IND vs SL, Women’s Asia Cup 2022 Final: India Beat Sri Lanka by 8 Wickets to Clinch Title

India will eye an easy win then as they restricted Sri Lanka to 65 for 9 in 20 overs in the big finale on Saturday in Sylhet. Renuka Singh bagged a 3-wicket haul while the likes of Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Sneh Rana scalped 2 wickets apiece. For Sri Lanka, only two batters – Oshadi Ranasinghe and Inoka Ranaweera – scored in double digits.Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bat against India in the final of the Women's Asia Cup 2022 in Sylhet. While the Lankans go with the same playing XI, that feature in the semis against Pakistan, India have made a change; Radha Yadav misses out and Hemalatha comes in.The race to women's Asian cricketing supremacy will begin shortly in Sylhet when Harmanpreet Kaur's Team India takes the field against Chamari Athapaththu's Sri Lanka in the final showdown. The Women in Blue enter the Women's Asia Cup 2022 final as firm favourites as they have won 6 out of seven matches so far in the tournament. They lost their only game to arch-rivals Pakistan but Sri Lanka knocked them in the semis to make their way to the grand finale.The tournament brought to the fore India's depth as the younger crop of players has shouldered the burden of taking the team to the final without any tangible contribution from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana.For India, Jemimah's newfound consistency and Deepti's dependability with both bat and the ball has been the hallmark. Shafali, who had a poor run prior to the tournament, also found her bearings with the bat and is also bowling some mean leg breaks.
Thus, Sri Lanka might find it extremely difficult to upset the Indian applecart although in the last edition in Malaysia, four years back, Bangladesh did shock the favourites in the final.