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India became Under-19 Women’s World Cup champion due to the amazing of bowlers

Fast bowler Titas Sadhu along with spinners Archana Devi and Parshvi Chopra bowled brilliantly as the Indian women’s team beat England by seven wickets with 36 balls to spare in the final of the first ICC Under-19 T20 World Cup here on Sunday. . With this win, the women’s team ended the drought of the International Cricket Council (ICC) global title at any level. The senior team has reached the final of the World Cup on three occasions across all formats but fell short of the title each time.

India chased down the target for the loss of three wickets in 14 overs after bowling out England for just 68 runs in 17.1 overs. Soumya Tiwari and G Trisha gave a wonderful gift to captain Shafali Verma, who celebrated her 19th birthday on Saturday. Played an innings of 24-24 runs, both shared a 46-run partnership for the third wicket to ensure the team’s victory. Titas was India’s successful bowler. 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. Chasing the target, Shafali hit a six against Sophia Smale in the second over after hitting Hannah Baker for a four in the first ball. However, she once again failed to play a big innings and became the victim of Baker on the first ball of the third over. He scored 15 runs in 11 balls. In the next over, Grace Scrivens had opener Shweta Sehrawat (five runs) caught by Baker in excellent rhythm. After losing the wickets of both the openers, Soumya Tiwari and G Trisha batted carefully and hit boundaries in between.

England’s bowlers, however, did not give him a chance to score fast runs. India’s score was 48 for two after 10 overs. Trisha, who has been playing steady so far, ended the pressure with two fours against Allie Anderson in the 12th over. She hit a four in the 13th over against Stonehouse but was bowled when the team needed only three runs to win. As soon as Soumya completed the winning run off the last ball of the 14th over, the Indian players celebrated it by running on the ground.

Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bowl, Titas got India off to a flying start by dismissing England opener Liberty Heap in the opening 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 C Powelli (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 in the 17th over by catching Sophia Smale off her ball.

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