Kumar Bahukhandi
Indian team became champion – Photo : BCCI
ND W vs SA W U19 T20 World Cup Final Highlights: Indian bowlers wreaked havoc in the final. Indian bowlers bundled out South Africa for 82 runs in 20 overs. After this, thanks to the explosive innings of Gongadi Trisa, Team India won by nine wickets.
The Indian women’s Under-19 cricket team has won the T20 World Cup title for the second consecutive time. This tournament started in 2023 and the Indian team won in the very first edition. Then Shefali Verma was the captain of Team India. Now after two years, in the second edition of the tournament, the Indian team has become the champion for the second consecutive time under the captaincy of Nikki Prasad.
Winning the toss and batting first, South Africa’s innings was reduced to 82 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Team India achieved the target in 11.2 overs for the loss of one wicket. This is the second time after 2023 that an ICC trophy has come home, including India’s senior and junior women’s teams. Gongadi Trisa performed all-round in the final. Apart from taking three wickets, she also scored an unbeaten 44 runs.
South Africa had a bad start
Indian bowlers wreaked havoc in the final. The Indian bowlers bundled out South Africa for 82 runs in 20 overs. In the match played at Bayeumas Oval Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, South Africa captain Reneke won the toss and decided to bat first. However, her decision proved wrong. The team had a bad start. The South African team got the first blow in the form of Simone Lawrence in the second over. She was clean bowled by Parunika Sisodia. Simone could not open the account. After this, in the fourth over, Shabnam Shakeel got Gemma Botha caught by Kamalini. Gemma scored 16 runs with the help of three fours in 14 balls. South Africa got the third blow in the fifth over at the score of 20. Ayushi Shukla bowled Diyara Ramlakan. She could score only three runs.
Gongadi took three wickets, while Ayushi-Parunika took two wickets each
After this, Kayla Reneke and Karabo Meso shared a 20-run partnership for the fourth wicket. This partnership was broken by Gongadi Trisa. She got Reneke caught by Parunika. Reneke could score only 7 runs in 21 balls. After this, Ayushi Shukla bowled Meso. She could score only 10 runs in 26 balls. Gongadi Trisa then dismissed Mieke van Voorst and Seshani Naidu. Mieke could score only 23 runs in 18 balls, while Seshani could not open her account. Vaishnavi Sharma sent Faye Crowling (15) and Monalisa Legodi (0) to the pavilion. Parunika dismissed Ashley van Wyk on the last ball of the innings. Ashley could not open her account either. You can guess the dominance of Indian bowlers from the fact that four players of the South African team could not open their account. Gongadi took the maximum of three wickets from India. Parunika Sisodia, Ayushi Shukla and Vaishnavi Sharma got two wickets each. Shabnam Shakeel got one wicket. Runs came again from Gongadi’s bat.
After this, Gongadi Trisa and Kamalini gave a steady start to Team India. Both added 36 runs in 30 balls for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by South African captain Reneke. She got Kamalini caught by Simone. Kamalini could score only 8 runs. After this, Gongadi along with Sanika Chalke gave Team India a spectacular victory by 9 wickets. Gongadi remained unbeaten after scoring 44 runs with the help of 8 fours in 33 balls and Sanika remained unbeaten after scoring 26 runs with the help of 4 fours in 22 balls.
