Introduction
India women vs Sri Lanka women’s national cricket team match scorecard: The Indian Cricket team was crushed by Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup T20 2024 final. This match happened on the Sunday and the host country won the match on their soil. The final match took place at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla. It happened on 28 July 2024 at 3:00 PM IST. Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets. Indian women’s cricket team won the Asia Cup titles for 7 times. On the other hand, Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup for the first time after crushing down India in the final. Both teams have had a great rivalry for a long time, India defeated Sri Lanka five times in the final of the Asia Cup previously.
But at this time, Sri Lankan time was able to defeat India in the final. This blog will cover all the key details regarding this final match of Asia Cup 2024. Therefore, read this blog till the end to get to know every aspect of the game.
Introduction to the “Indian Women’s National Cricket Team”
The Indian Women’s National Cricket Team represents India in international cricket. Further, they are also known as “Women in Blue.” The Indian Women’s National Cricket Team is managed by the BCCI (The Board of Control for Cricket in India). Furthermore, it is a full member of the ICC Test, WODI, and WT20I. The Captain of the Indian women’s team is Harmanpreet Kaur. The women’s team has played 191 T20I matches, where they have won 104 and lost 80 matches along with 1 tying and 6 ending with no result.
Sri Lanka women’s national cricket team
The national cricket team of the Sri Lanka plays for Sri Lanka in the women’s international cricket. Further, it is also known as “The Lions.’ The Sri Lanka team is handled by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. Moreover, the team is also a full member of the ICC with test, ODI, and T20I. Sri Lanka appeared in their ODI match in 1997 for the first time against the Netherlands. After that, they participated in the World Cup 1997 in India. Chamari Athapaththu is the captain of the Sri Lankan team.
Key Details of India vs Sri Lanka Women’s Asia Cup Final Match Day
The match was played on 28 July 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla. Further, India won the toss and chose to bat first. In 20 overs, India made 165 runs for 6 wickets. However, a marvellous chase led by Chamari Athapaththu, Harshita Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari pushed Sri Lanka to win the title. The Sri Lankan team chased 165 runs in 19 overs. With this win, Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup title for the first time and created history in women cricket.
Match- INDW vs SLW, Women’s Asia Cup T20, 2024 final
Date- Sunday, 28 July, 2024
Time- 3:00PM
Toss- India and chose to bat
Venue- Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
India Women Squad: india women vs sri lanka women’s national cricket team match scorecard
Smriti Mandhana
Shafali Verma
Uma Chetry
Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
Jemimah Rodrigues
Richa Ghosh (wk)
Deepti Sharma
Pooja Vastrakar
Radha Yadav
Tanuja Kanwar
Renuka Thakur Singh
Sri Lanka squad
Vishmi Gunaratne
Chamari Athapaththu (c)
Harshitha Samarawickrama
Hasini Perera
Anushka Sanjeewani (wk)
Kavisha Dilhari
Nilakshi de Silva
Inoshi Priyadharshani
Udeshika Prabodhani
Sugandika Kumari
Sachini Nisansala
Indian innings: india women vs sri lanka women’s national cricket team match scorecard
The Indian team won the toss and elected to bat first.
Score- 165/2 |20 overs, Extras-4
Batting Stats
| Batter | Runs | Balls | fours | sixes | SR | |
| Shafali Verma | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 84.21 | |
| Smriti Mandhana | 60 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 127.66 | |
| Uma Chetry | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 100.00 | |
| Rodrigues | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 181.25 | |
| Richa Ghosh (wk) | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 214.29 | |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Radha Yadav | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Fall of wickets
44-1 Shafali Verma (6.2)
58-2 Uma Chetry (8.1)
87-3 Harmanpreet Kaur (11.6)
128-4 Rodrigues (16.1)
133-5 Smriti Mandhana (16.5)
164-6 Richa Ghosh (19.4)
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | Ovr | Mdn | Runs | Wkts | NB | WD | ECO | ||||||||||||
| Priyadharshani | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.80 | ||||||||||||
| Prabodhani | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||
| Sugandika Kumari | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.80 | ||||||||||||
| Kavisha Dilhari | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||
| Sachini Nisansala | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | ||||||||||||
| Chamari Athapaththu (c) | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.30 | ||||||||||||
Sri Lanka Innings: india women vs sri lanka women’s national cricket team match scorecard
Score- 167-2 |20 overs, Extras- 6
Batting Stats
| Batter | Runs | Balls | fours | sixes | SR |
| Vishmi Gunaratne | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Chamari Athapaththu (c) | 61 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 141.86 |
| Harshitha Samarawickrama (NT) | 69 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 135.29 |
| Kavisha Dilhari (NT) | 30 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 187.50 |
Fall of wickets
7-1 Vishmi Gunaratne (1.4 Overs)
94-2 Chamari Athapaththu (11.6 overs)
Bowling department
| Bowler | Ovr | Mdn | Runs | Wkts | NB | WD | ECO | ||||||||||||
| Renuka Thakur Singh | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.70 | ||||||||||||
| Pooja Vastrakar | 3.4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.90 | ||||||||||||
| Deepti Sharma | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | ||||||||||||
| Tanuja Kanwar | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.50 | ||||||||||||
| Radha Yadav | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.80 | ||||||||||||
Final words
The match played between both team was thrilling and electrifying till the end. Further, Sri Lankan team won the match by 8 wickets and won first title of Asia cup. The women team has created history after winning the Asia Cup title. The rivalry among both teams were from a long time.
