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    Sri Lanka ace record chase for first Women's Asia Cup title

    By Sampath Bandarupalli,

    1 day ago

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    3 - Sri Lanka are only the third team to win the women's T20 Asia Cup , after India and Bangladesh. India were victorious in 2012, 2016 and 2022, while Bangladesh won in 2018. India also won all four editions of the women's ODI Asia Cup - 2004, 2005-06, 2006 and 2008.

    166 - Target that Sri Lanka chased on Sunday , the highest any team has successfully chased in a women's T20I final . The previous highest was 149 by West Indies against Australia in the 2016 women's T20 World Cup final.

    1 - The chase of 166 by Sri Lanka is their highest in women's T20Is, bettering their chase of 156 against South Africa earlier this year. It is also the third-highest successful target chase by any team against India .

    1 - Sri Lanka also recorded the highest successful target chase in the women's T20 Asia Cup, bettering the 142-run chase by Bangladesh in 2018 against India in Kuala Lumpur.

    304 - Runs scored by Chamari Athapaththu in this Asia Cup - the second-most by any woman in a T20I series or tournament. The highest is 310 runs by Hayley Matthews during a three-match series against Australia last season.

    47 - Runs conceded by Radha Yadav in this match - the most by a bowler in a women's T20 Asia Cup game. The previous highest was 45 by Aisya Eleesa against Sri Lanka earlier in this edition. The 47 runs by Radha are also the third-most conceded by an India bowler in a women's T20I.

    26 - Fifty-plus scores for Smriti Mandhana in T20I cricket, the second-most by a woman, behind Suzie Bates (29). She surpassed Beth Mooney with her fifty on Sunday.

    5 - Number of fifty-plus scores for Mandhana in T20I knockout matches, the joint-most by any woman alongside Beth Mooney. Mandhana has three half-centuries in the T20I finals, one behind Mooney's four.

    332 - Runs scored by Sri Lanka and India on Sunday in Dambulla. It is the highest aggregate for a women's T20 Asia Cup game, bettering the 324 runs scored by India and UAE last Sunday.

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