Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Final: SL-W Beat 7-Time Champions IND-W By 8 Wickets. The final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 was played between India and Sri Lanka on 28 July at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla. India won the toss and elected to bat.
Batting first, India scored 165 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored a half-century for India, she scored 60 runs in 47 balls with the help of 10 fours. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh played a stormy innings of 30 runs in 14 balls, the right handed batter hit 4 fours and a six during her innings.
Kavisha Dilhari was the most successful from Sri Lanka, she took 2 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs. Sachini Nisansala and Chamari Athapaththu took 1-1 wickets. After winning the toss, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu said that if she had won the toss, she would have chosen to bowl. She made one change in her playing eleven. The Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur came out without any change.
India holds the same position in the Asia Cup as Australia does in the World Cup. While they have never taken it for granted, their place in the title clash is almost always guaranteed. The contest is simply to see which opponent can struggle to challenge this norm.
While chasing the target of 166 runs, SL-W lost their first wicket on the score of 7 runs. Soon after that skipper Chamari Athapaththu guided her side and stitched a magnificent partnership of 87 runs with Harshitha Samarawickrama.
The 26-year-old left-handed batter Harshitha Samarawickrama scored an unbeaten 69 off 51 and guided her side to clinch their first-ever Women’s Asia Cup title. The Hosts sealed the target in 18.4 overs, and picked a comfortable victory over 7-time Women’s Asia Cup winners India.
SL-W vs IND-W Palying 11:
Sri Lanka Women (Playing 11): Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Udeshika Prabodhani, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Sachini Nisansala, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Hasini Perera, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani,
India Women (Playing 11): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav.
SL-W vs IND-W Squads
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodani, Vishmi Gunarathne, Kawya Kavindi, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasooriya, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi De Silva, Sachini Nisansala, Shashini Gimhani.
