New Delhi, 14 September 2026: Indian women's cricket team performed brilliantly and defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final match of Women's Asia Cup 2026, capturing the Asia Cup title for the 8th time. However, after this grand victory of India, a big high voltage drama was created on the field. Like the Indian men's team, now the Indian women's team has also clearly refused to accept the trophy from the hands of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) President Mohsin Naqvi.
Mohsin Naqvi, being the President of ACC, had arrived as the chief guest in the final match. He gave the runner-up check to Chamari Atapattu, the captain of the runners-up Sri Lankan team. But when the time came to give the trophy to the winning Indian team, the Indian team did not come to the presentation podium for a long time. Naqvi stood on the podium with the trophy, but the Indian players refused to accept the trophy and medal from him. Meanwhile, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia was also seen with the Indian women's team.
It is noteworthy that earlier also in the 2025 Men's Asia Cup, the Indian team under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav had refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi. At that time Naqvi had taken the trophy with himself. Now the women's team has also adopted the same attitude and given a big blow to Pakistan and the ACC President.
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Shefali-Smriti's explosive batting and Deeptini's lethal bowling.
In the final match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first. Opener Shefali Verma and vice captain Smriti Mandhana gave the best start to India. On the basis of brilliant half-centuries from both the batsmen, India had scored a huge score of 183 runs in the stipulated overs. The Sri Lankan team, which came out to chase the target of 184 runs, could not stand against the Indian bowlers and the entire team was all out in just 111 runs. Deepti Sharma performed brilliantly in bowling for India, taking 4 wickets, while Sri Charni broke the back of Sri Lanka's batting line-up by taking 3 wickets. India has once again proved its dominance in the Asia Cup arena by winning this match by 72 runs.