India defeated England by 7 wickets in the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup final in Potchefstroom on Sunday to clinch the nation’s first ICC title in women’s cricket. While the senior women’s team are yet to win a world tournament, the U19 team did so in the inaugural season of the U19 T20 World Cup itself.
Opting to bowl first, the Shafali Verma led side bowled England out for 68. While Titas Sadhu, Archana Devi and Parshavi Chopra bagged 2 wickets each, Mannat Kashyap, Shafali Verma and Mannat Kashyap scalped a wicket each. Apart from their clinical bowling display, the team was superb on the field overall, affecting a run out as well as taking a few splendid catched with the wicketkeeper also getting to affect a stumping.
In response, despite losing captain Shafali and leading run-scorer Shweta Sehrawat early, the Women in Blue reached their target with 36 balls to spare.
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