Captain Nigar Sultana of Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat against India in the semi final of the women’s T20 Asia Cup at Dambulla. Former champions India are on a win streak presently as they won all their group matches while Bangladesh also won their last two matches. They have faced each other 13 times with India winning 11 matches and Bangladesh winning two 4. Up to now, unbeaten; India-led by Harmanpreet Kaur beat Pakistan by seven wickets, triumphed over UAE by 78 runs and defeated Nepal by 82 runs to top Group A So far in this tournament. With Shafali hitting 158 runs, she is the second highest run-getter in the championship with an Indian batting line up that has seen good innings from Harmanpreet, Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh.