India opener Smriti Mandhana top-scored for her side in the Asia Cup final with a superb 60 and the left-hander found a new career-best rating on the rankings for T20I batters as she rose one place to be fourth overall behind Australia's Beth Mooney, as per ICC.
In a repeat of the Asia Cup final, Mohammed Siraj's sensational spell was shadowed by Mohammed Shami who took the onus to send India to the semi-finals of the World Cup after a thumping 302-runs victory at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood feels that their heavy defeat to India in the Asia Cup final will give them motivation to fight in their upcoming World Cup clash at the Wankhede Stadium
South Africa will take on Sri Lanka in their opening match of the World Cup in Delhi on Saturday. Theekshana missed out on Asia Cup final due to hamstring injury.
After speedster Mohammed Siraj's fiery spell decimated Sri Lanka, the opening duo of Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan's flawless fifty-run partnership helped India win the Asia Cup for the eighth time.
While India reigned supreme at the Premadasa on Sunday, humbling defending champions Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to lift their 8th Asia Cup, former international cricketer Atul Wassan said the 'Men in Blue' were not the "hot favourites" going into the ODI World Cup next month.
Former cricketer Irfan Pathan believes India's thumping victory over Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final will act as a major "confidence boost" for the upcoming ODI World Cup.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian Team for winning the Asia Cup for a record eighth win with an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood said on Sunday that the team's performance in the Asia Cup final against India was below par and the way batters got dismissed "is very disappointing"