Sri Lanka thrashes India to win historic first Women’s Asia Cup

Sri Lanka has made history by winning their first-ever Women’s Asia Cup, defeating seven-time champions India by eight wickets.

Chasing a target of 166, Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu led the charge with a 43-ball 61, followed by Harshitha Samarawickrama’s unbeaten 65 off 51 balls, helping their team lift their first-ever Asia Cup trophy.

Sri Lanka won the game in 18.4 overs with eight balls to spare. Captain Chamari Athapaththu played a brilliant innings, scoring 63 runs. From the Indian side, Deepti Sharma took one wicket.

Earlier, India won the toss and chose to bat first, scoring 165 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored 60 off 47 balls, while Richa Ghosh added 30 off 14 deliveries to the total. For Sri Lanka, Kavisha Dilhari bagged two wickets, and Sachini Nisansala and Chamari Athapaththu took one wicket each.

India has won the T20 Asia Cup three out of four times and the ODI edition four times.