Publish Date: | Sat, 15 Oct 2022 04:58 PM (IST)
Women Asia Cup 2022: India defeated Sri Lanka in the final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2022. Team India won the title for the seventh time with this victory. The women’s team has won this title under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. So far, the Women’s Asia Cup has been organized eight times. During this, Bangladesh team has been successful in winning only once. With this win, Harmanpreet Kaur has equaled Mithali Raj. At the same time, the record of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) has been broken.
Talking about the match, Sri Lanka, batting first, scored 65 runs for 9 wickets. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target for 2 wickets in 8.3 overs. Bowler Renuka Singh took 3 wickets for 5 runs. At the same time, Smriti Mandhana scored 51 * runs. He took the team to victory by hitting a six.
MS Dhoni back
With this win, Harmanpreet Kaur has surpassed MS Dhoni in the history of Asia Cup. Harmanpreet won the title for the third time after defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. Dhoni won the title once in ODI and once in T20 format. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, they won the Women’s Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan in 2012 and 2016.
Mitaji Raj equals
The Women’s Asia Cup was held for the first time in 2004. Then the Indian team won under the captaincy of Mamta Maben. After this, in 2005, 2006 and 2008, the Asia Cup was won under the leadership of Mithali Raj.
Posted By: Kushagra Valuskar