The Indian women’s team won the Asia Cup T20 tournament by defeating the defending champions Sri Lanka.

The final match played in Dubai proved to be one-sided, the Indian team won the match by 72 runs.

In the match, the Indian women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be correct.

Indian openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Madana strengthened their grip on the match in the beginning by batting smoky. Shafali played an innings of 68 runs and Smriti 59 runs.

Apart from them, Richa Ghosh played an innings of 17 runs and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur played an innings of 14 runs, with which India posted a total of 183 runs on the board.

Chasing a target of 184 runs, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 111 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Chamari Atapatu scored 36 runs for the defending champions team.

Shri Charani took 4 wickets while Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for India.