{
  "id": 8669861,
  "title": "Shafali Verma’s 49-ball 100 takes India to gold medal clash in Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/shafali-vermas-49-ball-100-takes-india-to-gold-medal-clash-in-asian",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T10:57:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shafali-verma-49-ball-100-india-asian-games-gold-medal-clash-10886194/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India's Shafali Verma broke multiple records with her blistering 49-ball 100 against Bangladesh, taking her tally of sixes to 104 and becoming the first woman to score a century at the Asian Games. Her innings secured India's place in the gold medal final, where they will face Sri Lanka.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/chinas-13-year-old-yu-scorches-to-first-major-gold-at-asian-games",
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      },
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      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/thailand-sweep-all-three-techball-golds-at-asian-games",
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      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}