Women’s Asia Cup 2026 Final: Indian women’s team performed brilliantly in the final of Women’s Asia Cup 2026 and defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs. India thus won the Women’s Asia Cup for the 8th time. Batting first, India scored 183 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the entire Sri Lankan team was all out for 111 runs in 20 overs. Along with the batsmen, the bowlers also played an important role in India’s victory and the team maintained its dominance in the entire match.
The opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma had a big contribution in giving India a strong start. Shefali scored 68 runs on 39 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Smriti Mandhana also batted brilliantly and played an inning of 59 runs in 39 balls. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. Both of them put pressure on the Sri Lankan bowlers by scoring fast runs in the beginning. Later Richa Ghosh added 17 runs and captain Harmanpreet Kaur added 14 runs.
Sri Lankan batsmen helpless in front of Indian bowlers
Sri Lanka, while chasing the target of 184 runs, did not have a good start. Captain Chamari Atapattu struggled by scoring 36 runs, while Vishmi Gunaratne scored 20 and Nilakshika Silva scored 22 runs. Despite this, the team kept losing wickets continuously and could not achieve the required run rate. Indian bowlers did not give Sri Lankan batsmen a chance to play freely.
Mr. Charani and Deepti wreaked havoc
Shri Charani was the most successful in India’s bowling. He took 4 wickets giving just 20 runs in 4 overs. Deepti Sharma also bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 19 runs. Kranti Gaur, Prema Rawat and Shefali Verma also got one wicket each. Sri Lankan team was reduced to 111 runs in 20 overs. In this way, India won the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 trophy with a spectacular victory of 72 runs.