India was crowned champions of Women’s Asia Cup 2022 as they defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the Final of the tournament played today (15th October) at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet.
Sri Lanka Skipper Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and opted to bat first. Sri Lanka made no changes to their playing XI that fielded in the semi-final Final against Pakistan.
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Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Chamari Athapaththu(c), Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Malsha Shehani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya
India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Sri Lanka got off to a terrible start with the bat, losing the first 5 wickets for just 16 runs inside the powerplay. The miscommunication in the middle caused two runouts for Sri Lanka at the top as both openers, Athapaththu and Sanjeewa, were back in the hut early in the innings.
Even after the powerplay, the Sri Lankan batters were unable to rescue their innings as they were restricted to just 65/9 in the allotted 20 overs. Renuka Singh was the pick of the bowlers for India, as she picked up 3 wickets for just 5 runs in 3 overs.
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It was an easy target for the strong Indian batting lineup as they breezed past the total with 11 overs to spare. Indian opening batter Mandhana saved her best for the final as she came up with an absolute clinic with the bat, scoring 51 runs off 25 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 204.
After losing to Bangladesh in the final of last edition of the Women’s Asia Cup, India came back strong to lay their hands on the Asia Cup trophy, winning the title for the 7th time.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamari Athapaththu | run out (Richa Ghosh) | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Anushka Sanjeewani | run out (Richa Ghosh) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Harshitha Samarawickrama | c Richa Ghosh b Renuka Singh | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Nilakshi de Silva | b Rajeshwari Gayakwad | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Hasini Perera | c Smriti Mandhana b Renuka Singh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kavisha Dilhari | b Renuka Singh | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | b Rajeshwari Gayakwad | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 65.00 |
| Malsha Shehani | c & b Sneh Rana | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sugandika Kumari | b Sneh Rana | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Inoka Ranaweera | not out | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 81.82 |
| Achini Kulasuriya | not out | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 |
| Extras | 6 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 65/9 (20 Overs, RR: 3.25) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepti Sharma | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 | |
| Renuka Singh | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | |
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Sneh Rana | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.25 | |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | |
| Shafali Verma | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafali Verma | st Anushka Sanjeewani b Inoka Ranaweera | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Smriti Mandhana | not out | 51 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 204.00 |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | b Kavisha Dilhari | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | not out | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 78.57 |
| Extras | 2 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 71/2 (8.3 Overs, RR: 8.35) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | 2.3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 13.04 | |
| Sugandika Kumari | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| Inoka Ranaweera | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.67 | |
| Kavisha Dilhari | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8.50 | |
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