Titas Sadhu continues the good work for India as she gets the big wicket. Titas Sadhu dismisses skipper Athapaththu She picked up three wickets in three overs, including the prized-scalp of skipper Chamari Athapaththu, and gave away only two runs. The 18-year-old Titas Sadhu, playing only her second T20I, put India in total command. Sri Lanka have an uphill task heading into the final five overs, needing need 43 runs.īrief IND vs SL score: 74/4 in 15 overs (Nilakshi de Silva 21*, Titas Sadhu 3/2) Teenager Titas Sadhu delivers a remarkable spell Indian lost their way in the death overs as the slowness of the track made batters' life difficult. Nilakshi de Silva (21* off 30 balls) and Oshadi Ranasinghe are taking their chances and added 24 runs in the last five overs. Sri Lanka have lost six wickets and need 30 runs in the final two overs.īrief IND vs SL score: Sri Lanka 87/6 in 18 overs (Hasini Perera 25, Titas Sadhu 3/6) Nilakshi de Silva leads Sri Lanka's fight back India are within touching distance of a maiden gold in Asian Games' cricket competitions. Deepti Sharma followed it up with another tight over, where she picked up the wicket of Oshadi Ranasinghe. Nilakshi de Silva, Sri Lanka's set batter, fell to Pooja Vastrakar. India inching towards the top of the podium Asian Games 2023 women's cricket medal winners Asian Games 2023 women's cricket medal winners Team The bowling unit restricted Sri Lanka to 97/8 in 20 overs as India won by 19 runs. Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/20) broke this partnership and India managed to see the game through comfortably. Hasini Perera and Nilakshi de Silva tried to bring Sri Lanka back in the game with a 36-run stand, but they couldn’t keep up with the required rate.

She later dismissed captain Chamari Athapaththu as well, reducing Sri Lanka to 15/3 in five overs. For the Sri Lankan bowling attack, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari and Inoka Ranaweera picked up two wickets each.Īfter the break, India’s Titas Sadhu broke the back of the run chase with a double-wicket maiden in her first over. India lost their way in the death overs after Mandhana’s dismissal, adding only 16 runs to the total in the last four overs. The pair added a crucial 73-run partnership for the second wicket. Despite losing Shafali Verma early on, Smriti Mandhana (46 off 45 balls) and Jemimah Rodrigues (42 off 40 balls) set the tone for the innings. India won the toss and decided to bat first. This is India’s second gold medal of Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China. The Indian women’s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka Women in the final to win their maiden gold medal at the Asian Games.

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