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Sri Lanka beat India by 8 wickets to win the first Women's Asia Cup

Published - 29-JUL-2024 4:53 IST | Updated - 29-JUL-2024 4:53 IST

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Sri Lanka beat India by 8 wickets to win the first Women's Asia Cup

Sri Lanka has created history by winning the Women's Asia Cup 2024 title. The team defeated India by 8 wickets in the final. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu scored 61 and Harshita Samarawickrama scored 69 runs. Both also shared a partnership of 87 runs.

Sri Lanka became the champion for the first time in the Women's Asia Cup, which started in 2004, the team had been runner-up 5 times before this. At the same time, India lost the Women's Asia Cup final for the second time. The team was defeated by Bangladesh in 2018. India has won the Women's Asia Cup 7 times out of 9.

Mandhana from India hit a fifty

India won the toss in Dambulla and chose to bat first. The team scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana hit a fifty. Jemima Rodriguez scored 29 and Richa Ghosh scored 30 runs. Kavisha Dilhari from Sri Lanka took 2 wickets.

Sri Lanka achieved the target by losing only 2 wickets in 18.4 overs. Kavisha Dilhari from the team remained not out after scoring 30 runs, she hit the winning six against Pooja Vastrakar. Deepti Sharma from India took one wicket. One batsman was run out.

India won the toss but could not win the match

Batting first after winning the toss, India scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored 60 runs. Jemima Rodrigues was dismissed after scoring 29 runs and Richa Ghosh after scoring 30 runs.

Kavisha Dilhari took 2 wickets from Sri Lanka. Sachini Nishansala and Chamari Atapattu got one wicket each. Shefali Verma scored 16, Harmanpreet Kaur scored 11, Uma Chhetri scored 9 and Pooja Vastrakar scored 5 runs from India.

IND vs SL Asia Cup Final Playing-11

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Uma Chhetri, Jemima Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh and Tanuja Kanwar.

Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshita Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Neelakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wicketkeeper), Hasini Perera, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandhika Kumari and Sachini Nisansala.

 

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