Sri Lanka made history on Sunday, winning their first Women’s Asia Cup with a dominant victory over India. The hosts easily chased down the mark of 166, showing outstanding batting depth and clinical finishing.
Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama were Sri Lanka’s standout players. Athapaththu’s captaincy and batting prowess were crucial throughout the event, getting her Player of the event awards. Samarawickrama’s undefeated 69* in the final secured the victory for the hosts, earning her Player of the Match honors.
India, despite efforts from Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh, was unable to defend its title. This is only India’s second loss in the Women’s Asia Cup final, the first coming against Bangladesh in 2018.
The triumph is a notable milestone in Sri Lankan women’s cricket. They won the qualification tournament earlier this year, securing their spot in the Women’s T20 World Cup.
List of Women’s Asia Cup Victories
| Year | Format | Winner |
| 2004 | ODI | India |
| 2005-06 | ODI | India |
| 2006 | ODI | India |
| 2008 | ODI | India |
| 2012 | T20I | India |
| 2016 | T20I | India |
| 2018 | T20I | Bangladesh |
| 2022 | T20I | India |
| 2024 | T20I | Sri Lanka |
Women’s Asia Cup: Full Scorecard
India Women (20 ovs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafali Verma | lbw b Dilhari | 16 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 84.21 | ||
| Smriti Mandhana | c Athapaththu b Dilhari | 60 | 47 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 127.65 | ||
| Uma Chetry | lbw b Athapaththu | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 | ||
| Harmanpreet Kaur (c) | c Silva b Nisansala | 11 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Jemimah Rodrigues | run out (Nisansala/†Sanjeewani) | 29 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 181.25 | ||
| Richa Ghosh † | c †Sanjeewani b Prabodhani | 30 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 214.28 | ||
| Pooja Vastrakar | not out | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | ||
| Radha Yadav | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Extras | (nb 1, w 3) | 4 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 20 Ov (RR: 8.25) | 165/6 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Deepti Sharma, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Singh | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Shafali Verma, 6.2 ov), 2-58 (Uma Chetry, 8.1 ov), 3-87 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 11.6 ov), 4-128 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 16.1 ov), 5-133 (Smriti Mandhana, 16.5 ov), 6-164 (Richa Ghosh, 19.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoshi Priyadharshani | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Udeshika Prabodhani | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 9.00 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sugandika Kumari | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kavisha Dilhari | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 9.00 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sachini Nisansala | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10.00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chamari Athapaththu | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sri Lanka Women (T: 166 runs from 20 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishmi Gunaratne | run out (Chetry/†Ghosh) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Chamari Athapaththu (c) | b Sharma | 61 | 43 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 141.86 | ||
| Harshitha Samarawickrama | not out | 69 | 51 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 135.29 | ||
| Kavisha Dilhari | not out | 30 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 187.50 | ||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 1, w 1) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 18.4 Ov (RR: 8.94) | 167/2 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Nilakshika Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani †, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sachini Nisansala | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Vishmi Gunaratne, 1.4 ov), 2-94 (Chamari Athapaththu, 11.6 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renuka Singh | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 3.4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.90 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deepti Sharma | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tanuja Kanwar | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Radha Yadav | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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