The Indian women’s cricket team made history by winning the gold medal in the Asian Games 2023, defeating Sri Lanka women’s by 19 runs in the final match.
Indian women’s team Defeats Sri Lanka women’s by 19 Runs in Thrilling Final Match
In this match against Sri Lanka, the Indian women’s team batted first and scored only 116 runs while losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. However, the Indian bowlers turned the tide of the match with their excellent performance, restricting Sri Lanka to a score of 97 runs in 20 overs.
Titas Sadhu, a bowler for the Indian women’s team, took a maximum of 3 wickets in this match. Rajeshwari Gayakwad contributed 2 wickets to the team’s tally.
Jemimah Rodriguez and Smriti Mandhana partnership
For India, Jemimah Rodriguez played a winning innings of 42 runs. Smriti Mandhana contributed 46 runs. Apart from them, no other batsman managed to score in double figures. In Sri Lanka’s bowling, Prabodhini, Sugandika Kumari, and Ranaweera each took 2 wickets.
Titas Sadhu brilliant bowling spell
The Sri Lankan team, chasing a target of 117 runs, started with Anushka Sanjeevani and captain Chamari Atapattu. Captain Atapattu tried to give the team a quick start by scoring 12 runs in the first over. Titas Sadhu, who bowled the third over for India, dismissed Anushka Sanjivan. At that point, the Sri Lankan team’s total score was 13 runs.
Titas Sadhu sent Vishmi Gunaratne back to the pavilion on the fourth ball of the same over without opening her account. With early wickets falling, pressure mounted on the Sri Lankan team. In her second over, Titas disrupted the Sri Lankan team by dismissing the Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu, who had scored 12 runs. In the first 6 overs, the Sri Lankan team could only manage to score 28 runs while losing 3 wickets.
Sri Lanka’s women’s innings
Hasini Perera and De Silva tried to stabilise Sri Lanka’s innings, forming a partnership of 36 runs in 33 balls for the fourth wicket. However, Indian women’s team spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad broke the partnership by dismissing Hasini Perera when the score was at 50. After losing the fourth wicket, the Sri Lankan team struggled to recover.
On the score of 78, De Silva was also bowled by Pooja Vastrakar after scoring 23 runs. Due to the increasing pressure, the Sri Lankan team could only manage to score 97 runs while losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Sri Lanka faced defeat in this match by 19 runs. In India’s bowling, Titas Sadhu took 3 wickets, while Rajeshwari Gayakwad took 2 wickets. Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, and Pooja Vastrakar each took 1 wicket.
