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Defending champions India Women are on the verge of winning their 8th title in Asia Cup 2024. Team India will look to continue their dominance in the Women's Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament with a win in the final against Sri Lanka on Sunday and try to win a record eighth title.
India will go on to win its eighth trophy
India has performed brilliantly so far in the tournament. India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets, UAE by 78 runs and Nepal by 82 runs in the league stage. In the semi-finals, India defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets. India's top order batsmen and bowlers have performed quite well so far. They have not given any chance to their rival teams yet.
Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma are in form
India's opener and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma have given the team a great start. The team management is very happy with the performance of the bowlers, especially Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh. Deepti has taken the most 9 wickets in the tournament so far, while Renuka is third in the points table with 7 wickets. The economy rate of both of them is also excellent, meaning they did not give the opposition batsmen a chance to play freely.
Radha Yadav's brilliant performance
Other Indian bowlers have also benefited from the excellent bowling of Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh. Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav is an example of this, who has so far taken 6 wickets at an economy rate of 5.5. There is no department of concern for the Indian team, but captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemima Rodrigues may be a little worried as they are getting less chances to bat.
Sri Lanka is also undefeated so far
At the same time, Sri Lanka has also remained undefeated so far. In Asia Cup 2024, Sri Lanka also achieved the biggest win in terms of runs. In the group stage, Sri Lanka defeated Malaysia by 144 runs. Captain Chamari Atapattu has performed brilliantly for Sri Lanka so far. Atapattu has scored 243 runs. Apart from Atapattu, no Sri Lankan batsman could even reach 100 runs. If India has to register a win and win its 8th title, then it will have to keep the Sri Lankan captain under control. Sri Lankan bowlers will be put to a tough test in front of India's strong batting order. Apart from off-spinner Kavisha Dilhari (7 wickets), other Sri Lankan bowlers have failed to make an impact so far.
Full squad of both countries
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), Uma Chhetri (Wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalta, Asha Shobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajna Sajeevan.
Sri Lanka: Squad: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodhani, Visham Gunarathen, Kavya Kavindi, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Sugandhika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi De Silva, Sachini Nissansala, Shashini Gimhani.