Moga (Punjab) [India], September 24 (ANI): The father of Indian girls’s cricket crew captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Harmandar Singh, on Wednesday celebrated Team India’s gold medal triumph on the Asian Games 2026, calling it a proud second for the nation and urging households to assist their daughters in pursuing sports activities.
India’s girls’s cricket crew clinched the gold medal after defeating Sri Lanka by 147 runs within the closing on Tuesday, securing their second successive Asian Games title.
Reacting to the victory, Harmandar Singh, whereas chatting with ANI, stated on Wednesday it was a matter of delight for your entire nation that India’s daughters have been making the nation proud, including that the crew’s success was the results of their arduous work. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann for congratulating Team India and urged individuals to assist their daughters, saying they might make their households proud at some point.
“It is a matter of nice delight for your entire nation that the daughters of India are making the nation proud…your entire crew is reaping the results of the arduous work they put in…I thank PM Narendra Modi and Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann for congratulating Team India…my attraction to individuals is that they need to assist their daughters, for at some point, she is going to make you proud,’ he stated.
The Indian girls’s crew continued their sensational run on the continental stage, profitable their second successive Asian Games gold medal after fireworks from Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, because the spinners bowled Women in Blue to an enormous 147-run win within the title conflict in opposition to Sri Lanka on Tuesday.Â
In reply to India’s large 216/3, Sri Lanka folded for 69 in 15.4 overs.
With this win, India secured their first Asian Games gold of this version.
Notably, India reached the finals after defeating Japan by 8 wickets and Bangladesh by 114 runs. Before their Asian Games success, the Women in Blue had a sensational run within the Asia Cup, the place they stayed unbeaten and defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs to clinch the title.
Notably, after India scored 216/3, their bowlers dismantled the Sri Lankan batting line-up, dismissing them for 69 in 15.4 overs. Deepti Sharma led the assault with figures of three/6, whereas Shafali Verma and Shreyanka Patil claimed two wickets every. Shree Charani additionally picked up two wickets.
Before bowling Sri Lanka out for 69, India posted a formidable 216/3 after being requested to bat. Smriti Mandhana top-scored with 79 off 45 balls, whereas Shafali Verma made a brisk 48 off 29 deliveries. Richa Ghosh supplied the late impetus with an unbeaten 49 off 22 balls. Mandhana’s innings included 5 fours and 7 sixes, whereas her half-century was her thirty seventh in T20 internationals. She additionally turned the primary girl cricketer to succeed in 11,000 runs in worldwide cricket. (ANI)