Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 21 -- During the Asian Games cricket tournament final against Sri Lanka, the Indian batting trio of Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur will play a massive role in India's chances of a second successive gold in women's cricket.

Just days after squaring off in the title clash for the Asia Cup, India and Sri Lanka will be locking horns for the Asian Games women's cricket gold in Japan on Tuesday.

Shafali, who has been in scintillating form in knockout games since her masterful 87 against South Africa in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at home last year, cracked her maiden T20I ton against Bangladesh in the semifinals on Sunday, with her 49-ball 100* being laced with three fours and nine sixes. Shafali...