After 14 editions of men’s under-19 World The cup will finally come into existence on January 14, 2023 in the Women’s Under-19 World Cup T20 format, giving the future stars of women’s cricket a chance to shine on the global stage.
The 16-team competition, with 41 matches played at four venues in Benoni and Potchefstroom, was to be held in 2021. The Women’s T20 World Cup is finally turning into a reality.
From the four teams in Groups A, B, C and D, the top three teams from each group will advance to the Super Six round, where the teams will be placed in two groups of six 1st and 2nd.
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The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, which will be played at the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom on January 27. The final will be held on January 29 at the same ground.
For India, this is a chance for Shafali Verma & Co to declare themselves on the biggest global platform for young women cricketers. Co-incidentally, India’s first appearance in a Women’s World Cup final was 18 years earlier in the 2005 ODI World Cup final in South Africa.
there are good reasons behind it India The inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup is being seen as the favorites to lift the trophy. In the lead up to the tournament, the Inter-State Under-19 T20 Trophy and the four-team Under-19 Challengers Trophy were organized by the BCCI.
Then, India U19 A won the quadrangular series in Visakhapatnam which also featured India U19 B team, West Indies and Sri Lanka U19 teams in November 2022. From there, the India U19 team registered a 5–0 clean-sweep over New Zealand Development. team in Mumbai in early December.
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With Shafali and Richa Ghosh, two teenagers who are regulars in the senior women’s team, included in the squad, India U19 recorded a stunning 4-0 victory over tournament hosts South Africa in the first five-match T20 competition in January 2023. Got a chance to enter.
In the first official warm-up match, they beat Australia in a low-scoring encounter, before surprisingly losing to Bangladesh by three runs. But India can hope to churn out performances in the tournament, where they have been placed in Group D with South Africa, their opponents for Saturday’s game at Willowmoor Park, followed by the United Arab Emirates and Scotland .
Apart from Shafali and Richa, who have caught the attention of the public with their stellar performances at the senior level, one can also expect stellar performances from batsmen Shweta Sehrawat and Soumya Tiwary, all-rounders G Trisha, Hurley Gala and Sonia Mehdia as well as wicketkeeper Could Batsman Harshita Basu.
In the bowling department, off-spinner Archana Devi, leg-spinner Parshvi Chopra, left-arm spinners Sonam Yadav and Mannat Kashyap and right-arm pacers Shabnam MD, Falak Naaz and Tita Sadhu can be expected to do wonders.
India also have a highly experienced coach in former India spinner Nushin Al Khadeer, who built up an impressive resume with two trophy-secured wins for Railways in the domestic cricket season 2021/22 and Supernovas winning the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 Is.
Overall, India look like a well-rounded unit and they have a great pool of players in their squad. They look very strong and no one would be surprised if they win the first global women’s cricket trophy by an Indian team.
Indian Team: Shafali Verma (Captain), Shweta Sehrawat (Vice-Captain), Richa Ghosh (Wicket-keeper), G Trisha, Saumya Tiwari, Sonia Mehdia, Hurley Gala, Harshita Basu (Wicket-keeper), Sonam Yadav, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshvi Chopra, Tita Sadhu, Falak Naaz, Shabnam MD.
Standby players: Shikha, Najla CMC, Yashshree.
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