Under 19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 SF 2: Defending Champions India Prove Their Worth

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The defending champions India showed their skills with a dominating win over England in the second semi-finals of the Under 19 women’s T20 World Cup 2025 played at Bayumeas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 31st January.

England captain Abi Norgrove won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a flying start by Davina Perin putting pressure on Indian bowlers with positive strokes. The left-arm spin bowler Parunika Sisodia struck Jemima Spence going through the gate. Perin and Spence added 37 runs for the opening wicket. Sisodia struck again in the same over to dismiss Trudy Johnson without scoring any runs. Perin looked impressive keeping the scoreboard ticking not allowing the spinners to settle. At the end of the first six overs, England women scored 43 for 2.

After the field restrictions, Perin and captain Norgrove steadied with attacking shots not allowing Indian spinners to settle. Both batters looked comfortable to take England for a competitive total before Aayushi Shukla dismissed well-set Perin. Perin & Norgrove added 44 runs for the 3rd wicket. Norgrove could control her shots, with the stumps shattered by Aayushi Shukla.

The Indian spinners created enough pressure on the England batters. Sisodia struck again to get rid of Kate Jones bowled around the legs. Vaishnavi Sharma broke the backbone of the England batting line-up, getting 3 wickets in an over. She got rid of Stubbs, Thanawala & Lambert. After being in a good position, England lost 6 wickets for 13 runs leading to a collapse. Surenkumar and Corteen-Coleman added valuable runs which helped England cross 100. Shabnim Shakil bowled a superb final over giving away just 3 runs. At the end of the 20 overs, the England team posted 113 for 8 in 20 overs.

Indian Batters Did A Great Job

Chasing down 114 runs to win, Gongadi Trisha and Kamalini began the innings with positive strokes. Trisha looked in good touch putting bad deliveries away for boundaries while Kamalini timed the shots brilliantly. At the end of the first six overs, the Indian openers scored 44 for 0.

After the field restrictions, Phoebe Brett got the breakthrough dismissing Trisha hitting the stumps. Trisha and Kamalini added 60 runs for the opening wicket. Kamalini survived a close catch shout given out, on review it was overturned to not out. Kamalini played with aggression, keeping the scoreboard ticking with singles and hitting boundaries.

Kamalini made fifty off 47 deliveries. She also hit the winning runs with a boundary to help the Indian team reach the finals. They won the match by a resounding 9-wicket with 5 overs to spare. Kamalini and Sanika added 57 runs unbeaten partnership for the 2nd wicket.    

Both unbeaten teams India and South Africa will meet each other in the finals to be played on 2nd February 2024. The Indian spin trio of Sisodia, Vaishnavi Sharma &Aayushi Shukla rattled the England batting line-up after a bright start by Perin.

Indian Under 19 Women’s 117 for 1 in 15 overs (Kamalini 56*, Trisha 35, Phoebe Brett 1/30) beat England Under 19 Women’s 113 for 8 in 20 overs (Davina Perin 45, Norgrove 30, Parunika Sisodia 3/21, Vaishnavi Sharma 3/23) by 9 wickets

For her figures of 3 for 21, Parunika Sisodia was named the player of the match. She started the slide for England picking 2 wickets in her first over.









Indian Under 19 Women's Team reached the finals beating England by 9 wickets 

 

 

 

  

 

 

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