Asia Cup 2022 Final: India girls best in Asia for the seventh time

 

By City of Joy: Winning the Asia Cup (Women's Asia Cup 2022) and preparing for the upcoming T20 World Cup . The Indian women's cricket team entered the Asia Cup with twin goals. Both goals were met. Chasing the target of 66 runs in the final, they won in 8.3 overs. Smriti Mandhana finished the match with a six. The Indian team underwent extensive testing in the group stage. India brought down the best combination in the final. Success came. Team India is the best in Asia for the seventh time .. India started the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka. The end is the same. Sri Lanka could not take the pressure of the final. Sri Lanka lost to India's impeccable bowling and fielding. Sri Lanka reached the final four times in the women's Asia Cup. The last time was in 2008. Runners had to be satisfied. This time the picture did not change. Indian young pacer Renuka Singh Thakur played a major role in Sri Lanka's batting disaster. The spinners did the rest.

Sri Lanka 65-9 (20 overs)

India 71-2 (8.3 overs)

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat. The plan was to put big runs on the board and embarrass India in the spin. Their initial plans were thwarted. Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atapattu was run out in the third over of the innings due to a misunderstanding. Renuk's hat trick in the fourth over. Bring back Harshitha Samarawickrama, Sri Lanka's leading run-scorer in the tournament. Anushka Sanjeevani was run out on the next ball. Fifth ball of the over, Hasini sent back Perera. Sri Lanka lost three wickets in one over of Renuka and came under huge pressure. The fall of wickets does not want to stop. After losing 5 wickets in the power play it is virtually impossible to recover. The same is true of the Sri Lankan batting. But the moral victory for them is to bat 20 overs. Sri Lanka scored 65 runs for 9 wickets. Only two batters reached double figures. Renuka took 3 wickets with just 5 runs in 3 overs.

Although the target was small, India was uncomfortable with over-aggression. Patience is required against spinners. It is important to rotate the strike. Pakistan looked more interested in big shots in the final as in the match. Otherwise, India could have won the match by 10 wickets. Shefali stepped up on the bowling of Inoka Ranveera in the fourth over. Misses the line of the ball and is stumped out by Shefali (5). Jemima Rodriguez, the competition's top run-scorer, was bowled as he got down. There were many questions about Harmanpreet Kaur's batting order. Harman reached the final four. Co-captain Smriti Mandhana. Harmanpreet opens the account of runs on the boundary. The pair did not allow any further shocks. 8-wicket match and India's seventh Asia Cup trophy. Smriti completes the win with a six and half century.

Brief Score: Sri Lanka 65 (Inoka Ranweera 18*, Renuka Singh Thakur 3-5, Sneh Rana 2-13). India 71 (Smriti Mandhana 51* Harmanpreet Kaur 11*). India won by 8 wickets.