IND-W Vs SL-W Women’s Asia Cup 2024: Chamari Athapaththu And Hashitha Samarawickrama Power Sri Lanka To Maiden Title As Smriti Mandhana’s Fifty Goes In Vain

Sri Lanka women's cricket team won their maiden Women's Asia Cup 2024 title, defeating India by eight wickets in the final at Dambulla on Sunday.

Jul 28, 2024 - 22:30

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IND-W Vs SL-W Women’s Asia Cup 2024: Chamari Athapaththu And Hashitha Samarawickrama Power Sri Lanka To Maiden Title As Smriti Mandhana’s Fifty Goes In Vain

Hosts Sri Lanka clinched the females folk’s Asia Cup 2024 title for the first time of their historical past defeating defending champions India girls’s cricket team through eight wickets inner the appropriate at Dambulla on Sunday. 0.5 of-centuries through skipper Chamari Athapaththu and No. three batter Hashitha Samarawickrama set up a Lankan win with 8 balls to spare.

Chasing 166 to win, the Lankans romped to the target with Athapaththu smashing sixty one off forty three balls with two sixes and 9 fours when Samarawickrama clobbering an unbeaten Sixty nine off 51 balls with two sixes and 6 fours. The prolific Athapaththu fell after her fifty inner the 12th over with seventy two runs wants off 8 overs.

Teenagers Samarawickrama guided the hosts domestic with Kavisha Dilhari (30 n.o., sixteen balls, 1×4, 2×6) with their unbeaten 0.33 wicket partnership. Dilhari comprehensive the win which contains her second six off Pooja Vastrakar with bigger than one over to spare.