Asian Games Womens T20I, 2023: Women in Blue Secured Gold Medal; Won by 19 Runs

India Women and Sri Lanka Women squared off in the final at Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou. India Women won the toss and decided to bat first.

Mandhana and Shafali Verma came to bat and Ranasinghe opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Mandhana hit a four on the fifth ball, which was the first boundary of the match. In the 4th over, Shafali Verma got out after scoring 9(15) on the fourth ball. In the 6th over, Mandhana hit a four on the second ball and smashed a six on the fifth ball. After 6 overs, INDW was at 35-1.

In the 9th over, Rodrigues hit a four and INDW reached 50 runs. In the 12th over, Mandhana hit a four and the partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana reached 50 runs. In the 13th over, Jemimah Rodrigues hit a four on the fourth ball and Smriti Mandhana hit a four on the last ball. In the 15th over, Smriti Mandhana got out after scoring 46(45) on the fifth ball. After 15 overs, INDW was at 89-2.

In the 16th over, Richa Ghosh smashed a six on the fifth ball and took a single on the last ball and India reached 100 runs. In the 17th over, Richa Ghosh got out after scoring 9(6) on the third ball. In the 18th over, Kaur got out after scoring 2(5) on the fifth ball. In the 19th over, Vastrakar got out after scoring 2(4) on the fourth ball. In the 20th over, Rodrigues started the over with a four and got out after scoring 42(40) on the second ball and Amanjot Kaur got out after scoring 1(2) on the last ball.

In 20 overs, India Women scored 116 runs with a loss of 7 wickets.Chasing 117 runs, Athapaththu and Sanjeewani came to bat and Deepti Sharma opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Athapaththu hammered a six on the fourth ball and finished the over with a four. In the 3rd over, Sanjeewani got out after scoring 1(5) on the first ball and Vishmi Gunaratn got out for a duck. In the 5th over, Athapaththu got out after scoring 12(12) on the second ball. In the 6th over, Hasini Perera hit a four on the third, fifth, and sixth ball. After 6 overs, SLW was at 28-3.

In the 9th over, Nilakshi de Silva smashed a six on the fifth ball. In the 10th over, Hasini Perera smashed back-to-back two boundaries and got out after scoring 25(22) on the fifth ball. After 15 overs, SLW was at 74-4.

In the 17th over, Nilakshi de Silva got out after scoring 23(34) on the first ball and Ranasinghe hit a four on the third ball. In the 18th over, Ranasinghe got out after scoring 19(26) on the fourth ball. In the 19th over, Kavisha Dilhari got out after scoring 5(8) on the last ball. Sugandika Kumari got out after scoring 5(8) on the fifth ball. SLW scored 97-8 and lost by 19 runs. 

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