Asian Games Cricket: India women clinch gold, beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs - Highlights
Catch the highlights of the Indian women's cricket team's gold medal-winning performance against Sri Lanka at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
India are set to face Pakistan in their opening match of the Women's T20 Asia Cup on July 19. (Photo credit: Indian Olympic Association/@WeAreTeamIndia)
The Indian women's cricket team delivered a clinical performance in the final of the 19th Asian Games on Monday and clinched the maiden gold medal at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou, China.
Catch the highlights here:
Rajeshwari Gayakwad defends 25 runs in the final over. Indian players burst into celebration. They are Asian Games champions for the first time. Sri Lanka women's cricket team could collect only six runs and settle for the silver medal. The Indian women's cricket team took the gold medal.
The Indian women's cricket team won the match by 19 runs and bagged their maiden Asian Games gold medal.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad does it. She dismisses Sugandika Kumar. Sri Lanka 96 for 8. Only one ball remaining. Sri Lanka need 21 runs.
Sri Lanka need 25 off 6 balls. India need to defend it to win the gold medal.
Devikya Vidya bowls a brilliant 19th over. She concedes just five runs wickets and takes the wicket of Kavisha Dilhari. Richa Ghosh takes the wicket.
Sri Lanka 92 for 7 in 19 overs.
Sri Lanka are trailing by 30 runs. Two overs left in the match. Only three runs come from the 18th over bowled by Deepti Sharma.
Sri Lanka 87 for 6 at the end of 18th over.
Deepti Sharma gets her first wicket of the match. She takes the important wicket of Oshadi Ranasinghe (19 off 26).
Sri Lanka 86 for 6 in 17.4 overs.
Deepti Sharma bowls the 18th over of the match. Sri Lanka 86 for 5.
End of 17th over, Sri Lanka 84 for 5. Pooja Vastrakar completes her four-over quota. She concedes 20 runs and takes one wicket.
Oshadi Ranasinghe 19 off 24
Kavisha Dhilari 1 off 2
Ranasinghe dispatches Pooja for a crucial boundary. Sri Lanka 83 off 5
Sri Lanka trails by 34 runs in 20 balls.
Pooja dismisses Nilakshi de Silva and breaks the 28-run partnership between Nilakshi and Oshadi Ranasinghe.
Sri Lanka 78 for 5 in 16.1 overs.
Sri Lanka trail by 39 runs off 22 balls
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