India met Sri Lanka in the final of Women’s Asia Cup 2026. The two teams met on September 13 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The side bagged its 8th Women’s Asia Cup title in the clash.
India batted first and scored 183 runs in the first innings and came back with a brilliant performance with the ball to restrict Sri Lanka to 111 to win the game by 72 runs. Interestingly, it was Poonam Yadav’s performance that was the highlight for the Women in Blue.
Shree Charani bowled four overs and picked four wickets in the game, surpassing Poonam Yadav in the list of players with most T20I wickets for India women in a calendar year. She is the highest wicket taker with 39 wickets under her belt.
Most T20I wickets for IND-W in a yearShree Charani 2026 39*
35 - Poonam Yadav 2018 -
30 - Deepti Sharma 2024
30* - Deepti Sharma 2027
29 - Deepti Sharma (2022
29 - Radha Yadav 2024
Amol Muzumdar opens up on India’s winIndia women’s head coach Amol Muzumdar took centre-stage after the win and praised the performance that his side put in throughout the tournament. “The effort put in by the team from the start has culminated in the side winning the Asia Cup title.
Well done. They were there for the opening game and, appropriately, finished on a high note. Really proud of all the players. All the support staff also. Today was a fantastic pitch and we came up good. "I thought our batting was very good. “We started off really nicely and that is what we spoke about in the meetings and the girls went on to execute things really nicely,” Amol Muzumdar said after the game.
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