Asian Games 2026 Cricket: India-W beat Bangladesh-W in the Semi-final to fight Sri Lanka-W for the Gold Medal in Asian Games 2026 Final.

IND-W had beaten BAN-W in Semi-Final to fight Sri Lanka-W for the Gold Medal in Women’s Asian Games 2026 final.

IND-W had beaten BAN-W in semi-final of Women’s Asian Games 2026, in Aichi, Nisshin on Sunday. The defending champion India will face Sri Lanka In the final of Women’s Asian Games 2026 to reclaim the gold medal. The Indian women's cricket team defeated Bangladesh-women by 114 runs in the semi-final thanks to a stunning century by Shafali Verma.

Winning the toss Indian T20 Captain Harmanpreet Kaur decided to bat first and then the openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma started to hammer the opponent bowlers and within the power play they scored 72-1. Mandhana surpassed Suzie Bates of New Zealand, who retired following the T20 World Cup 2026 earlier this year, to become the top run scorer in women's T20I history by hitting Marufa Akter for a boundary in the third over. The 30-year-old Indian opener was caught in the deep off Nahida Akter after scoring a 19-ball-37.

But Shafali reached her 50th in 24 balls, hitting her 100th six in T20I cricket with a maximum off Nahida Akter. India reached 150/2 as she hit Marufa for 22 in the fifteenth over. After a solid 33-ball 40 in the 18th over, Harmanpreet was stumped while attempting to step out on Rabeya Khan’s bowling. Shafali, however, brought up her ton in the final delivery of the innings off just 49 balls - the joint-fastest century by an Indian in women’s T20Is alongside Harmanpreet. India utilized Shafali Verma's first international century, the first in Asian Games women's cricket to put up a strong 195/4

Then the Indian bowlers did their work magically and struck Bangladesh within the first three overs, dismissing Juairiya Ferdous and Sobhana Mostary, respectively. And score was only 9/2 as Nandani Sharma and Kranti Gaud strike within the first three.

After a brief Bangladeshi comeback led by captain Nigar Sultana and Dilara Akter, Shree Charani struck to dismiss the opposition captain, ending a 29-run partnership. After that one after one, Bangladeshi line crumbled very badly and got all out for 81 in 15.4 over. Deepti Sharma (3/7), Sree Charani (2/7) and Nandani Sharma (3/21) all of them had a pretty good bowling spells.

On Tuesday, the Indian women's cricket team will play Sri Lanka in the Asian Games 2026 final at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.

As the result of Women’s Asian Games 2026 are yet to come, The Silicon Review will be updating about every game.