Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 22 -- Smriti Mandhana's 79 and a late assault from Richa Ghosh helped Harmanpreet Kaur-led India post a daunting 216/3 against Sri Lanka in the women's cricket gold medal match at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday.

Batting first, India made a brisk start as opener Smriti Mandhana struck two boundaries in the opening over bowled by Sugandika Kumari.

Mandhana maintained the aggressive approach in the third over, hitting two successive sixes off Kumari as India reached 25/0. In the following over, Shafali Verma and Mandhana added 15 runs off Mithali Ayodhya's over to take India's score to 40/0.

During the fifth over, bowled by Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu, Mandhana and Verma continued their attacking display, sm...