Sri Lanka settles for silver

India women's beat their Sri Lankan counterpart by 19 runs to win the gold medal at the Asian Games. Sri Lanka clinches the silver, Sri Lanka's first medal.
Chasing 117 to win Sri Lanka managed 97 for the loss of 8 wickets.

India clinch their first-ever Gold medal in cricket at the 
India won the Gold medal after defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the Women's T20I final of the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. Meanwhile, Bangladesh won the 3rd Place Play-off against Pakistan to clinch Bronze.
This marks the inaugural Gold medal victory for the Indian women's cricket team at the Asian Games, while the runners-up, Sri Lanka, secured the Silver medal.
While this marked India's inaugural participation in the Asian Games' cricket competition, Sri Lanka had previously competed once before.
Bangladesh also finished on the podium in the women’s cricket event. They won the Bronze medal against Pakistan in the 3rd Place Play-off, which was played between the losing semi-finalists. 
This is the first time that Pakistan will return without a medal in the women’s cricketing event. 
India’s returning captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, called it right at the toss and elected to bat first. Sri Lanka were able to eke out an early wicket in the form of Shafali Verma (9) but thereafter Smriti Mandhana (46) and Jemimah Rodrigues (42) stitched a solid 73-run partnership to lift their side. India stuttered towards the end, courtesy of some disciplined Sri Lanka bowling, but managed to reach 116/7
In response, Sri Lanka were rattled by a sharp spell from the young Titas Sadhu (3/6). The pacer took three top-order wickets in the powerplay, including that of the dangerous Chamari Athapaththu. The Sri Lanka middle-order raised hopes by putting up a fight in the middle overs, but India spinners kept the scoring rate in control and took wickets at crucial intervals.
Sri Lanka finished at 97/8, falling short by a 20-run margin. Hasini Perera was the top-scorer for Sri Lanka with a 25. 

3rd Place Play-off: Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets
Bangladesh vs Pakistan scorecard
Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana won the toss and elected to take the field. Marufa Akter set the tone by bowling a wicket maiden in the very first over of the game. Bangladesh dominated the innings hereafter, picking wickets at regular intervals. 
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Pakistan were 12/3 at the end of the powerplay, and the innings never took off from here. Aliya Riaz’s 17 was the best effort from the side. For Bangladesh, teenage leg-spinner Shorna Akter starred with the ball, picking a career-best 3/16. She accounted for Nida Dar, Umm-e-Hani and Aliya Riaz. Pakistan were restricted to 64/9 - their third-lowest total in a completed T20I innings.