Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- Following her side's win over Sri Lanka to capture the Asian Games women's cricket gold, Indian pacer Nandani Sharma revealed her mantra during the campaign: to keep it simple and stick to the basics.

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma continued their exceptional run with the bat, taking India to a massive total, while spinners came into play to skittle out Sri Lanka for just 69 runs to win the gold medal match by 147 runs at Aichi-Nagoya on Tuesday.

Speaking to ANI, Nandani said about winning the gold, "It feels very good, it is a very good feeling. It was the first gold medal for India, so I feel even more proud."

On the advice given to her by the captain Harmanpreet Kaur, the 25-year-old said, "Everything was ...