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Sri Lanka ace record chase for first Women's Asia Cup title

Chamari Athapaththu kept the smiles on for the hosts till she batted ACC

3 - Sri Lanka are only the third team to win the women's T20 Asia Cup, after India and Bangladesh. India were victorious in 2012, 2016 and 2022, while Bangladesh won in 2018. India also won all four editions of the women's ODI Asia Cup - 2004, 2005-06, 2006 and 2008.

166 - Target that Sri Lanka chased on Sunday, the highest any team has successfully chased in a women's T20I final. The previous highest was 149 by West Indies against Australia in the 2016 women's T20 World Cup final.

1 - The chase of 166 by Sri Lanka is their highest in women's T20Is, bettering their chase of 156 against South Africa earlier this year. It is also the third-highest successful target chase by any team against India.

1 - Sri Lanka also recorded the highest successful target chase in the women's T20 Asia Cup, bettering the 142-run chase by Bangladesh in 2018 against India in Kuala Lumpur.

304 - Runs scored by Chamari Athapaththu in this Asia Cup - the second-most by any woman in a T20I series or tournament. The highest is 310 runs by Hayley Matthews during a three-match series against Australia last season.

47 - Runs conceded by Radha Yadav in this match - the most by a bowler in a women's T20 Asia Cup game. The previous highest was 45 by Aisya Eleesa against Sri Lanka earlier in this edition. The 47 runs by Radha are also the third-most conceded by an India bowler in a women's T20I.

26 - Fifty-plus scores for Smriti Mandhana in T20I cricket, the second-most by a woman, behind Suzie Bates (29). She surpassed Beth Mooney with her fifty on Sunday.

5 - Number of fifty-plus scores for Mandhana in T20I knockout matches, the joint-most by any woman alongside Beth Mooney. Mandhana has three half-centuries in the T20I finals, one behind Mooney's four.

332 - Runs scored by Sri Lanka and India on Sunday in Dambulla. It is the highest aggregate for a women's T20 Asia Cup game, bettering the 324 runs scored by India and UAE last Sunday.