Newspunjab
22 Sept,2026
The Indian women’s cricket team performed brilliantly in the Asian Games 2026, defeating Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 147 runs and winning the gold medal. Batting first, Team India scored a huge score of 216 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant innings of 79 runs off 45 balls, while Richa Ghosh batted furiously in the last overs and scored 49 not out off 22 balls. Shafali Verma also played a quick innings of 48 runs. Chasing a target of 217 runs, the Sri Lankan team could not stand up to the Indian bowlers and was all out for just 69 runs in 15.4 overs. With this victory, the Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur recorded a memorable achievement by winning the gold medal in women’s cricket at the Asian Games. Sri Lanka won the silver and Pakistan won the bronze medal.
