India clinched the gold at the Asian games after 16 years.
Cricket made its Asian Games debut four years ago at Guangzhou, where BCCI neither sent the men's nor the women's team.
Sarita lost in the semi-finals which appeared to be a litigious bout of the women’s lightweight category at the Incheon Asian Games.
It can be considered a disappointment for the country given that the overall medal count went down in this edition.
A disconsolate Sarita had refused to accept her bronze medal at the podium to protest the semifinal loss to South Korean Jina Park.
The Indians rallied to beat the Qataris 25-21 20-25 25-22 20-25 15-10 in a keenly contested match.
No cheer for India's taekwondo players at the Asian Games.
India thus boosted its overall gold tally to 11 on the final day of competitions.
Indian women staged a strong second half performance to get the better of a fighting Iran 31-21 to retain the Asian Games kabaddi gold.
The Iranians took a massive 10-point lead in the first 20 minutes before the Indians got their act together to nullify the deficit.