2008 Women's Asia Cup
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| Dates | 2 – 11 May 2008 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International, 50-over cricket |
| Tournament format | Group Stage with Finals |
| Host | Sri Lanka |
| Champions |  India (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 13 |
| Player of the series | Rumeli Dhar |
The 2008 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup, a Women's One Day International cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council. Four teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Matches involving Bangladesh did not have ODI status. It was held between 2 May and 11 May 2008, in Sri Lanka. The matches were played at the Welagedara Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.[1] India won the final against Sri Lanka by 177 runs.[2]
Each side played each other two in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 2 points and Bonus yielded 1-point.[3]
Squads
Group stage table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 2.550 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0.851 |
| 3 |  Pakistan |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −1.707 |
| 4 |  Bangladesh |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.494 |
Match summary
- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Seema Pujare and Priyanka Roy (Ind) made their ODI debuts.
- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gouher Sultana (Ind) made her ODI debut.
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Javeria Khan (Pak) made her ODI debut.
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anagha Deshpande and Snehal Pradhan (Ind) made their ODI debuts.
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.