Women's Asia Cup: Fourth Successive Title for India

The Indian Women's cricket team won their 4th successive Asia Cup crown, by beating Sri Lanka by 177 runs in the final in Kurunega, Sri Lanka. Batting first, India piled up 260/7 in 50 overs. Asha Rawat scored 97, while skipper Mithali Raj made 66. Rumeli Dhar too contributed 50. For Sri Lanka, skipper Siriwardene took 4 wickets.

In reply, Sri Lanka batted very poorly and bundled out for 83 in 35.2 overs. Only Siriwardene and Chamari reached double figure. Chamari was the top scorer with 23. For India, Neetu David and Seema took 3 wickets each. Rumeli Dhar was named the woman of the tournament. It could be recalled that Jhulan Goswami became the 4th Indian bowler to complete 100 ODI wickets in Women's cricket earlier in the tournament.

BCCI President Sharad Pawar congratulated the team and announced a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh (US$12,000) each for the victorious players.