Indian women's cricket team has defeated Sri Lanka in the final of Asia Games 2026 and won the gold medal. This is the second consecutive gold medal for the Indian women's cricket team in the Asian Games and the first gold medal for India in the Asian Games 2026. The Indian team performed brilliantly and defeated Sri Lanka by 147 runs.
In the final match, India won the toss and decided to bat first. Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma gave a fast start to the team and there was a partnership of 99 runs between them. Shefali was out after scoring 48 runs, while Smriti Mandhana batted aggressively and scored 79 runs. His innings included five fours and seven sixes.
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India gave a big target
After Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh batted in a stormy manner. He scored 49 runs in just 22 balls. By the time 20 overs were completed, India lost a total of 3 wickets and scored 216 runs. This is the highest score so far in women's T20 cricket at the Asian Games.
Sri Lanka limited to 67 runs
The Sri Lankan team, which came to chase the huge target of 217 runs, could not stand against the Indian bowling. Shefali Verma gave a big blow to Sri Lanka's top order by taking two wickets in the powerplay. Before the Sri Lankan team could recover from this shock, Deepti Sharma and Sri Charani also took wickets. More than half of the Sri Lankan team returned to the pavilion for just 49 runs within 10 overs.
From here it was very difficult for the Sri Lankan team to return to the match. After this, Deepti Sharma gave the sixth success to the Indian women's team. Deepti made Kavisha Dilhari her victim who was out after scoring 11 runs with the help of one four in 13 balls. Sri Lanka had lost six wickets at the score of 49 runs.
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India made a record
After this, victory became very easy for India. Sri Charani has given the seventh blow to Sri Lanka by dismissing Kavya Kavindi. After this Deepti did sugandiki. Ultimately, the entire Sri Lankan team was reduced to 67 runs and India registered a huge victory of 147 runs. This was also the Indian women's team's biggest win in Women's T20 International cricket, surpassing the record of 144 runs won against Malaysia in 2018. With this victory, India won the Asian Games women's cricket gold medal for the second consecutive time. India also won the gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games.