India trounced Sri Lanka by eight wickets to lift the women's cricket Asia Cup for the third consecutive year, at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.
Sri Lanka elected to bat first but the move backfired, as they were bundled out for 93 in 44.1 overs against some accurate bowling of the Indians.
The Lankans suffered an early jolt when D de Silva fell to seamer Jhulan Goswami in the third over.
Then Rumeli Dhar accounted for Lankan skipper Shashikala Sriwardane (1) and I Galagedra (4) to keep the pressure on the Indians.
Opener C Polgampala (22) put up some resistance at one end as Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals. Later, tail-ender S Weerakoodey (17) defied the Indian attack to help her team near the three-figure mark.
For the hosts, Jhulan, Rumeli and D Palshikar claimed two wickets each.
In reply, India lost both their openers, S Naik (16) and Tirush Kamini (13), early. But unbeaten knocks by S Paranjpe (35) and skipper Mithali Raj (17) helped the hosts cruise to victory in 27.5 overs.
Paranjpe was declared player-of-the-match.
Young Indian opener Kamini and D de Silva of Sri Lanka shared the player of the tournament award.
Scorecard
Sri Lanka:
D de Silva lbw Jhulan 2
C Polgampala c Palshikar b Dimiri 22
S Sriwardane b Rumeli 1
I Galagora b Rumeli 4
S de Alwis run out 11
E Loksurya run out 9
D Manodara st Naik b Palshikar 3
Dolawati b Palshikar 1
N Abeysinghe not out 3
S Weerakoodey b Jhulan 17
Nirosh Kumari c Dimri b Paranjpe 1
Extras: (b-3, lb-4, nb-2, wd-10) 19
Total: (44.1 overs, all out) 93
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-18, 3-30, 4-51, 5-59, 6-62, 7-66, 8-67, 9-92.
Bowling: Jhulan Goswami 4-0-23-2, Rumeli Dhar 7-3-11-2, S Paranjpe 5.1-0-16-1, Rajeshwari Goyal 8-4-7-0, Priti Dimiri 10-6-12-1, D Palshikar 6-0-16-2, Tirush Kamini 4-3-1-0.
India:
S Naik c Kumari b Polgampala 16
Tirush Kamini run out 13
Paranjpe not out 35
Mithali Raj not out 17
Extras: (b-1, lb-5, wd-8) 14
Total: (27.5 overs, for 2 wkts) 95
Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-52
Bowling: S Weerkoodi 4-0-13-0,Nirosha Kumari 4-1-10-0, C Polgampala 7-0-22-1, E Loksuriya 3-0-11-0, S Sriwardane 6.5-0-22-0, S de Alwis 3-0-11-0.
