Women's U19 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: India beat NZ by 8 wickets; reach final - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
India beat New Zealand by 8 wickets to reach the final of the Women's U19 T20 World Cup.
The Indian U19 Cricket Team
India, on Friday, registered an easy 8-wicket win over New Zealand to enter the final of the inaugural edition of the U19 Women's T20 World Cup. They will now face the winner of the second semifinal between Australia and New Zealand on Sunday in the final.
It was a complete all-round show from India as they first restricted NZ to 109/9 in their 20 overs, before chasing it down with more than 5 overs to spare.
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That's all we have from the first semifinal of the Women's U19 T20 World Cup. A brilliant all-round show from India, with all the players chipping in and they now await the result of the second semifinal between Australia and England to know their opponent for the title clash.
India would hope Shweta Sehrawat and Parshavi Chopra carry their form forward to Sunday, when they fight for their first-ever ICC Trophy.
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"We are excited to play the final. We worked on our mistakes and our bowlers are bowling well. Preparation first then celebrations," says Shafali Verma who celebrates her birthday tomorrow.
"I am very happy to win Player of the Match in the semifinal. My role is to bowl wicket to wicket in this team," says Parshavi Chopra.
Shweta Sehrawat finishes with a boundary to the extra cover. India are through to the final of the inaugural edition of the U19 Women's World Cup as Chak de India plays in the background.
IND: 110/2 (14.2)
Trisha clobbers Hotton to the mid-wicket boundary and India now just need 2.
IND: 106/2 (14)
A boundary followed by a single from Sehrawat brings up the 100 for India. Just 8 needed now.