England fell on the final hurdle as India eased to victory within the last of the inaugural Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup on Sunday in South Africa.
Grace Scrivens’ kids had effectively defended 100 to overcome Australia in a dramatic semi-final, however may just now not repeat the trick in Potchefstroom. Put into bat first, they set their fighters a meager goal of 69 with Ryana MacDonald-Gay top-scoring with 19 from 24 balls.
Only 4 batters had been in a position to achieve double figures as England misplaced wickets constantly to an Indian assault which had only one seamer in Titas Sadhu. The off-spin of Archana Devi dislodged Scrivens, stuck for simply 4 runs, and Niamh Holland for 10 as England slid from 16 for 3 to 68 all out.
India performed a composed innings in reaction, with a batting line-up that integrated the workforce captain and entire world, Shafali Verma, on the height of the order. Verma made 15 from 11 balls to set the tone, sooner than falling to a high-quality catch from Alexa Stonehouse off the bowling of Hannah Baker.
England in brief threatened a repeat of Friday’s bowling heroics when Baker stuck Shweta Sehrawat off Scrivens for 5 runs to go away India 20 for 2. The duo of Soumya Tiwari (24 now not out) and Gongadi Trisha (24 from 29 balls) helped temporarily shut in on a below-par goal.
By the time Trisha used to be bowled through Stonehouse, India had been 3 runs away and temporarily closed out victory. Their triumph marks the primary World Cup trophy for an India girls’s facet with their head trainer, Nooshin Al Khadeer, playing last luck 18 years after dropping the World Cup last to Australia as a participant.