"Worst chokers.." Fans slam India women as they lose Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 final to Sri Lanka women

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Published at :July 28, 2024 at 7:13 PM

Modified at :July 28, 2024 at 7:13 PM

Sri Lanka clinched their first ever Women’s Asia Cup T20 title defeating India on July 28.

It was a historic day for the Sri Lanka women’s cricket team as they won their maiden T20 Asia Cup title by thrashing the Indian women’s cricket team by eight wickets in the high-voltage Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 final on July 28.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, India opener Smriti Mandhana played a fantastic knock of 60 runs in 47 deliveries. Jemimah Rodrigues’ 29 and wicket-keeper batter Richa Ghosh’s quick-fire 14-ball 34 helped India to post a challenging total of 165/6 in 20 overs against hosts Sri Lanka.

While chasing 166, Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu played a fighting knock of 61 while Harshitha Samarawickrama smashed 69*, which helped the hosts thrash the Harmanpreet Kaur-led India by eight wickets to win their first ever Women’s T20 Asia Cup title on Sunday.

After India losing the grand finale one-sided, many cricket fans started criticizing Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. for their poor show in the championship match against Sri Lanka.

Here are some of the Tweets:

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— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) July 28, 2024

Harmanpreet Kaur, your 171* against Australia was great, but that was seven years ago. The team can't keep carrying the weight of that one innings forever. Your captaincy has failed. Time to step down and let someone else lead.#AsiaCup
— Kuch Bhi!!!! (@KirkutExpert99) July 28, 2024

Losing at home, losing overseas, losing bilateral, losing ICC tournament, can't score runs, can't captain and can't even field. Never takes accountability, blames youngsters. Still this big mouth women is captaining India without getting sacked. Disgusting #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/RBmVdvf1Cp
— R.K.𝕏 (@The_kafir_boy_2) July 28, 2024

What excuses will Harmanpreet Kaur give this time? 1. The ball was too round.2. The grass was too green.3. The sun was too bright.4. The wind was too strong.5. The crowd was too loud.Come on, we deserve better! 😅 #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/OmoXBa3ATH
— Kuch Bhi!!!! (@KirkutExpert99) July 28, 2024

Full tosses, misfields, dropped catches, slot balls and an under-pressure angry Harman. Our script in crunch games never changes.
— Manya (@CSKian716) July 28, 2024

#AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/phqD1RtDL3
— ⁠□ (@_Viditttt) July 28, 2024

Very poor show from captain Harmanpreet, poor batting, poor fielding, demoralising captaincy and poor team selection #AsiaCup
— Ved (@kanisshk) July 28, 2024

@ImHarmanpreet the worst choker and worst fielder of all time. Indian women’s team do not deserve to win anything. They are so poor in the field that no one should even waste their time watching them on television. Pathetic team and players.#AsiaCup #WomensAsiaCup2024 #IndvsSL
— Sanchit Saxena (@sanchit1209) July 28, 2024

Harmanpreet has done a real poor performance as captain in finals. India was clueless in the 2nd innings. #AsiaCup
— Anish Rai अनीश राय (@anistrong11) July 28, 2024

India men team >>>>>women team 🤡 And Sallery = sallery equal why #AsiaCup #teamindia
— MAHI. (@mine_condom) July 28, 2024

Over confidence & Complacency cost us this game. We didn't do the basics well and took our opponents lightly …and that is the biggest mistake, done by our team. #AsiaCup
— ✨️🦋QueenB🦋✨️🎗 (@divine_art3mis) July 28, 2024

I mean of the things India do get wrong, Jemi at 5 and Richa at 6 isn't one. They are being prepared for that position and both have done well there. Some people here would push everyone to open 😭😭😭 Like who would finish the innings !!?? #INDvSL #AsiaCup
— Kartik O 🏏⚽🔗 (@KOCricket528) July 28, 2024

So we lost to Sri Lanka ffs. Strongest in Asia, they were saying. No competition they were saying. Should have chased instead of batting first. Our bowling is not our strength. #AsiaCup #INDWvsSLW
— The Cow Corner (@_cow_corner_) July 28, 2024

Brief Scores: India 165/6 in 20 overs (Smriti Mandhana 60, Jemimah Rodgrigues 29, Richa Ghosh 30; Kavisha Dilhari 2/36) lost to Sri Lanka 167/2 in 18.4 overs (Chamari Athapaththu 61, Harshitha Samarawickrama 69, Kavisha Dilhari 30; Deepti Sharma 1/30) by 8 wickets.

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