India Crushes Sri Lanka to Claim Women's T20 Gold at Asian Games

UPDATE - follow-up to India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Women's T20 Asian Games 2026 Final: IND near gold medal win, SL lose three wickets: India have won the gold medal in the Women's Cricket final at the 2026 Asian Games after defeating Sri Lanka by sealing their biggest-ever win in all WT20Is. Batting first, India posted a record Asian Games total of 216 for three, driven by a 99-run opening stand between Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma. Mandhana scored 79 runs, while Richa Ghosh added an unbeaten cameo of 49.

The Collapse

Chasing a massive target, Sri Lanka collapsed completely under pressure from India's spin attack. Captain Chamari Athapaththu scored 29 runs before getting out, while several other batters failed to reach double digits. Deepti Sharma and Shree Charani picked up crucial wickets, with Deepti even bowling a wicket-maiden. Shreyanka Patil took the final wicket by bowling Kaushini, wrapping up the match and securing another continental gold medal for India just 12 days after their Asia Cup win in Dubai.