India beat England to become champions
The women's Under-19 T20 World Cup was held for the first time. And in the first round, India won. They beat England by 7 wickets to become champions.
The women's Under-19 T20 World Cup was held for the first time. And in the first round, India won.
They beat England by 7 wickets to become champions. Shefali Verma's team secured the win with 36 balls to play after a target of 69 runs.
India invited England to bat first after winning the toss at Potchefstroom. The English could not stand in front of their great bowling. It ends in 68 runs. Ryana McDonald Gay scored the maximum 19 runs. Besides, only Alex Stonehouse (11), Sophia Small (11), and Niamh Holland (10) can reach double digits. Pacer Titas Sadhu became the man of the match with 2 wickets at the cost of 6 runs in 4 overs. Archana Devi and Parshvi Chopra also took two wickets.
India did not get off to a good start in reply. Two openers Shefali Verma and Shweta Sherawat returned to the dressing room within 20 runs. However, Soumya Tiwari and Gongadi Trisha handled the pressure in the third wicket pair. As the target of victory was not big, both of them tried to bat without taking any risk. He played with the ball. At the end of the day, both scored individual 24 runs. Although Trisha was out, Soumya secured victory with Rishita Bose.
England's Grace Scrivens was named Player of the Tournament for her all-around performance despite the team's loss. He scored 293 runs and 9 wickets in 7 matches. Meanwhile, despite playing well in the group stage, Bangladesh's tournament stopped in the Super Six.
