India won the U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup final against England at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom. Chasing 69, the sub-continent team won the game by 7 wickets.
After being invited to bat first, the English team was dismissed for 68 runs in 17.1 overs, with Titas Sadhu, Archana Devi, and Parshavi Chopra taking two wickets each.
The team was lauded by the current and former players for their World Cup win. The BCCI posted a video on Twitter, where head coach Rahul Dravid praised the winning squad with a short message. “It was a landmark day for the Indian women’s U19 team. I would like to pass it to the winning U19 Boy’s captain to pass on a message for the girls”, said the former cricketer in a special gesture for Prithvi Shaw.
Dravid was the coach when the Prithvi Shaw-led U-19 team won the World Cup in New Zealand in 2018.
“It is a big achievement, and everyone wants to congratulate the U-19 women’s team. So, congratulations, well done, congrats,” Shaw said.
India’s Shweta Sehrawat was the highest run-getter in the tournament with 297 runs in seven matches, at an average of 99.00. Chopra finished as the second-highest wicket-keeper with 11 scalps from 6 games.