India played against Sri Lanka in the final of Women’s Asia Cup 2026. The two sides clashed at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 13th and the clash saw India register a brilliant win in the clash defeating Sri Lanka by 72 runs and clinching the title.
India won the toss, elected to bat first The side opened their innings with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma opening the innings. Shafali scored 68 runs to take India to a stellar start while Smriti Mandhana scored 59 runs to her name. The side put forth an excellent display of.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh contributed 14 and 17 runs respectively. Further, Deepti Sharma and Gunalan Kamalini scored 5 and 15*runs respectively as India women made 183 runs in the first innings of the game.
Mithali Ayodhya, Chamari Athapaththu and Chamudi Praboda picked up a wicket apiece for Sri Lanka.
India’s dominant win powered by Shree Charani’s stellar showThe Sri Lanka women opened their batting in the chase with Imesha Dulani and Chamari Athapaththu, who scored 4 and 36 runs respectively. Vishmi Gunaratne added 20 runs to her tally while Harshitha Samarawickrama added 9 runs to her tally.
The other batsmen in the batting line up crumbled while Nilakshika Silva added 22 runs to her name. Sri Lankan middle-lower order failed to match the Indian bowling attack.
Kavisha Dilhari and Hasini Perera scored 7 and 1 run respectively and Kaushini Nuthyangana scored 9 runs. India's brilliant bowling show by the women set up their stellar win.
For India, Shree Charani was the highest wicket taker with four wickets. Deepti Sharma too had a good show with the ball claiming three wickets. Kranti Gaud, Shafali Verma and Prema Rawat also claimed a wicket each.
Restricting Sri Lanka to 111, the Indian team recorded a 72-run win in the game and won their 8th Women’s Asia Cup title, scripting history.
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