U-19 Women's WC: Team India defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets in the first semi-final of the Women's Under-19 World Cup. The second semi-final is to be held in England and Australia.
India Women U19: The Indian women's under-19 team is one step away from creating history.
ICC Under 19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Team India made it to the final by defeating New Zealand by 8 wickets in the first semi-final of the Women's Under-19 World Cup (ICC Under 19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023). Lee is The Shafali Sharma-led side who won the toss and elected to bowl first, riding on a stellar performance from the bowlers to restrict New Zealand to 107/9 in 20 overs. Prashvi Chopra took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs.
Team India achieved the target of 108 runs by losing 2 wickets in 14.2 overs. Opener Shweta Sherawat once again batted brilliantly. She played an unbeaten 61 off 45 balls. The second semi-final is to be held in England and Australia. The team that wins the match will take on Team India on Sunday for the title.
New Zealand Under-19 women's team innings
Electing to bat first after losing the toss, the New Zealand Under-19 women's team did not get off to a good start. Openers Anna Browning and Emma McLeod went back to the pavilion cheaply. Georgia Plimmer scored the highest 35 and Isabella Gage scored 26 runs. Captain Izzy Sharp scored 13 and Banana Knight scored 12 runs. Apart from this, no batsman could touch the double figure. Prashvi Chopra took 3 wickets from India. At the same time, captain Shefali Verma gave only 7 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket. Apart from this, Titas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap, and Archana Devi also got 1-1 wickets.
India Under-19 women's team innings
In response to the target of 108 runs, the India Under-19 women's team got off to a brisk start. However, captain Shefali Verma returned to the pavilion early after scoring 10 runs off 9 balls. Then the team's score was 33 runs for 1 wicket in 3.3 overs. After this Shweta Shehrawat scored an unbeaten 61 off 45 balls. At the same time, Soumya Tiwari returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs. Gongdi Trisha remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs.