India Women beat Sri Lanka Women by 147 runs in the Asian Games final at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin, on September 22, 2026. The win gives India back-to-back gold medals in the event, following their 2023 triumph.
India posted 216 for 3 after being put in to bat, then bowled out Sri Lanka for 69 in 15.4 overs. All ten Sri Lankan wickets fell to spin. The result also avenged Sri Lanka’s win over India in the Asia Cup final ten days earlier, though this time India completed the job comfortably.
Mandhana and Shafali Set Up a Big Total
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma put on 99 runs for the first wicket after India chose to bat first. Mandhana scored 79 off 45 balls, hitting five fours and seven sixes, and reached her fifty off just 30 deliveries. She struck three sixes inside the first three overs against Sugandika Kumari and Mithali Ayodhya before adding more boundaries through the middle overs. She fell in the 17th over, caught at deep backward square leg off Kumari while trying to clear the fence again.
Shafali Verma made 48 off 29 balls, with three fours and three sixes, before top-edging a delivery from Chamudi Praboda to short third. India crossed 100 in the 11th over and reached 150 by the 16th, keeping the run rate above ten for most of the innings.
Ghosh’s Late Assault Pushes India Past 200
Richa Ghosh, batting at No. 4, finished unbeaten on 49 off 22 balls, with six fours and three sixes. She added 19 runs in one over off Kawya Kavindi and hit two sixes in the next over off Ayodhya, which also included five wides.
Bharti Fulmali stayed with Ghosh at the other end, scoring 7 not out, as India closed on 216 for 3, their highest total at the Asian Games. Harmanpreet Kaur, the India captain, contributed 19 off 17 balls in the middle overs.
Spin Attack Bowls Sri Lanka Out for 69
Sri Lanka lost their first wicket in the third over, with Imesha Dulani stumped off Shafali Verma, who also removed Hasini Perera two overs later. Chamari Athapaththu top-scored with 29 off 21 balls before Deepti Sharma had her caught at long-off. Deepti finished with figures of 3 for 6 from four overs, the best bowling figures in the innings.
Sri Lanka slipped to 49 for 6 by the ninth over, with Shreyanka Patil and N Shree Charani taking two wickets each. Kaushini Nuthyangana made 14 off 14 balls, the top score among the lower order, before Patil bowled her in the 16th over to end the innings at 69.
Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil and Shree Charani shared all ten wickets between them, with no boundaries conceded by Deepti Sharma in her four overs. The victory marked India’s second consecutive Asian Games gold in women’s cricket since the sport’s addition to the multi-sport event.
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