Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Mandhana and Verma Power India to Asian Games Gold
India played Sri Lanka in the women’s T20 cricket final at the Asian Games.
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma opened the batting for India.
Together, they scored 99 runs before Shafali was dismissed.
Mandhana made another important half-century in a major final.
Richa Ghosh then scored 49 runs from only 22 balls.
India finished with 221 runs for four wickets, their highest T20I score.
Sri Lanka struggled while batting and lost seven wickets for only 26 runs.
India won by 147 runs and earned the country’s first gold medal at these Asian Games.
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma shared a 99-run opening stand in India’s 147-run victory over Sri Lanka.
India scored 221/4, their highest-ever total in women’s T20Is, to win the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games gold medal.
Richa Ghosh contributed 49 from 22 balls, including 40 runs in boundaries.
Shafali Verma took two wickets during Sri Lanka’s collapse, while Deepti Sharma dismissed Chamari Athapaththu.
Mandhana and Verma have now scored 4,080 runs together as a T20I opening pair, more than any other pair in men’s or women’s cricket.
- Who
- India’s women’s cricket team, led by Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur, played Sri Lanka, led by Chamari Athapaththu.
- What
- India defeated Sri Lanka by 147 runs to win the women’s T20 cricket gold medal.
- When
- Tuesday; the articles do not provide an exact date.
- Where
- Korogi Sports Park, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Why
- India’s opening partnership and a strong team performance produced the victory and the country’s first gold medal at these Asian Games.
- Result
- India beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs.
- India’s total
- 221/4, India’s highest-ever women’s T20I total.
- Opening stand
- Mandhana and Verma scored 99 runs together.
- Richa Ghosh
- 49 runs from 22 balls, with 40 runs in boundaries.
- Verma’s bowling
- Two wickets inside Sri Lanka’s powerplay.
- Opening partnership record
- Mandhana and Verma have scored 4,080 T20I runs together.
- Gold medal
- India’s first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.