India's women retained their Asian Games cricket title in emphatic fashion, beating Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the gold medal match at Kōrogi Sports Park in Nisshin on September 22. It was a repeat of the Hangzhou 2023 final, and the result went the same way — India's second straight Asian Games gold in the format, built on a record total and a spin-led collapse that Sri Lanka never recovered from.
Smriti Mandhana set the tone with 79 off 45 balls, and India kept accelerating through the innings to post 216 for 3 in 20 overs — the highest total recorded in women's T20I cricket at the Asian Games, eclipsing the previous continental record. Richa Ghosh provided the finishing touch, smashing an unbeaten 49 off just 22 balls to push India well past 200 after a platform laid by the top order.
Chasing a total that size against India's attack was always going to be difficult, and Sri Lanka never got close. India's spinners took the ball away almost immediately, and the Sri Lankan innings folded for just 69 in 15.4 overs. Deepti Sharma was the standout, finishing with figures of 3 for 6, as India's bowling unit didn't allow any partnership to develop.
The win completes back-to-back Asian Games cricket golds for India's women, who beat Sri Lanka in the same fixture at Hangzhou in 2023. Sri Lanka take silver for the second consecutive edition, while Pakistan claimed bronze earlier the same day, beating Bangladesh by 31 runs in the third-place play-off at the same venue. All three medals in the tournament's second edition went to South Asian teams, underlining the gap between the region's top sides and the rest of the continental field.
India's white-ball focus now shifts to a home assignment, with the men's team hosting West Indies in a three-match ODI series starting September 27, followed by five T20Is. For the Asian Games cricket event, India's gold cements their dominance since the format's introduction to the Games — no other side has yet won the title.
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