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India crushes Sri Lanka in women's T20 cricket gold medal match at Asian Games

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India has handed Sri Lanka a crushing 147-run defeat to win the women's T20 cricket gold medal at the Asian Games. Led by Smirti Mandhana’s 79 and equally splendid contributions from Shifali Verma (48) and Richa Gosh (49), India posted its third-highest ever T20 score of 216-3 after it won the toss and elected to bat. Sri Lanka, which chased down its biggest-ever T20 score of 177 to beat Pakistan in the semifinals, succumbed to Indian spinners and was bowled out for 69 in 15.4 overs.

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