Chhaya daughters shine in U19 T20 World Cup, creating history and winning the title by defeating England

People News Chronicle January 29, 2023

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The Indian women’s team has won the title after a strong performance in the final match of the U19 T20 World Cup 2023. With this victory, Shefali Brigade has created history. Performing brilliantly in the final match, the Indian team won easily by seven wickets. India defeated England by achieving the target in the inaugural match of the tournament. With this, India has become the first country to win the U19 T20 Women’s World Cup 2023.

Let us tell you that while bowling first, the Indian team did not allow the English batsmen to survive. England batsmen could not stay on the crease in this match played in Potchefstroom, South Africa. From the beginning of the innings, the English batsmen could not stand in front of the Indian bowlers and kept losing their wickets continuously. Due to the brilliant game of India’s daughters, the England team could score just 68 runs after batting first and gave the target of 69 runs to the Indian team. T. Sadhu, Parshvi Chopra and Archana Devi took two wickets each for the Indian team.

In response to this, Indian team captain Shefali Verma strengthened the team by scoring 16 runs and got out. The Indian team got its first blow in the form of Shefali Verma. He scored 15 runs in 11 balls. Shefali has become a victim of Hena Baker. After this, India’s second wicket also fell very quickly. India had lost two wickets for 22 runs. After Shefali, opener Shweta Sehrawat also could not last long. She returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. After this, Soumya Tiwari and G. Trisha took over. Although G. Trisha played an inning of 24 runs and Saumya Tiwari remained unbeaten on 24 runs.

Bowlers showed strong game

Fast bowler Titas Sadhu along with spinners Archana Devi and Parshvi Chopra bowled brilliantly as the Indian women’s team bundled out England for 68 in the final of the maiden Under-19 T20 World Cup here on Sunday. Titas Sadhu was the most successful bowler for India. He took two wickets for six runs in four overs. Archana Devi (17 runs in three overs) and Parshvi Chopra (13 runs in four overs) also took two wickets each. Mannat Kashyap (1/13), skipper Shefali Verma (1/16) and Sonam Yadav (1/3) were also among the wicket-keepers.

After winning the toss and electing to bowl, Titas got India off to a flying start by dismissing England opener Liberty Heap in the first over itself. Heap returned by giving a simple catch to Titas without opening the account. Foundation Holland hit off-spinner Archana for a four in the second over but the bowler made a stunning comeback by taking two wickets in the fourth over of the innings. Captain Grace Scrivens was walked after Archana bowled Holland. Holland scored 10 while opener Scrivens contributed four runs. In the fifth over of the match, wicket-keeper Richa Ghosh dropped the catch of Ryan McDonald-Gray off the bowling of Titas. England’s score in the power play was 22 for three.

Shefali’s fourth consecutive over from Titas was beneficial. This fast bowler bowled Seren Smale for three runs in the seventh over. McDonald-Gay took advantage of the lifeline to hit leg-spinner Parshvi in the eighth over and Mannat in the ninth. Parshvi removed Sharis Paveli (two runs) in the 10th over and McDonald-Gray in the 12th over to seal the deal for England. Archana dived into the cover region and took a brilliant one-handed catch to end McDonald-Gay’s 24-ball 19.

England had lost six wickets before the completion of 50 runs. Josie Groves was run out on a brilliant throw from Soumya (four runs), while in the 14th over, Richa stumped Hannah Baker (0) off Shefali. However, Sophia Smale (11) collected 10 runs in the same over of Shefali, hitting two fours. While Mannat Kashyap had Stonehouse (11) caught by Sonam, Sonam ended England’s innings by catching Sophia Smale off her ball in the 17th over.