The teams of India and Sri Lanka are face to face in the final match of the women's cricket event of the Asian Games 2026. In this gold medal match being played at Korogi Sports Park in Japan, Team India won the toss and batted first and scored 216 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Smriti Mandhana scored the most runs for the team. He played an inning of 79 runs in 45 balls, which included 5 fours and 7 sixes.
Richa Ghosh gave a strong finish of 49 runs in 22 balls, hitting 6 fours and 3 sixes. Shefali Verma, who was in excellent form, contributed 48 runs in 29 balls. He hit 3 fours and as many sixes in his innings. The pair of Smriti and Shefali laid the foundation of a strong score by making an opening partnership of 99 runs, after which Richa showed fireworks and took the team beyond 210.
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Smriti made world record
Vice-captain Smriti achieved a special achievement during her excellent innings in the final match. She became the first player in the world to complete 11 thousand runs in women's international cricket. Just a few days ago, Smriti had left Mithali Raj (10,868) behind in scoring the most international runs in women's cricket during the Asia Cup. Now he has made a world record.
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Smriti is in amazing form
In the semi-final match against Bangladesh, Smriti had scored 37 runs in 19 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. He had made many records even during this short but very aggressive innings. She became the highest T20 International run scorer in women's cricket. Apart from this, she completed 100 sixes in Women's T20 International. She became the first Indian player to reach this milestone. Now Smriti has created history in the final.