IND W Vs SL W Asia Cup T20 2024 Final Highlights: Athapaththu's Sri Lanka Win By 8 Wickets; Clinches Maiden Title

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IND W Vs SL W: Goodbye! 🌙

It was a thrilling encounter, but as they say, "One has to win and another to lose." This time, the hosts claimed their maiden Women's Asia Cup title. With that, it's time to say goodbye. Stay tuned for another blog! Goodbye.

IND W Vs SL W Player of the match: Harshitha Samarawickrama

Harshitha Samarawickrama smashed 69 runs 51 balls.

"I am very happy to score in this game. Had a failure earlier and was itching to do well against India."

IND W Vs SL W Live Score:  Highest Successful Run Chases for Sri Lanka Women in T20Is

166 vs India Women, TODAY*

156 vs South Africa Women, 2024

148 vs India Women, 2014

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets!

Sri Lanka have made history by defeating the defending champions by 8 wickets to secure their maiden Women's Asia Cup title. The squad charged onto the field to celebrate their terrific win. 

India Women batted first, posting 165/6 in 20 overs after Sri Lanka won the toss. Smriti Mandhana scored 60 off 47, with support from Richa Ghosh (29) and Jemimah Rodrigues (30). 

Kavisha Dilhari took two wickets, while Udeshika Prabodhani, Chamari Athapaththu, and Sachini Nisansala each took one. Sri Lanka chased the target with Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama leading the way, finishing at 167/2.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Winning SIX!

Kavisha Dilhari smashes the winning six, She gets onto the front foot and swings through the line, lofting it perfectly over long on for a maximum. Sri Lanka Women create history at Dambulla!

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Vastrakar is here!

Sri Lanka Women need 8 runs off 12 balls. They’re just moments away from clinching their maiden win against the defending champions.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Stunning SIX and a four!

Samarawickrama gets down on one knee and pulls a delivery from well outside off, sending it over deep mid-wicket for a massive six! Then, she gets low on the front foot and lofts another one over mid-off for a boundary. 

SLW need 15 runs in 16 balls

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Well-deserved Fifty!

6th T20I fifty for Samarawickrama! An impressive half-century from Samarawickrama! Gets to the milestone in 43 balls. 

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FOURRRRR!

Another boundary from Dilhari! It's a full delivery outside the off stump, and Dilhari steps forward and drives it beautifully through extra cover. With no one in the deep, the ball races away to the fence in no time.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Dropped!!

Harmanpreet Kaur drops a sitter at mid off. Full ball outside off. 

Samarawickrama looks to go over mid off but fails to get the timing right on that one. Harshitha Samarawickrama gets a lifeline.

SLW need 38 runs in 26 balls

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Dilhari joins the party!

SIXXX! Kavisha Dilhari smashes Radha over deep mid wicket and clears the fence.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: 4,6

No worries even if the Sri Lankan skipper has been removed, Harshitha Samarawickrama quickly bounces back, smashing Vastrakar for a boundary and a six. 

Sri Lanka Women are currently at 113/2

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: WICKET!!🚨🚨

India removes the big fish! Harmanpreet Kaur roars with joy as Deepti Sharma bowls Athapaththu around her legs. What an innings, but she has to walk back!

Chamari Athapaththu departs after scoring 61 runs off 43 balls

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: 4,0,4

No one is stopping this tracer-bullet! Deepti Sharma gets smashed for two fours by the Sri Lankan skipper.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Huge MIX-UP

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FIFTY for skipper!

Chamari Athapaththu reaches her fifty in just 33 balls! The Lankan skipper leads from the front once again.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Brilliant effort from Vastrakar

She takes the catch, judges the ropes perfectly, and flicks the ball back into play before going over the fence, saving a six.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Harmanpreet Kaur getting animated!

This is the first time we’re seeing Harmanpreet Kaur so animated today. She’s clearly unhappy with Radha Yadav for bowling a high full toss. No ball, free hit, and Athapaththu smashes it for a boundary.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Poor fielding from India

That's a FOUR!!!!! Poor fielding from India. Smarawickrama's reverse sweep to Radha Yadav results in a boundary.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Sri Lanka go past 50

Chamari Athapaththu continues to smash boundaries and maximums. India are eyeing to dismiss this big hitter.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Another SIXX!🤩🤩

Athapaththu is smashing Kanwar. She kneels down and slogs it across the line for another big six, followed by a boundary.

Sri Lanka Women are at 44/1

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: SIXXX!🤩

Athapaththu greets Tanuja with a huge six! The bowler comes over the wicket and delivers a half-tracker on the leg stump. Athapaththu rocks back and pulls it emphatically towards deep square leg for a maximum.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Four!!

