Women’s Cricket Team Wins India’s First Asian Games 2026 Gold
India have their first gold medal of the Asian Games and it has come in emphatic fashion The Indian women s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by runs in the final at Karogi Athletic Park in Nisshin Aichi on Tuesday successfully defending the gold medal they won at the Hangzhou Asian Games Sri Lanka once again finished with silver while Pakistan secured bronze after defeating Bangladesh in the third-place playoff Mandhana Sets the ToneAfter winning the toss Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur chose to bat The decision quickly paid off Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma launched an attacking assault adding runs during the powerplay Shafali fresh from her century in the semi-final against Bangladesh took on Sri Lanka s bowlers and smashed three sixes off captain Chamari Athapaththu in the fifth over Mandhana soon brought up her th T I half-century reaching the milestone in just balls Shafali narrowly missed
