Women’s Asia Cup: The final of the Women’s Asia Cup series, which started on July 19, was held today. In this match, the Indian women’s team won the toss and elected to bat first.
Accordingly, Shabali Verma and Smriti Mandana, the opening players who entered the field of batting, failed to give a good performance. But Smriti Mandana played steady at one end and scored 60 runs.
Richa Ghose then scored 30 off 14 balls in the final over. The score saw a slight uptick with this action cameo. In the end, they scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Smriti Mandhana scored 60 runs off 47 balls, the highest in the Indian team. Kavisha Dilhari took 2 wickets in the Sri Lankan women’s team. After that, the Sri Lankan women’s team went on to win if they scored 166 runs.
Opener Vishnu Gunaratne was out for one run in the 2nd over. After that, Athapatthu and Harshita, who were paired together, formed an alliance and played patiently.
Despite several attempts by the Indian team to dissolve this anchor alliance, nothing came of it. But in the 12th over he lost the game for 61 runs. At the other end, Harshita remained unbeaten on 69*.
Kavisha Dil Hari, who came in after him, scored 30* off 16 balls and changed the course of the game. Due to this, the Sri Lankan women’s team won the match by scoring 167 runs in 18.4 overs for the loss of 2 wickets.
As a result, the Sri Lankan women’s team won the Asia Cup for the first time. The Indian women’s team fans who have not lost in any of the league rounds and knock-out matches have lost in the final.
