Asian Games: Indian Women's Cricket Team Script History

Producer: Aakash Biswas

Harmanpreet Kaur’s Team India scripted history on Monday as they clinched the first ever Asian Games gold in Women’s cricket

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India defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs to win the gold medal at the Asian Games 2022

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India won the toss and opted to bat first

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Smriti Mandhana scored 46 off 45 balls while Jemimah Rodrigues got 42 runs in 40 deliveries

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Mandhana and Jemimah added 73 runs for the second wicket as India posted 116/7 in 20 overs

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In reply, Sri Lanka were restricted to 97 for 8 in 20 overs

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Rookie pacer Titas Sadhu registered magical figures of 3 for 6 in 4 overs, including a maiden over

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Rajeshwari Gayakwad picked up 2 wickets for 20 runs in 3 overs

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Leg-spinner Devika Vaidya (4-0-15-1) and Deepti Sharma (4-0-25-1) picked up a wicket each

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