IND-W vs SL-W, Women's Asia Cup 2022 FINAL, Highlights: IND win seventh Asia Cup title by 8 wickets

Indian women's team has done it. They have become the Asia Cup champions for the seventh time. The women in blue continue their dominance in the tournament and have belted the title only after losing it once in 2018. In the match, India was clinical with the ball as they dismantled the Lankan batting. The Lankan batters managed to play full 20 overs and scored 65 but it was way too less. Coming out to bat, India won the match after losing just 2 wickets as Smriti Mandhana's fifty powered India to a win. This is India's seventh Asia Cup title in eight editions. Speaks a load about their dominance. It was pleasure bringing this game to you, hope you have enjoyed this as well. This is Varun Malik bidding goodbye, see in further tournaments. Take care!

The Indian team is on top in the chase as well. They are cruising towards a win.

Well well well...there is no fairy tale. No 10-wicket win at least. Harmanpreet Kaur is in.

Well, the score isn't much and India seems in a hurry. Don't go anywhere, this could be over pretty quick.

The Indian women's team need 66 to win their seventh Asia Cup title. A proper dominance in the bowling. Renuka Thakur, Sneh Rana and Rajeshwari Gayakwad have scalped wickets. The pitch looks to help spinners a bit but SL batters surrendered it more. SL managed to play the complete 20 overs but kept losing wickets very often. IND need just 66 runs to win their seventh title and regain the trophy for the first time after 206. For SL, they need some magic. Back in a few moments.

Make it nine. IND is one wicket away from bowling SL out. Sneh Rana bowls Sugandika Kumari out.

With five overs left in the inning, IND are eyeing to bowl SL out in the final. SL have scored only 40 runs in 15 overs and have lost eight wickets. 

Make it eight then. Rajeshwari Gayakwad has bowled bowling all-rounder Oshadi Ranasinghe. A fifty-run target looks far now. 

The Indian bowlers have dismantled the Sri Lankan batting lineup. There is some assistance for the spinners but Lankan players are surrendering it. Renuka Singh, Sneh Rana and Rajeshwari Gayakwad have sent 5 players back, while 2 have been run-out. 

Yes Renuka is on fire!

Sneh Rana strikes in her first over and SL are seven down with only 25 on the board. The pitch looks to suit the spinners but not to the extent that the scorecard shows us. 

The powerplay comes to an end with Sri Lanka in big trouble. They have fallen like a pack of cards here and India are roaring currently. Three wickets for Renuka Singh, some suicidal runouts and Sri Lanka find themselves in an ugly situation currently. Big partnerships are needed unless this innings shall be wrapped up quickly. 

Within a matter of minutes, SL find themselves four down. This looks ugly. First Nilakshi de Silva got run out and now, Hasini Perera is caught by Mandhana.

It's two down now. Harshitha Madavi has been caught behind and SL are in trouble here in Sylhet. 

The Indian women team have scalped the first wicket of the match. It's SL's skipper Chamari Athapaththu, who has been run out early. A huge confusion in the middle as Athapaththu cut this but staright to the short third and she is well out of her crease.

The Lankan openers- Athapaththu, Sanjeewani are out in the middle as SL begin their innings in the final. Deepti Sharma starts for India.

One change- Dayalan Hemalatha in for Radha Yadav

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Unchanged team

Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Malsha Shehani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya

So, Sri Lanka women have won the toss and have opted to bat in the final. The Lankan side is unchanged for the final clash.

Hello and Welcome to the Coverage of the Women's Asia Cup 2022 Final. It's India women vs Sri Lanka women who are chasing glory in the continental tournament. The Indian team has had a great tournament till now and are into their seventh final of the tournament. Meanwhile, the Lankan side has breached the semifinal barrier after 14 years. India is chasing their seventh title in the eighth edition and are stronger than their opponents on paper. They have won all their matches easily except for a loss in the group stage against Pakistan. However, the Lankan side has overcome crunch moments on their road to the finale and is a difficult side to overcome on their day. Now it's all down to the all-important final game, where the winner will take all. Can the Indian women regain the trophy after 6 years or will the Sri Lankan women make it a double continental cup, after their men's side surprised with a win in UAE? We shall find that out soon. I Varun Malik, will take you on this roller coaster ride of the final. So stay tuned for the updates and the toss at 12:30 PM.