Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 23 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman congratulated the Indian ladies’s cricket crew after it gained the gold medal on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, calling the achievement a proud second for Indian cricket.
Currently, Laxman is with the Indian males’s cricket crew and is serving because the stand-in head coach for the boys’s cricket occasion on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Under his steering, the Men in Blue lately secured an exhilarating two-run victory over Japan in a historic one-off T20I. The males’s cricket competitors on the Asian Games will likely be held from September 24 to October 3.
Taking to social media platform X, Laxman praised the crew and help employees for his or her efforts following India’s title-winning efficiency.
‘Congratulations to our ladies’s crew on successful the gold. A implausible achievement and a proud second for Indian cricket. Well carried out to your entire crew and help employees,’ Laxman wrote on X.
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In a repeat of the Hangzhou 2023 gold-medal conflict, India has defeated Sri Lanka by 147 runs to efficiently defend their Asian Games ladies’s cricket title. The triumph additionally earned India its first gold medal of the 2026 Asian Games.
Sri Lanka settled for silver for the second consecutive version, whereas Pakistan claimed the bronze medal after defeating Bangladesh within the third-place playoff earlier within the day.Deepti Sharma was the standout performer with the ball, returning spectacular figures of three/6.
Shafali Verma, Shree Charani and Shreyanka Patil additionally performed their half, claiming two wickets every as India’s bowlers accomplished a dominant efficiency.
Brief scores: India Women 216/3 in 20 overs (Smriti Mandhana 79, Richa Ghosh 49 not out; Chamudi Praboda 1/34) beat Sri Lanka 69/10 in 15.4 overs (Chamari Athapaththu 29; Deepti Sharma 3/6) by 147 runs. (ANI)