India, Sept. 22 -- Star India batter Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday said the team would need to keep improving over the next two years to challenge for gold at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where the competition is expected to be tougher than at the Asian Games.

India won their second consecutive Asian Games gold after defeating Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final here, with Mandhana contributing a 45-ball 79.

Mandhana said the team could not afford to dwell on its Asian Games success for long with tougher challenges ahead in world cricket.

"See, (compared to) Asian Games, I would say, in world cricket, I feel we have better competitions coming. So it's a big challenge going into World Cup or winning Olympics. So we'll have to keep getting...