India Vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Women’s Asia Cup: Mandhana, Shafali Give Women In Blue Fast Start In Final | INDW 31-0

India have started positively in the final. Mandhana has already found the boundary twice, while Shafali has joined the party with a cracking slog-sweep through deep mid-wicket. The openers are looking settled early on, with Sri Lanka searching for a breakthrough.

And we’re underway in the final! Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are out in the middle, with Mandhana taking strike. Mithali Ayodhya has the new ball in hand, let the title battle begin.

Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Chamari Athapaththu(c), Imesha Dulani, Vishmi Gunaratne, Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Sugandika Kumari, Chamudi Praboda, Mithali Ayodhya

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma

Harmanpreet Kaur: We are going to bat first. It's a very important game for us, put up a score on the board. Every final is important, there is pressure, but we need to play good cricket. We have one change, Pratika is resting and Kamalini is playing.

Chamari Athapaththu: If we won the toss, definitely we would have bowl first, because we back our skills. Last few games we have bowled really good. Actually, it's a really good thing for me as well as the team. As a country, we need to improve our cricket all the time. So we have good players. We will stick with our plans and we'll try to play positive cricket in the middle. [Any changes?] We are going with one change, Vishmi Gunaratne is playing in place of Sanjana Kavindi.

India Women have won the toss and have opted to bat first against Sri Lanka Women.

India and Sri Lanka will battle for the Women's Asia Cup 2026 title in Dubai, with Harmanpreet Kaur's side looking to avenge their 2024 final defeat. Both teams are unbeaten in the tournament, but India enter the final with the stronger recent record and a well-rounded attack led by Deepti Sharma.

Sri Lanka, the defending champions, have shown resilience despite batting collapses and will rely on Chamari Athapaththu to deliver on the big stage. With spin expected to dominate the slow Dubai surface, another gripping final awaits.

Matches played: 31

India won: 25

Sri Lanka won: 5

No Result: 1

The Asia Cup tie between India and Sri Lanka will be telecast live on the Sony Sports Network, which includes Sony Sports Ten 3, Sony Sports Ten 4 and Sony Sports Ten 5, along with their HD feeds.

The Asia Cup game between the two teams will be streamed live in India on the Sony LIV app and Sony LIV website from 8 P.M. IST onwards.

Hello, we are here with the final blog of the Women's Asia Cup 2026. Stay tuned for all the live updates from the title clash between India and Sri Lanka.