First ever gold for India at the Asian Games in cricket: Indian women’s team defeat Sri Lanka by 19 runs

In a historic moment for India in cricket, the women's cricket team has won a first-ever gold medal at the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games, beating Sri Lanka in the final by 19 runs at Hangzhou on Monday.

 

 

 

A fiery spell by Titas Sandhu and tight spin bowling from Deepti Sharma and Devika Vaidya helped India defend a modest total of 117 runs to secure the gold medal.

 

 

With this, the Indian women's team has captured a cricket gold medal in their first Asian Games outing.

 

Sri Lanka had to settle for a silver medal. On the other hand, Bangladesh chased down a target of 65 runs set by Pakistan to capture the bronze medal.