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, Asian Games 2023 final: The victorious Indian womens team with their gold medals on the podium.

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.

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.