INDW vs ENGW U19 Women's T20 WC Final HIGHLIGHTS: India Script History, Beat England To Lift First World Title In Women's Cricket
INDW vs ENGW U19 Women's T20 WC Final LIVE: A clinical performance from the Women in Blue helped them script history. They got to their target with 6 overs to go.
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Background
While there were a lof of questions before the start of the inaugural edition of the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup, a couple of weeks later India stand on the brink of making history. It has been an extremely competitive tournament so far and the final in Potchefstroom is expected to be nothing but the same. After all the group stage fixtures, the Super Six and the semis, the Women in Blue will be up against England to try and lift the trophy.
India Women U19 Squad: Shafali Verma (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Shweta Sehrawat, Soumya Tiwari, Gongadi Trisha, Hrishita Basu, Titas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshavi Chopra, Sonam Yadav, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Falak Naz, Shabnam MD, Sonia Mendhiya, Hurley Gala
England Women U19 Squad: Grace Scrivens (c), Seren Smale (wk), Liberty Heap, Niamh Fiona Holland, Ryana Macdonald Gay, Charis Pavely, Alexa Stonehouse, Sophia Smale, Josie Groves, Ellie Anderson, Hannah Baker, Emma Marlow, Davina Sarah T Perrin, Maddie Grace Ward, Lizzie Scott
Grace Scrivens, England Skipper, Bags Player Of The Tournament Award
Despite being on the losing side today, England skipper Grace Scrivens bagged the Player Of The Tournament award. She finished the tournament with 293 runs and 9 wickets. "I never really played abroad, amazing experience and heat is something I had to deal with. Had to adapt to different conditions. We train a lot in the nets and try and put that practice in the middle. We were gutted, our batting let us down," she said at the post-match presentation.
Tits Sadhu Wins Player Of The Match
Tits Sadhu Wins Player Of The Match for her spell that set things up for India in the summit clash. She picked 2 wickets for 6 runs in her 4 overs." It's really surreal. Have been looking forward to this day for a long time. We had a plan in our mind, and thankfully we executed what we planned," she said at the post match presentation.
Soumya Tiwari hits the winning runs
What a moment. That's it, that's the game for India. Soumya Tiwari hit the winning run for the team. India did lose another wicket of Gongadi Trisha just near the finish line but she had done enough to put India close to the finish line. Post that, Tiwari and Hrishita Basu completed the formalities. INDIA are WORLD CHAMPIONS at the inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup final. They reached their target with 36 balls to go.
Shweta Sehrawat Back In The Pavilion But India In Control
Shweta Sehrawat Back In The Pavilion But India In Control Of This Match. Soumya Tiwari and Gongadi Trisha have since the fall of Sehrawat stitched a nice little partnership. The Women in Blue are 44/2 after 9 overs and need only 25 more runs to win the trophy.
Shafali Verma Departs
Shefali Verma and Shweta Sehrawat opened for India and managed to put the Women in Blue off to a great start as the team scored 16 runs in the first 2 overs, chasing only 69. However, she departed in the third over on the bowling of Hannah Baker. Alexa Stonehouse with a great catch. India still on frontfoot.
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