FOUR!!!! The ball was full outside off, and Samarawickrama kneels down for the shot. It's not perfectly middled but has enough to reach the boundary ropes.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: WICKETT!!

Vishmi Gunaratne departs for 1 run!! A mix-up leaves both batters at the same end, resulting in Sri Lanka's first wicket. Gunaratne flicks a fuller delivery to mid-wicket and attempts a single, but Athapaththu stays put. Ghosh collects the throw and removes the bails.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FOUR!

Sri Lanka opens their account with a cracking boundary! Athapaththu times it to perfection, using the back foot to punch the ball across off stump and past the cover fielder for four.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Time to chase!

Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne are opening for Sri Lanka Women. Renuka Singh Thakur starts with the new ball for India Women.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Sri Lanka need 166 runs to win!!

Opting to bat first after winning the toss, India made a strong start with Mandhana and Shafali putting together 44 runs for the opening partnership. 

Mandhana, despite surviving an early scare, capitalized on the opportunity to score 60 off 47 balls, marking her 26th T20I half-century. 

Uma Chetry and Harmanpreet Kaur failed to contribute significantly. Jemimah Rodrigues, playing her 100th T20I match, added a brisk 29 off 16 balls before being run out. 

Richa Ghosh played aggressively, hitting 30 off just 14 balls with four fours and a six, benefiting from a controversial umpiring decision that spared her.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Richa departs! 🚨🚨

Prabodhani has her first wicket!! Richa Ghosh departs after great cameo of 30 runs, Full ball outside off. Ghosh shuffles across and gets into the position to play the reverse paddle. 

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FOUR!!

In the last over, Richa Ghosh starts with a bang, slicing the ball over the point fielder inside the circle for a boundary.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: 4,4,6

Richa Ghosh playing the finisher role for Team India, hits consecutive fours and then a huge six, sending the ball sailing over deep midwicket.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Mandhana's fifty

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Another one bites dust!!🚨🚨

OUTT! Mandhana has to walk back after a well-made 60 runs. The bowler comes around the wicket, delivers it full and tossed up outside off. 

Mandhana shuffles across and gets down on one knee for the slog sweep, but she mistimes it. Chamari Athapaththu sprints in from deep mid-wicket and grabs a good running catch.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FOUR!

First boundary for Richa! Full outside off. Ghosh takes the aerial route first ball and lofts it over mid off for a boundary.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score:  WICKET!!🚨🚨

OUT!!!! The bowler comes over the wicket, delivers a length ball down the leg side. Jemimah flicks it to square leg and pushes for a second run. The fielder makes a sharp throw, and the keeper swiftly removes the bails. Jemimah dives but falls short of her crease!! 

Jemimah Rodrigues 29(16)

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: SIXXXX!

Free hit and six! That's Jemimah showing her skills. The ball was slower and shorter, outside off stump, just asking to be smashed. Rodrigues rocks back and sends a powerful pull shot soaring over square leg for an awesome six.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score:  Was that OUT?

The ball bounces twice before reaching Mandhana. It's delivered over the wicket, back of a length outside off. Mandhana swings across the line, but it catches the leading edge and heads towards Athapaththu at mid-off. 

Sri Lankan players start celebrating, but the umpire signals a no-ball!

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: 100 up for India Women

India Women reach the 100-run mark in just 14 overs!! Mandhana is going strong and needs solid support from the other end to set up a strong finish for the team.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FOUR!!

Mandhana clears point with a confident shot, grabbing a much-needed four. Full and wide outside off, Mandhana moved across, creating space on the leg side, and elegantly lifted it over the infield for a welcome boundary.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Fifty!🚨🚨

Smriti Mandhana hits back-to-back half-centuries, reaching fifty off just 36 balls.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Captain departs!

Oh no! The Indian skipper falls as Nisansala strikes. Right after Harmanpreet hit a boundary, Nisansala removes her on the very next ball.

Harmanpreet Kaur departs after scoring 11 runs

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Enquiry for stumping!

Anushka Sanjeewani appeals for a stumping!! The TV umpire reviews the replays. Mandhana momentarily lifted her back foot outside the crease, but she managed to get it back inside before Sanjeewani dislodged the bails.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: FOUR!!

Boom! Mandhana smacks Athapaththu through the covers with a superb inside-out drive. Great footwork and excellent extension of the arms there!

