INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India women defeated Sri Lanka women by 19 runs to bag the gold medal in the Asian Games while Sri Lanka Women had to settle for the
silver.Sri Lanka women could only score 97-8 in the chase of 117
Perera (25) played a couple of crisp shots and revived the chase with a 36-run partnership with Nilakshi de Silva (23) but the damage was
already done.India women won the toss and opted to bat on a sluggish pitch
Apart from Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored 46 and 42 respectively, none of the batters were able to resist the Sri Lanka
Asian Games being held in Hangzhou, China.--Agencies
