Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 1 (ANI): The Indian Cricket workforce will lock horns towards South Africa within the closing of the ICC U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia on Sunday with the goal of defending their title.
The ultimate match is scheduled to be held on the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 12:00 PM IST on Sunday.
India stands only one step from profitable successive ICC U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup titles after profitable the South Africa version of the match in 2023, the place it defeated England by 7 wickets.
South Africa, then again, will likely be making their first look within the U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup closing. They had been knocked out within the group stage of the inaugural version of the match.
The winner of the India vs South Africa cricket closing on Sunday will change into the primary workforce to win the U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup undefeated.
Led by skipper Niki Prasad, India registered convincing wins towards Sri Lanka, West Indies and hosts Malaysia, within the group matches earlier than beating Bangladesh and Scotland within the Tremendous Six. Within the semi-finals, they acquired the higher of England to e-book a berth within the closing.
Indian opener Gongadi Trisha is the top-scorer within the match with 265 runs in six matches at a mean of 66.25 and a strike fee of 149.71. She created historical past within the Tremendous Six encounter towards Scotland by registering the first-ever century (110 off 59 balls) within the U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup.
Vaishnavi Sharma is the main wicket-taker within the match with 15 scalps, together with a hat-trick towards Malaysia within the group stage. Her hat-trick was India’s first on the U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup.
In the meantime, Kayla Reyneke-led South Africa beat Nigeria, New Zealand and Samoa within the group stage after which went on to defeat Eire within the Tremendous Six, which additionally noticed their different match towards the USA deserted. South Africa beat Australia by 5 wickets within the semi-finals.
Jemma Botha and Simone Lourens have been their finest batters having accrued 89 and 71 runs, respectively, whereas skipper Kayla Reyneke has been their standout bowler with 10 wickets to this point.
Within the final 5 matches between India and South Africa’s U19 groups, the Indian cricket workforce has gained 4 instances whereas one match was deserted. (ANI)
