IND-W vs SL-W Highlights, Women's Asia Cup Final: India crush Sri Lanka by 72 runs to claim eighth title

The presentation closes without the India team receiving their winners’ medals or the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi. Sri Lanka have collected the runners-up medals. The official handover to the champions does not take place on the dais.

"This is the part of the game, one team wins one team loses. But end of the day we did not play our best game in all three departments. They played very well. But we will bounce back. Asian Games is coming up. And we will bounce back. We played really good cricket throughout the tournament, but today we struggled a little bit. It doesn't mean we are not good enough. [Standout performers] A lot of players played good cricket. Especially Harshitha, Nilakshi and Praboda."

Chamari Athapaththu is first to receive her runners-up medal. The rest of the Sri Lanka squad and coaching staff follow, collecting theirs one by one. The Sri Lanka captain S picks up the runners-up cheque from ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi.

The umpires and match officials walk up in turn. Each collects a memento.

After a short wait, the presentation ceremony gets underway in Dubai.

The India players gather in a huddle after the title win. Head coach Amul Mazumder speaks to the group. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and vice-president Rajiv Shukla present a medal for fielding to Nandani Sharma. Saikia stays with the squad and congratulates the players on the victory.

Scoring rate: 8.35 an over. The other teams combined manage 5.12.

Runs per wicket: 26.46. The rest average 11.95.

Fifties: India 4. All other teams together: 2.

Hundreds: India 1. No other batter reaches three figures.

Sixes: India 32. The rest hit 22 between them.

Bowling average: 8.84. Other attacks average 16.12.

Bowling economy: 4.29. The rest go at 5.79.

Shree Charani now has 39 T20I wickets in 2026, the most by an India woman in a calendar year. She goes past Poonam Yadav’s 35 from 2018. Deepti Sharma is next with 30 in 2024 and 30 already in 2026. Radha Yadav took 29 in 2024. Charani’s four-wicket night in the final lifts her to the top of that list.

"Really proud of all the players and support staff. It was a fantastic pitch today and we came up good. Our batting was very strong. We started really nicely. [On batting] If you see throughout the fortnight, the pitch is a bit on the slower side and it turned quite a bit. So putting on a big score and defending it... we had three quality spinners, so that was the tactic. [On the openers] Left-right combination. Shafali has got her own style, the power, the charisma, she puts the opposition on the back foot. Smriti has got that flair, they complement each other really well. We went back to the five-match series against Sri Lanka in December and how we dismissed Chamari, who is an important player for them. That was the plan and glad Deepti executed it."

"We know they are a great team. But we played to our standards. We set high standards for ourselves and we wanted to keep matching them. Very happy the way we all performed. [On the score] Yes, the openers did a great job for us. The way Shafali and Smriti bat like they did. Great to see someone like Shafali take responsibility through the tournament with the bat and ball."

Sri Lanka are bowled out for 111. Deepti starts the last over with a four to backward square leg from Nuthyangana, who then plays three dots, declines a single at deep mid-wicket and is bowled for 9 off 14. Deepti finishes with 4-0-19-3. India had posted 183 for 5. The winning margin is 72 runs. India take an eighth Women’s Asia Cup title and deny defending champions Sri Lanka in Dubai.

Rawat’s third over costs three and takes the ninth wicket. Nuthyangana edges short of short third, misses a swing, then is dropped by Fulmali at short third after a top edge. Charani then drops her at short fine. Ayodhya is beaten and Ghosh completes the stumping. Ayodhya is out for 0. Nuthyangana is 5 off 8. Rawat has 3-0-22-1. Sri Lanka need 77 off the last over.

Sugandika Kumari is out for 1 off 7. She chips to cover, cannot beat the infield, misses a sweep and pushes a dot before holing out to Nandani Sharma off Charani. That is Charani’s fourth wicket of the innings. Sri Lanka are eight down. India close in on the title.

Hasini Perera is out for 1 off 3. She clips and edges onto her pad, then holes out to Charani off Shafali. Nuthyangana had edged one onto her pad and swept a single to deep square leg.

Sri Lanka 103/7 after 16.4 overs.

Charani’s over brings two wickets and four runs. Dilhari sweeps two to deep mid-wicket, then top-edges an inside-out hit. Nandani Sharma dives forward at short third and takes it low. Dilhari is gone for 7. Hasini Perera drives a single to long-on. Silva miscues a sweep to deep mid-wicket and Kamalini holds it. Silva is out for 22. Nuthyangana plays a dot to cover and drills a single to long-off. Charani has three wickets in the innings. Sri Lanka 102 for 6 after 16 overs

Rawat’s second over costs eight. Silva and Dilhari survive a mix-up after a sweep to short fine; the throw goes to the wrong end. Dilhari drives a dot to cover and sweeps a single to deep square leg. Silva top-edges a sweep to deep square, Charani gets there and cannot hold on. Silva then blocks one and sweeps four to deep square leg. Silva is 22 off 15. Dilhari is 5 off 3. Rawat has 2-0-19-0. Sri Lanka need 86 from 5 overs.

Shree Charani makes the breakthrough. Silva sweeps two to deep mid-wicket, slog-sweeps two more and slices two over extra cover after a mix-up between Deepti and Harmanpreet. She then top-edges a sweep for one. Harshitha is caught and bowled for 9 off 14. Sri Lanka are four down in the 14th over, still well behind the rate in the chase of 184.

Shafali’s third over costs three. Silva mistimes a loft to long-on. Harshitha hoicks a single to deep mid-wicket. Silva cuts to point and a fumble gives her one. Harshitha then edges a cut into Ghosh’s helmet grille. The physio comes on for the concussion check and Ghosh stays on. Harshitha misses a reverse-sweep and a cut. Harshitha is 9 off 13. Silva is 8 off 7. Shafali has 3-0-21-0. Sri Lanka need 105 from 7 overs.

Deepti’s third over costs seven. Silva sweeps a single to deep square leg. Harshitha steps out and lofts four inside-out over extra cover, the first boundary in 14 balls. She misses a sweep, cannot time a cut, then edges a swipe to short third for one. Silva sweeps the last ball to deep mid-wicket. Harshitha is 8 off 10. Silva is 6 off 5. Deepti has 3-0-15-2. Sri Lanka are 76/3 after 12 overs.