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Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on September 28 felicitated the athletes from Hangzhou Asian Games 2022. Skipper of the gold medal winning Indian women's cricket team expressed joy over the victory in the finals. "...There was a different kind of pressure here (at the Asian Games) because we have always performed well in front of the Asian teams...We are happy that we won gold," said Harmanpreet Kaur. A fiery spell by Titas Sandhu and tight spin bowling from Deepti Sharma and Devika Vaidya helped India clinch the gold medal on September 25. With this, the Indian women's team captured a Cricket gold medal in their first Asian Games outing.  India defend a modest total of 117 runs to secure the gold medal in the women's cricket tournament at the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games, beating Sri Lanka in the final by 19 runs at Hangzhou. The Indian women's team elected to bat first. Sugandika Kumari gave a big jolt to the Women in Blue, dismissing Shafali Varma for just nine runs. India was 16/1 in 3.4 overs. After this, opener Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues rebuilt the innings. On what seemed like a tricky, slow surface, they both tested the patience of the Sri Lankan bowlers.