Asian Games Cricket: India women clinch gold, beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs - Highlights

India to bat first

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma to open the innings for India and Oshadi Ranasinghe to open the bowling for Sri Lanka women. India women are playing their maiden final in the quadrennial showpiece. Sri Lanka women won the bronze medal in the 2014 Asian Games. 

All set for action

Sri Lanka to bowl and India to bat first in the 19th Asian Games women's cricket final. 

Ready for the national anthem

Players are out in the middle at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou, for the national anthem. Sri Lankans will first sing their national anthem followed by the Indian women. 

Sri Lanka Women Playing XI

Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Anushka Sanjeewani (wicketkeeper), Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Kavisha Dilhari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani

India Women Playing XI

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

India women win toss, opt to bat first

India women win the toss and opt to bat first against Sri Lanka in the 19th Asian Games gold medal match.

Wishes pour in for India women

Squads

India Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana(c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kanika Ahuja, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Anjali Sarvani, Bareddy Anusha, Uma Chetry

Sri Lanka Women Squad: Chamari Athapaththu(c), Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Imesha Dulani, Kaushani Nuthyangana

India women vs Sri Lanka women: Head-to-Head

India and Sri Lanka met each other 23 times. India women enjoy 18-4 head-to-head record lead over Sri Lanka, with one match ending without a result.

The two sides met in the tournament finale only once in the past. At the 2022 Women's Asia Cup in Bangladesh, India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to win the continental championships.

Sri Lanka women at the Asian Games 2023

Sri Lanka beat Thailand by 8 wickets in quarterfinal 

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 6 wickets in semifinal