Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana made a partnership of 129 runs

New Delhi: On the basis of half-centuries of Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, India has won the title of Women's Asia Cup 2026. Team India has captured the trophy for the 8th time. 10 editions of the Women's Asia Cup have been played so far and Team India made it to the finals every time and won the trophy for the 8th time.

India batted first and scored a huge score of 183 runs. In response, the Sri Lankan team could score 111 runs and the Indian team won the match by 72 runs. With this, Harmanpreet Kaur's team has also settled its two-year old score with Sri Lanka. The Indian team was defeated by Sri Lanka in the final of the 2024 Asia Cup and now Team India has won the final against them.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat first. After this, openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma proved the captain's decision right. Both of them batted brilliantly and made a century partnership for the first wicket. Shefali adopted an aggressive stance from the beginning, while Smriti stood at one end. Taking notice of the Sri Lankan bowlers, Shefali scored a half-century in 24 balls.

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