Sri Lanka secured their first Women’s Asia Cup title win yesterday, beating India with a clinical run-chase in front of home fans. This was also just the second time in their nine final appearances that India failed to win the Women’s Asia Cup.

The previous such instance was in 2018, when Bangladesh beat India by three wickets.

Fifties from Chamari Athapaththu (61) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (69 not out) got Sri Lanka over the line.
Samarawickrama was the Player of the Match in the Final, while Chamari Athapaththu was the Player of the Tournament for her 304 runs and three wickets in the event.

Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat first in the final. India got off to a positive start, but Sri Lanka struck back in the middle overs, with the wickets of Shafali Varma (16), Uma Chetry (9) and Harmanpreet (11). Contributions from Smriti Mandhana (60 from 47), Jemimah Rodrigues (29 from), and Richa Ghosh (30 from 14) helped India to 165/6. 

(ICC)