India vs Sri Lanka: Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2026 final – schedule, teams, form

Who: India vs Sri Lanka
What: Women’s T20 Asia Cup final
Where: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
When: Sunday, September 13, 6:30pm section clip (14:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll person each the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 3:30pm section clip (13:30 GMT) earlier our unrecorded substance commentary stream.

Record seven-time winners India look defending champions Sri Lanka successful the Women’s T20 Asia Cup last connected Sunday, arsenic the 15-match contention successful the United Arab Emirates readies itself for its closing act.

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In a tourney which has mostly yielded low-scoring contests, some Indian and Sri Lankan rotation units person tasted occurrence – Deepti Sharma spearheading the heavyweights’ complaint and skipper Chamari Athapaththu starring by illustration for the rubric holders.

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana’s terrific top-order pairing has further strengthened India’s rubric bid astatine the tournament, wherever some teams boast a cleanable record.

Having reached the last successful each variation of the Women’s Asia Cup they person played, India are favourites to adhd different trophy to their glittering cabinet.

But Sri Lanka person a menace of their ain – they are 1 of lone 2 sides who person beaten India successful the rubric clash successful past and volition beryllium anxious to clasp the trophy they proudly lifted 2 years ago.

Before Sunday’s showdown, Al Jazeera Sport takes a person look astatine the game:

Who did India and Sri Lanka bushed successful the semifinals?

India defeated Bangladesh successful the archetypal semifinal connected Thursday by 40 runs earlier Sri Lanka bushed Pakistan by 4 wickets successful Friday’s low-scoring thriller.

When did India and Sri Lanka past meet?

The brace past met successful a T20 planetary successful Thiruvananthapuram connected December 30, 2025, arsenic hosts India defeated Sri Lanka by 15 runs, sweeping that bid 5-0.

Records plaything heavy successful India’s favour – they person won 9 of their past 10 T20Is against Sri Lanka.

How galore Women’s Asia Cup titles person India won?

India are the astir palmy squad successful the Women’s Asia Cup, having won a grounds 7 titles.

They won the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 editions, erstwhile the tourney was played successful a one-day planetary format, arsenic good arsenic the 2012, 2016 and 2022 T20 editions.

How galore Women’s Asia Cup titles person Sri Lanka won?

Sri Lanka person won the Women’s Asia Cup once, winning the past variation successful 2024 aft beating India by 8 wickets successful the final.

Deepti Sharma attempts to tally retired Sobhana Mostary during the Women’s T20 Asia Cup semifinal lucifer betwixt India and Bangladesh [Francois Nel/Getty Images]

Who are India’s cardinal players?

India’s openers Shafali and Mandhana are the apical 2 starring scorers successful the ongoing edition, having scored 168 and 154 runs each successful 4 matches.

Shafali has registered 2 half-centuries – scoring identical 64s against Thailand successful the opener and Bangladesh successful the semifinals – portion Mandhana deed an unthinkable 124 against Hong Kong successful the league phase.

With the ball, all-rounder Deepti has been astir impactful with her rotation bowling, bagging a joint-highest 11 wickets with an mean of 3.63.

N Shree Charani has besides played a cardinal relation with 8 wickets and holds the grounds for the second-most economical bowler (3.27).

Who are Sri Lanka’s cardinal players?

Captain Athapaththu, who bowls close limb off-break, has been Sri Lanka’s astir impactful player, sharing the honours of the astir wickets with Deepti astatine 11, with an mean of 5.36. Left-arm orthodox bowler Sugandika Kumari has besides contributed with six wickets.

With the bat, top-order left-hander Harsthitha Samarawickrama has chipped successful 89 runs for the fourth-highest scorer successful the competition.

Chamari Athapaththu has been impactful with the shot for Sri Lanka [File: Sameera Peiris/Getty Images]

Form guide

Last 5 matches, astir caller first:

• India: W-W-W-W-L
• Sri Lanka: W-W-W-W-L

What person the players said?

India’s Deepti Sharma: “[This] squad doesn’t instrumentality immoderate squad lightly … We ever deliberation arsenic a team, ‘How we tin bash amended successful each and each game. As a corporate squad performance, however we tin bash better.’”

Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu: “If we tin execute our plans successful the final, I deliberation we tin bushed immoderate team.”

Probable India XI

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Kranti Gaud, N Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma

Probable Sri Lanka XI

Imesha Dulani, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Sanjana Kavindi, Harsthitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Kaushini Nuthyangana (wicketkeeper), Sugandika Kumari, Chamudi Praboda, Mithali Ayodhya

Where tin I ticker India vs Sri Lanka?

• India: Sony Sports, SonyLIV
• Sri Lanka: TV1, Sirasa TV
• Pakistan: PTV Network, Tamasha
• Bangladesh: T Sports, iScreen
• United Kingdom: Sony MAX
• MENA region: StarzPlay Cricket, StarzPlay