Sri Lanka became champion for the first time by defeating India by 8 wickets in the final

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Tezzbuzz|29-07-2024

In the final of the Women's Asia Cup T20, 2024, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets with the help of half-centuries from Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama. Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup for the first time. At the same time, India could not win the Asia Cup for the eighth time. This is the highest score achieved by Sri Lanka in T20 International. The final match of Asia Cup T20, 2024 was played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla.

Batting first, Indian women scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored the highest 60(47) runs for the team. She hit 10 fours in her innings. Richa Ghosh scored 30 runs in 14 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six. Jemima Rodrigues contributed 29 runs in 16 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six. Smriti and Rodrigues shared 41(26) runs for the fourth wicket. Shefali Verma scored 16 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours. Smriti and Shefali added 44(38) runs for the first wicket. Kavisha Dilhari took the highest 2 wickets for Sri Lanka. Udeshika Prabodhini, Sachini Nissansala and captain Chamari Atapattu were successful in taking one wicket each.

Sri Lanka, chasing the target, won the match by scoring 167 runs in 18.4 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. Harshita Samarawickrama scored the most runs from Sri Lanka's side. She played a half-century innings of 69* runs with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes in 51 balls. Captain Chamari Atapattu scored. She played a half-century innings of 61 runs with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes in 43 balls. Atapattu and Samarawickrama added 87(63) runs for the first wicket. Kavisha Dilhari played an unbeaten innings of 30 runs with the help of 1 four and 2 sixes in 16 balls. Samarawickrama and Dilhari added 73*(40) runs for the third wicket. The only wicket from India was taken by Deepti Sharma.

Indian Women's Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Uma Chhetri, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh.

Sri Lanka Women's Playing XI: Vishmy Gunaratne, Chamari Atapattu (captain), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wicketkeeper), Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandhika Kumari, Sachini Nissansala.

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