	Time (IST)
July 19	India vs Pakistan, Dambulla	7 PM
July 21	India vs UAE, Dambulla	2 PM
July 23	India vs Nepal, Dambulla	7 PM

After facing Pakistan in their opener, the Indian eves will be up against UAE and Nepal on July 21 and 23, respectively. The heavyweight side are expected to go the distance in the eight-team tournament. The semifinals will be held on July 26 and the final will be on July 28. All the games will be played in Dambulla.   India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan Travelling reserves: Shweta Sehrawat, Saika Ishaque, Tanuja Kanwer, Meghna Singh Harman-led India are entering this competition on the back of a successful home series versus South Africa, where they whitewashed the three ODIs, won the one-off Test and drew the three T20Is 1-1.