India Women secured a 72-run win over Sri Lanka Women in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 final on Sunday, September 13, in Dubai.
Delving into the details of the game, India Women batted first and posted a whopping total of 183/5 in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana (59) and Shafali Verma (68) were the top scorers. In reply, Sri Lanka Women could score only 111 runs in 20 overs, losing the game by 72 runs.
On that note, let’s take a look at who said what after the Asia Cup 2026 final.
Harmanpreet Kaur:
“We know they are a great team. But we played to our standards. We set high standards for ourselves and we wanted to keep matching them. Very happy the way we all performed. [On the score] Yes, the openers did a great job for us. The way Shafali and Smriti bat like they did. Great to see someone like Shafali take responsibility through the tournament with the bat and ball.”
Chamari Athapaththu:
“This is the part of the game, one team wins one team loses. But end of the day we did not play our best game in all three departments. They played very well. But we will bounce back. Asian Games is coming up. And we will bounce back. We played really good cricket throughout the tournament, but today we struggled a little bit. It doesn’t mean we are not good enough. [Standout performers] A lot of players played good cricket. Especially Harshitha, Nilakshi and Praboda.”
Amol Muzumdar:
“Really proud of all the players and support staff. It was a fantastic pitch today and we came up good. Our batting was very strong. We started really nicely. [On batting] If you see throughout the fortnight, the pitch is a bit on the slower side and it turned quite a bit. So putting on a big score and defending it… we had three quality spinners, so that was the tactic. [On the openers] Left-right combination. Shafali has got her own style, the power, the charisma, she puts the opposition on the back foot. Smriti has got that flair, they complement each other really well. We went back to the five-match series against Sri Lanka in December and how we dismissed Chamari, who is an important player for them. That was the plan and glad Deepti executed it.”
