Oza, Egodage, Theertha and Mughal were all part of the inaugural FairBreak Invitational Tournament in May this year.
“This is a historic moment for our UAE Cricket Women,” Andrew Russell, Emirates Cricket Board national development manager, said in a media release. “Playing in the first-ever Women’s Asia Cup is a great honour and one we are confident our ladies will take great pride in.”
Robin Singh, the board’s director of cricket, said, “The Asia Cup fields a line-up of impressive talent from the world of women’s cricket. Over the past number of tournaments our ladies have been challenged, which they have embraced with confidence and shown a remarkable maturity to learn. This will be an incredible opportunity for them as they continue on their, and UAE Cricket Women’s journey.”
UAE will open their campaign against Sri Lanka on October 2. All matches will be played in Sylhet.
Squad: Chaya Mughal (capt), Esha Oza, Kavisha Egodage, Rishitha Rajith, Khushi Sharma, Theertha Satish (wk), Lavanya Keny, Priyanjali Jain, Suraksha Kotte, Natasha Cherriath, Indhuja Nandakumar, Mahika Gaur, Vaishnave Mahesh, Siya Gokhale, Samaira Dharnidharka