India and Sri Lanka clash for Asian Games women’s cricket gold

India and Sri Lanka will meet in the women’s cricket gold-medal match at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan. The toss is set for 10 a.m. IST with the first ball at 10:30 a.m. IST. India entered the final after posting 195/4 in the semi-final, anchored by Shafali Verma’s unbeaten 100 from 49 balls. Sri Lanka reached the final by chasing 178/2 in 17.5 overs, led by captain Chamari Athapaththu’s unbeaten 83 off 50 balls.

India and Sri Lanka play a second final in nine days, and Shafali Verma comes into it off 100 from 49 balls Express TribuneAl Jazeera (website)

The final revisits the Women’s Asia Cup showdown on September 13, 2026, where India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs. In the Asian Games quarter-finals, India defeated Japan by eight wickets and then Bangladesh for a 114-run semi-final win on September 20. Sri Lanka advanced by beating Malaysia and then Pakistan, chasing 177/4 with 13 balls to spare.

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• Shafali Verma – 100* (49 balls) in the semi-final, first Asian Games women’s century.

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• Smriti Mandhana – 37 (19 balls) in the final; highest run-scorer in women’s T20 internationals.

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• Chamari Athapaththu – 83* (50 balls) in the semi-final, Sri Lanka captain.

India and Sri Lanka play a second final in nine days, and Shafali Verma comes into it off 100 from 49 balls

• Deepti Sharma – leading wicket-taker in women’s T20Is during the Asia Cup.

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• Sept 13, 2026 – India beats Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup final.

India and Sri Lanka play a second final in nine days, and Shafali Verma comes into it off 100 from 49 balls

• Sept 18, 2026 – India defeats Japan in the Asian Games quarter-final.

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• Sept 20, 2026 – India posts 195/4; Sri Lanka beats Pakistan.

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• Sept 22, 2026 – Women’s gold-medal final.

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• India: 195/4 (20 overs).

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• Shafali Verma: 100* (49 balls, 9 sixes).

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• Smriti Mandhana: 37 (19 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes).

Mandhana breaks record as India romp into Asian Games cricket final

• Sri Lanka: 178/2 (17.5 overs).

India and Sri Lanka play a second final in nine days, and Shafali Verma comes into it off 100 from 49 balls

• Chamari Athapaththu: 83* (50 balls, 6 sixes, 7 fours).

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A win would give India its first gold of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Games, adding to six earlier medals, and secure back-to-back women’s cricket golds after 2022.

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There is no reserve day; a wash-out would award the gold to the higher-seeded team, India. India’s XI includes Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh and N Sree Charani. Sri Lanka’s likely XI features Chamari Athapaththu, Imesha Dulani, Hasini Perera and Kavisha Dilhari.

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• “It took a lot of years but finally it came, so I'm happy,” — Shafali Verma, on reaching her maiden T20I century.

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*All information is drawn from contemporaneous reports covering the Asian Games women’s cricket tournament.*

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