IND vs SL Women Asia Cup Final: Sri Lanka created history in the Asia Cup final... won the title for the first time by defeating India
IND vs SL Women Asia Cup Final: Out of the last 8 seasons of the Women's Asia Cup, Bangladesh has won the title only once in 2018. India has won 7 times. But this 9th season, the Sri Lankan team has created history by winning it. This time the final of Asia Cup 2024 was played in Dambulla on Sunday, in which Sri Lanka won the title for the first time by defeating the Indian women's team by 8 wickets.
Ankush Pandey
IND vs. SL Women Asia Cup Final:
In the Women's Asia Cup 2024, which was held at home, the Sri Lankan women's team made history. The final match was played in Dambulla on Sunday (July 28)), in which Sri Lanka defeated the Indian women's team by 8 wickets and won the title for the first time.
Let us tell you that India is the most successful team in the Women's Asia Cup. So far, 9 seasons of the Women's Asia Cup have been held (including 2024), out of which the Indian team has been the champion 7 times. The last time the Women's Asia Cup was played was in 2022. Then India won the trophy by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match.
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— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) July 28, 2024
Indian team lost in the final for the second time out of 9
Out of the last 8 seasons of Women's Asia Cup, Bangladesh had won the 2018 season only once. India had won 7 times. But this 9th season, Sri Lankan team has created history by winning. On the other hand, Pakistan team has not been able to win any Women's Asia Cup title till now.
With this defeat, Indian team lost the final match of Women's Asia Cup for the second time. Indian team has reached the final of all 9 seasons. Where in 2018 Bangladesh and now Sri Lanka defeated them. On the other hand, Sri Lankan women had lost the title match 5 times before this. But now they have won the title for the sixth time.
#TeamIndia fought hard, but it was Sri Lanka who won the match by 8 wickets.
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) July 28, 2024
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Sri Lanka won the match and the title in just 18.4 overs
In the match, the Indian team won the toss and batted first, and set a target of 166 runs. In reply, the Sri Lankan team lost 2 wickets and won the match, the title in just 18.4 overs. Harshita Samarawickrama played the highest unbeaten innings of 69 runs for the team.
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While captain Chameera Atapattu hit 61 runs. Kavisha Dilhari remained unbeaten after scoring 30 runs off 16 balls. No bowler from India could leave a mark. Only Deepti Sharma could take a wicket. She made Captain Chameera her victim.
Mandhana played a strong half-century innings for India
On the other hand, the Indian team scored 165 runs after losing 6 wickets. For the team, opener Smriti Mandhana played an innings of 60 runs off 47 balls. Apart from her, wicketkeeper-batsman Richa Ghosh scored 30 and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 29 runs. While for Sri Lanka, Kavisha took the maximum of 2 wickets in bowling.
