Dubai, April 30: The Indian women’s cricket team will attempt to win the Asia Cup for an unprecedented fourth time with skipper Mithali Raj and pace spearhead Jhulan Goswami also aiming for individual milestones in the tournament starting May 2.

The tournament — also featuring hosts Sri Lanka, Pakistan and debutants Bangladesh — will be played till May 11 and India will take on Bangladesh in their lung-opener.

Mithali is hoping to put up some good batting displays which will help her rise in the all-time leading ODI run-scorers’s list. She is currently seventh, with 2,776 runs. Jhulan, who won the Women’s Player of the Year at the ICC Awards last year, is set to become the second Indian after Neetu David, and fourth overall in the history of the game, to take 100 ODI wickets. She has 96 from 79 ODIs.

Mithali said the Asia Cup will be the start of a tough season for her team in the run-up to the World Cup. “It’s definitely part of our preparations for the World Cup and is the start of the season for us.”

India: Mithali Raj (captain), Jhulan Goswami, Jaya Sharma, Karuna Jain, Amita Sharma, Devika Palshikar, Rumeli Dhar, Thirush Kamini, Neetu David, Seema Pujare, Snehal Pradhan, Gouher Sultana, Anagha Deshpande, Asha Rawat, Priyanka Roy.