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India Storms into Asian Games Cricket Final, Shafali Verma Hits Maiden Century
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News18•20-09-2026, 13:57
India Storms into Asian Games Cricket Final, Shafali Verma Hits Maiden Century
- •India's women's cricket team secured a spot in the Asian Games T20I final, guaranteeing at least a silver medal and increasing India's medal tally.
- •Shafali Verma scored her maiden T20I century, an unbeaten 100 off 49 balls, leading India to a formidable total of 195 for four against Bangladesh.
- •Bangladesh was bowled out for just 81 runs in 15.4 overs, resulting in a crushing 114-run victory for India, their second-biggest win by runs against Bangladesh.
- •India will face Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match on Tuesday, a repeat of the last edition's final and a recent Women's T20 Asia Cup final.
- •Nandani Sharma took three wickets for India, while Smriti Mandhana surpassed Suzie Bates' T20I run tally, and Harmanpreet Kaur contributed a crucial 40 runs.
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India will face Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match on Tuesday in a repeat of the previous edition's final after defeating Bangladesh by 114 runs.
Shafali Verma scored her maiden T20I century, hitting an unbeaten 100 off 49 balls against Bangladesh, which is only the fourth T20 International century for any Indian female batter.
Smriti Mandhana entered the record books by going past New Zealand great Suzie Bates' tally of 4,758 runs in women's T20Is.
