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The title match of the 9th season of the Women's Asia Cup was played between India and Sri Lanka. In this match, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets and won the title for the first time. Sri Lanka won the title by remaining unbeaten. With this defeat, Team India's dream of becoming champion for the record eighth time also got shattered. India has won the title 7 times in this tournament and has reached the final in all 9 editions. Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur expressed grief after the defeat in the final match.
How was the result of the match?
In the final match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat. India started well and scored a huge score of 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs thanks to the half-century of star batsman Smriti Mandhana. The host team Sri Lanka achieved this target by losing 2 wickets in 18.4 overs.
For Sri Lanka, captain Chamari Atapatti scored 61 runs in 43 balls and Harshita Samarawickrama scored 69 runs in 51 balls. Kavisha Dilhari also played an important role in the team's victory by scoring 30 runs in 16 balls. The only wicket for India was taken by Deepti Sharma, opener Vishmi Gunarat was run out.
Captain's pain spilled after the defeat
After the defeat in the final match, the pain of Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur was visible. She blamed the bowlers for this defeat. Harman said, 'We played good cricket throughout the tournament. But there is no doubt that we made many mistakes in the final match, due to which we had to suffer. It was a good score. We were looking for wickets in the powerplay but it did not go as planned. Sri Lanka batted really well.
The team will work hard for the World Cup
Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that keeping in mind the upcoming T20 World Cup, we will try to improve in many areas from here. We will definitely work hard and remember this day. 'Sri Lanka has played good cricket in recent times and in the tournament. Harmanpreet Kaur has congratulated the Sri Lankan team.