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Skipper Radha Yadav produced an fantabulous all-round effort to powerfulness India A into the last of the Women's Rising Stars T20 Asia Cup with a five-wicket triumph implicit Sri Lanka A present connected Friday (February 20, 2026).
Sri Lanka elected to bat aft winning the toss, but the determination backfired spectacularly. The Indian bowlers, led by Radha, ran done the line-up to vessel them retired for a paltry 118.
The left-arm spinner returned with good figures of 4 for 19.
She was ably supported by different left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar (2/20) and leg-spinner Prema Rawat (2/9).
For Sri Lanka, opener Sanjana Kavindi (31, 35b) offered a token fight.
The Lankans were placed astatine 71 for 2 successful the 10th implicit but could not antagonistic the Indian spinners from that point, losing the remaining 8 wickets for 47 runs successful a small implicit 9 overs.
The lone agleam spot successful their innings was a 36-run confederation betwixt Kavindi and chap opener Hansima Karunaratne (14).
India did not person excessively galore moments of interest during the chase, isolated from losing 3 wickets for 21 runs astatine ne stage. That included top-scorer Vrinda Dinesh (42).
But with Radha making an unbeaten 31 disconnected 18 balls with 7 fours, India sauntered past the rages successful 13.3 overs.
In the final, India volition look the victor of the different semifinal betwixt Bangladesh and Pakistan which volition beryllium played aboriginal successful the day.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka A Women: 118 each retired successful 19.4 overs (Sanjana Kavindi 31; Radha Yadav 4/19, Prema Rawat 2/9, Tanuja Kanwar 2/20) mislaid to India A Women: 119/5 successful 13.3 overs (Vrinda Dinesh 42, Radha Yadav 31 not out; Shashini Gimhani 2/33) by 5 wickets.
