Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 22 (ANI): Harmanpreet Kaur-led India gained the toss and elected to bat towards Sri Lanka within the girls’s cricket gold medal match on the ongoing Asian Games 2026. The high-stakes conflict is being performed at Korogi Sports Park on Tuesday.
It is a rematch of the 2023 Asian Games closing, with India taking up Sri Lanka as soon as once more with gold on the road. Both groups have comfortably reached the ultimate, with India defeating Japan within the quarter-finals and Bangladesh within the semi-finals, whereas Sri Lanka beat Malaysia and Pakistan of their respective knockout match.
The Women in Blue clinched the gold medal on the 2023 version after defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs within the closing in Hangzhou.
Playing XIs of each groups:
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud.
Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Imesha Dulani, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Hansima Karunaratne, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Mithali Ayodhya, Kawya Kavindi, Chamudi Praboda, Sugandika Kumari.
Squads:
India Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav.
Sri Lanka Women Squad: Imesha Dulani, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Hansima Karunaratne, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Mithali Ayodhya, Kawya Kavindi, Chamudi Praboda, Sugandika Kumari, Rashmika Sewwandi, Nimasha Meepage, Sanjana Kavindi, Anushka Sanjeewani. (ANI)