India vs Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Match at the 2023 Asian Games :

On Monday, India and Sri Lanka's women's cricket teams played the final match of the 2023 Asian Games.


Team India put in a brilliant performance to win the match.


With this win, Harmanpreet Kaur and her team became the first Indian team to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.



In the match, India won the toss and elected to bat first.


The team lost the wicket of Shafali Verma early on.


But Smriti Mandhana held the innings together from one end and scored 45 runs.


Smriti Mandhana was well supported by Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored 42 runs.



As a result, India scored 116 runs.


Sri Lanka was only able to score 97 runs in their chase.



Sri Lanka's team, which was chasing 116 runs, lost wickets at regular intervals.



The team's Hasini Perera scored 25 runs, but no one else could perform well.


India's Sandhu took 3 wickets and played a crucial role in the team's victory.

Playing XI of both teams :

India Playing XI :

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidy, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.


Sri Lanka Playing XI:

Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Anushka Sanjeevani (wicketkeeper), Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Kavisha Dilhari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshani.

India's second gold at the Asian Games

It is worth mentioning that this is the second gold medal for the Indian team at the Asian Games.


Earlier, the 10-meter air rifle team broke China's record and won gold.



The match was played at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Ground in Hangzhou, China.



India's 19-run win was their largest margin of victory in an Asian Games women's cricket match.

Harmanpreet Kaur was named the "player of the match."