India vs Sri Lanka, Women’s Asia Cup Final Highlights: Sri Lanka beat India by 8 wickets
IND vs SL, Women’s Asia Cup Final
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Harmanpreet Kaur's India team is poised to maintain their dominant streak in the Women's Asia Cup as they aim for an unprecedented eighth title. They will be facing Chamari Athapaththu's Sri Lanka in the final at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday. India has been a force to be reckoned with in this tournament, showcasing their superiority over their opponents. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has also been impressive, remaining undefeated thus far.
The opening duo of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma has been instrumental in India's success, amassing over 100 runs each at a remarkable strike rate of over 140. Their performances have provided India with stability and quick starts at the top of the order. Additionally, the bowlers, particularly Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh, have risen to the occasion and delivered exceptional performances.
As the final approaches, all eyes will be on the clash between these two formidable teams. India will be looking to continue their reign as champions, while Sri Lanka will be determined to upset the favorites
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IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: Sri Lanka Women won by 8 wkts
Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup! The host team beat India by eight wickets with Dilhari hitting a six to end the match. Sri Lanka needed six runs to win and they did it in style with a maximum shot.
INDW 165/6 (20)
SLW 167/2 (18.4)
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 158/2 in 18 overs
Samarawickrama hits a six off the first ball! Then follows it up with a four over the covers.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 132/2 in 16 overs
Deepti stretches and dives to prevent a quick single, but Dilhari finishes the over with a boundary.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 113/2 in 14 overs
Pooja is back with the ball and unfortunately concedes a FOUR on the first delivery. Tanuja tries to stop the ball with a daring leap, but ends up giving away a SIX on the next ball.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 94/2 in 12 overs
Chamari smashes the ball towards long off for a boundary. She follows it up with another powerful shot straight down the ground for another four. Chamari is out! What a massive wicket for India! Deepti knocks over the stumps to give her team a crucial breakthrough!
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 80/1 in 10 overs
Pooja showed off some impressive fielding skills by saving five runs! She managed to take the catch, but unfortunately, she let go of the ball before crossing the boundary ropes. Chamari is on fire, reaching 50 with a fantastic FOUR!
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 72/1 in 9 overs
Sri Lanka scores another four as Samarawickrama sweeps the ball towards third man. Radha bowls a no ball, giving the batter a free hit. Chamari smashes the ball down the ground for a huge six.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 53/1 in 7 overs
Chamari keeps up her attack as she slices the ball towards third man for a boundary!
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 28/1 in 5 overs
Uma Chetry made a fantastic play in the outfield! Only five runs scored in that over.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 17/1 in 3 overs
Chamari hits a four! She follows it up with a couple of singles in the over. And to finish off the over, Chamari smashes another four!
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 7/1 in 2 overs
What a mix-up as Sri Lanka practically hands a wicket to India! Vishmi goes for the run, but Chamari doesn't budge an inch.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: SL 5/0 in 1 over
Vishmi starts off Sri Lanka's score with a single. Chamari follows up with a fantastic shot through the covers for the first four of the match.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 165/6 in 20 overs
FOUR! Richa confidently swung her bat, sending the ball towards third man after it caught an edge. The second ball resulted in a dot ball, while on the third ball, the batters managed to secure two runs, putting Richa back on strike. However, on the fourth ball Richa attempted a creative shot to scoop the ball over the keeper, but unfortunately, she failed to execute it successfully, resulting in a wicket.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 158/5 in 19 overs
Richa confidently strikes the ball down the ground, causing it to bounce once before sailing over the ropes for another boundary. She follows up with a powerful six, propelling India to reach a total of 150 runs on the scoreboard.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 134/5 in 17 overs
Jemimah appears to have been run out, as the decision has been referred to the third umpire resulting in another wicket for Sri Lanka. Jemimah is significantly out of her crease.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 114/3 in 15 overs
Jemimah smashes the ball towards mid-wicket, scoring a boundary. A fielding error by the Sri Lankan team results in another four runs being added to Jemimah's total.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 87/3 in 12 overs
Harmanpreet has joined the hitting party with a powerful sweep towards mid-wicket, resulting in another boundary. The skipper, Harmanpreet, is unfortunately dismissed after a great catch.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 64/2 in 9 overs
Another wicket falls as the Sri Lankan captain traps the batter lbw.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 44/0 in 6 overs
Smriti smashes the ball for a four with a powerful swing of her bat, sending it racing towards mid-wicket. The Indian vice-captain shows great creativity by reverse scooping the ball behind the wicketkeeper and over to fine leg for another four. After a dot ball, Smriti hits another four.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 30/0 in 5 overs
Smriti was dropped! The batter was dropped at 10 as the fielder at cover point failed to take the catch. On the next ball, Smriti smashed the ball towards point for a FOUR.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 20/0 in 3 overs
Smriti scored her first boundary by elegantly stepping back and cutting the ball past the fielder towards point. After a couple of dot balls, she finished the over strong with another boundary, sweeping a wide ball towards fine leg.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 12/0 in 2 overs
Shafali expertly opens the face of her bat and drives the ball towards point, scoring a boundary. The bowler makes a big appeal, but a replay indicates that the delivery may have been pitching outside the leg stump.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: IND 6/0 in 1 over
Shafali elegantly sweeps the ball towards square leg, scoring a boundary. She then cleverly creates some room for herself and manages to grab a single by hitting the ball towards mid-wicket.
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: Teams
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh
Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Hasini Perera, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sachini Nisansala
IND vs SL Women’s Asia Cup Live Score: India Women opt to bat
Harmanpreet Kaur: We are gonna bat first, the reason is both the semis were played on this pitch, that's why. We really work hard, so today it is looking like a long batting lineup, it's good for us. They are a good side, we just think what we have to do, we have to play good cricket. Same team for us.
Chamari Athapaththu: If we had won the toss, we were looking to bowl first. We have to improve our fielding and hopefully our batters will bat well. (On her elbow) Yeah, 80 percent okay. One change for us - Sachini Nisansala comes in for Achini Kulasuriya
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