Women’s Asia Cup: Sri Lanka has created history by winning the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 title. The team defeated India by 8 wickets in the final. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu scored 61 and Harshita Samarawickrama scored 69 runs. Both of them also shared a partnership of 87 runs.
Sri Lanka became the champion for the first time in the Women’s Asia Cup, which started in 2004. The team had been runner-up 5 times before this. At the same time, India lost the Women’s Asia Cup final for the second time. The team was defeated by Bangladesh in 2018. India has won the Women’s Asia Cup 7 times out of 9.
Mandhana hit a fifty for India
India won the toss in Dambulla and chose to bat first. The team scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana hit a fifty. Jemima Rodrigues scored 29 and Richa Ghosh scored 30 runs. Kavisha Dilhari took 2 wickets for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka achieved the target by losing only 2 wickets in 18.4 overs. Kavisha Dilhari remained unbeaten on 30 runs from the team, she hit the winning six against Pooja Vastrakar. Deepti Sharma from India took one wicket. One batsman was run out.
After winning the match, Sri Lankan players held a victory parade. The team won the Women’s Asia Cup title for the first time since 2004. A large number of spectators also came to see them.
Dilhari hit the winning six
For Sri Lanka, Harshita Samarawickrama played a match-winning innings of 69 runs in 51 balls. Kavisha Dilhari shared a 73-run partnership with her. Dilhari led the team to victory by hitting a six against Pooja Vastrakar.
Photos of Winner Team Srilanka
