India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Highlights, Asian Games 2023 final: IND W beat SL W to clinch historic Asiad cricket gold

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Highlights: India Women successfully defended 116 to beat Sri Lanka Women by 19 runs and win a historic gold medal in cricket. Oshadi Ranasinghe kept Sri Lanka alive for the longest time in chase but her wicket has Sri Lanka with too much to get as they eventually finished on 97.8. Titas Sadhu orchestrated a dream start with the ball for India women picking up three wickets in two overs and finished with astonoshing figures of 3/6 from 4 overs. At 14/3, Sri Lanka women were lifted by a 36-run partnership between Hasini Perera and Nilakshi de Silva. Rajeshwari Gayakwad gave India a much-needed breakthrough through the wicket of Perera but the job was done done. India then tightened the screws in the last five overs, keeping their nerves and win the first ever gold medal in cricket for India....Read More
This was after India Women endured another batting collapse and posted a total of 116/7 against Sri Lanka Women in the cricket gold medal final. From 89/1, the team lost six wickets for just 27 runs in the last five overs. While the pitch wasn't exactly a batting paradise, IND W should have aimed for a higher total. Batting was challenging on this pitch, but Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues displayed admirable resistance against the Sri Lankan spinners. They formed a solid half-century partnership, adding 73 runs for the second wicket.
After IND W captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Varma and Mandhana both found the early boundaries. But Shafali was soon out stumped. After a promising partnership, Mandhana fell just four runs short of her fifty, as Sri Lanka struck in quick succession to dismiss her and Richa Ghosh. From that point, Indai women faced a downhill slide, with the wickets of Harmanpreet, Pooja Vastrakar, Rodrigues, and Amanjot Kaur going down rapidly.
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Live Score: India W enter final in red-hot form
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Live Score: The Indian women's team has displayed remarkable dominance in the two matches played thus far. Against Malaysia, the bowlers were denied an opportunity due to rain, resulting in a no-result. However, Shafali Varma lit up the field with an explosive half-century, scoring 67 runs from 39 deliveries. Jemimah Rodrigues also got some batting practice, finishing unbeaten with 47 runs from 29 balls, driving India to a total of 172/3 in a match reduced to 15 overs.
Then, on Sunday, guided by Pooja Vastrakar, the Indian women's team dismantled the Bangladesh batting lineup, bundling them put for a mere 51 runs in the semifinals and successfully chasing down the target in the 8th over. Sri Lanka would undoubtedly hope to avoid facing the formidable force of this Indian team.
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Live Score: Hello and welcome!
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Live Score: Greetings all! We know it's the beginning of the week but HT Sports and the Indian women's cricket team are here to take away any Monday Blues that you may have. The women's team takes on Sri Lanka in the Asian Games gold medal match today. History will be made if they are able to do it. The women's team takes on Sri Lanka in the Asian Games gold medal match today. History will be made if they are able to do it. The Indian contingent has already clinched its inaugural gold medal at the 19th Asian Games. The shooting trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, and Divyansh Singh Panwar combined their talents to secure gold in the men's 10m air rifle team event. Now, it's the women's team that offers another opportunity to contribute to India's growing medal tally.