Sri Lanka 167 for 2 (Samarawickrama 69*, Athapaththu 61, Dilhari 30*)
India 165 for 6 (Mandhana 60, Ghosh 30, Dilhari 2-36)
Sri Lanka won by eight wickets
Sri Lanka secured their first Women's Asia Cup title win on Sunday (Jul 28), beating India with a clinical run-chase in front of home fans. This was also just the second time in their nine final appearances.
Sri Lanka created history on Sunday (Jul 28), dethroning India to clinch their maiden Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup. Fighting half-centuries from top order batters Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama, and Kavisha Dilhari's all-round heroics stood out as Sri Lanka cruised to an eight-wicket victory in front of a packed crowd in Dambulla.
Samarawickrama and Dilhari's valuable contributions in the final once again highlighted a crucial point that Sri Lanka are not just dependent on their captain to deliver. They have now won 14 of the 17 T20Is this year and go into the T20 World Cup slated in October with massive confidence and pride from their performances.
Smriti Mandhana's 60 and quickfire knocks from Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues helped India post a competitive total of 165 for 6 but in the end, it proved inadequate.
Women's Asia Cup winners
Year Format Winner
2004 ODI India
2005-06 ODI India
2006 ODI India
2008 ODI India
2012 T20I India
2016 T20I India
2018 T20I Bangladesh
2022 T20I India
2024 T20I Sri Lanka