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Moment! 👀👀

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Uma Chetry falls! 🚨🚨

Chamari Athapaththu strikes with the first ball, and Uma Chetry is dismissed! It was a full delivery on the middle stump. Chetry attempted a sweep but missed, getting hit on the front pad.

Uma Chetry departs after scoring 9 runs 

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Four!! 🤩🤩

Uma Chetry gets her first boundary in T20Is. Full outside the off stump. Chetry gets down on one knee and goes for a release stroke. 

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Shafali departs!🚨

Wicket!! Sri Lanka needed a breakthrough to end the strong partnership and in no time Kavisha Dilhari strikes. Bowls it on a length on the middle stump, Verma uses her feet a couple of steps and misses the flick on the inside edge.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: End of powerplay

India Women are dominating the game at 44/0 after six overs. 

Sri Lanka missed a straightforward chance to dismiss Smriti Mandhana when she was on 10, and she hasn't looked back since then.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: 4,4,4 🤩🤩

Smriti Mandhana hits Prabodhani for consecutive boundaries and adds another four in the over

14 runs in the 6th over.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Dropped!!

Sri Lanka's fielding woes continue as a straightforward catch at extra cover is dropped, giving Mandhana a second chance.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Sugandika into the attack

Good start by Sugandika Kumari, just 3 runs off her first over.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Mandhana joins the party!

That's a stunning boundary coming from vice captain! Mandhana rocks back and slaps it past the diving cover point to her right. Followed by another boundary off Fernando.

8 runs in the 3rd over.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Four!!🤩🤩

Second boundary of the match! Shafali Verma smashes Prabodhani for a four!

Verma gets onto the front foot and drives it sweetly through cover point for a boundary.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: First Boundary!

FOURRRRR!!! First boundary in the Fernando by Shafali Verma off Fernando.

6 runs in the first over

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Players Entering!

Sri Lanka players are charging on the field and outcomes the two Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma. Inoshi Priyadharshani Fernando to ball the first over.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: 100th T20I game

Jemimah Rodrigues is playing her 100th T20I game for India Women.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Team Changes

India Women haven't made any changes to the XI that featured in the Semi-Final 1 against Bangladesh Women.

Sri Lanka Women have made one change to the XI, which took the field against Pakistan Women in the second Semi-Final. Sachini Nisansala relaces Achini Kulasuriya.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Playing XI

Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Harshitha Madavi Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Inoshi Priyadharshani Fernando, Nilakshi de Silva, Sachini Nisansala

India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Singh Thakur

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Toss Update! 🚨🚨

India Women won the toss and opted to bat first against the hosts.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: India W in Women's Asia Cup

India Women have a brilliant record in the Women's Asia Cup. They have reached the final in every edition and have lost only once that was to Bangladesh Women in 2018.

Number of Final appearances: 8

Number of Wins: 7

Number of Defeats: 1

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Pitch Report

Dambulla's pitch is expected to assist spinners more, and batting will be relatively difficult in the middle overs. 

In this tournament, the average first-inning score has been around 130-140, with anything over 150 being a par total. Batting second appears an ideal choice on this wicket.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Toss to begin soon, stay tuned!!

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Final training session

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Team Preview

Sri Lanka Women

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Women had to fight tooth and nail with Pakistan Women to claim the final berth. In a 141 run chase, the host nation stumbled with two quick wickets before legendary captain Chamari Athapaththu scored a gritty half century to take her team through.

That being said, SL-W have to be careful with their batting, as Indian spinners would walk all over them if they lower their guard.

The opener, especially, has to take responsibility as Athapaththu cannot come to the rescue all the time.

Regardless, Sri Lanka has been equally competitive in this tournament and is expected to give a tough fight for the title run to India Women.

IND W Vs SL W Live Score: Team Preview

India Women

The Indian Women cricket team led by Harmanpreet Kaur has been a dominant force in the tournament, winning all of the four games against Pakistan, UAE, Nepal and Bangladesh so far.

There has been a complete dominance in both departments and the same control was on display in the semi-final against Bangladesh as well as India won the one-sided contest by 10 wickets.

Renuka Singh and Radha Yadav's 3-wicket haul each rattled Bangladesh to a lowly 80 runs total in the first innings. Needless to say, Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana wrapped up the cakewalk chase in just 11 overs to qualify for the finals.

Still, IND-W cannot make the mistake of taking SL-W for granted, and Kaur must ensure her squad is fired up with the same energy and intent on Sunday.

Hello and Welcome to OneCricket's live blog! Today, we're in for an exciting match between India Women and Sri Lanka Women in the Women's Asia Cup 2024 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. 

Stay tuned for all the updates!