India dominated the tournament after beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the title clash for their seventh title in eight editions.
Sri Lanka, who were playing their first tournament final in 14 years, burst out after batting on a slow pitch and offered a turn. He could only make 65 runs for nine wickets, which India piled up in 8.3 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored an unbeaten 51 off 25 balls.
Harmanpreet said at the presentation ceremony, “We should give credit to our bowlers. Our fielding unit was good from the first ball and we discussed that we should not give easy runs. You have to read the wicket and position the fielders accordingly. Will happen.”
“We read the wicket thoroughly and positioned the fielders accordingly. We were not looking at the scoreboard but only set our five-over targets. We never thought about what the total was on the board and batted accordingly ”
Player of the match Renuka Singh sends Hasini Perera back in the very first ball. The pacer finished in the final with excellent figures of 3/5.
“Very happy because I didn’t bowl well in the last few matches. I practiced with my coach and staff and they really helped me get my momentum back.
Renuka said, “Just focus on your basics and achieve success. My entire team has supported me very well and the credit should go to my captain, coach and staff.”
All-rounder Deepti Sharma, who conceded just seven runs in her four overs, was declared the Player of the Series.
“Really happy with the way we performed as a unit from the first game till date. We executed what we discussed in the meeting. I backed my strength and those things helped me a lot in this tournament Of.
“The wickets were slow and before this tournament, I worked a lot on my batting and those sessions really helped me. This win gives us a lot of confidence in the upcoming series as well,” said Deepti.
After an outing in which her team did not turn up, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu expressed her disappointment, though she was happy with the bowlers.
“Tough day as a team, didn’t have a good batting performance in the final and I am really upset today. We have the T20 World Cup ahead and we have learned a lot in this tournament and as a batting unit, we have Will have to stick with our plans. I am really happy with my bowling unit.
Chamari said, “We have some young players and hopefully they will continue their performance as a batting unit. We don’t have very experienced players, but they are good players and think they will play a lot of cricket in the future.” ” ,
The Indians bowled with discipline but poor shot selection contributed more to Sri Lanka’s quick slide. After the memorable win over Pakistan in the semi-finals, it looked like the opportunity had passed better than Sri Lanka.