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IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

IND-W U19 WC Champions: The cricket fraternity heaped praises on the Indian U19 Women’s Cricket team for winning the inaugural version of the ICC U19 World Cup. India team skipper Rohit Sharma and other veterans like Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Irfan Pathan, and others lauded the India eves. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too congratulated Shafali Verma […]

IND-W U19 WC Champions: The cricket fraternity heaped praises on the Indian U19 Women’s Cricket team for winning the inaugural version of the ICC U19 World Cup. India team skipper Rohit Sharma and other veterans like Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Irfan Pathan, and others lauded the India eves. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too congratulated Shafali Verma and Co for their impressive win. Follow ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup final HIGHLIGHTS on InsideSport.IN

IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

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Former India team skipper Virat Kohli took to social media to praise the Indian team. He wrote, “U-19 World Cup Champions! What a special moment! Congratulations girls on your triumph 🏆🇮🇳”

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi too joined in the celebrations by praising the young Indian team. He wrote, “Congratulations to the Indian Team for a special win at the @ICC #U19T20WorldCup. They have played excellent cricket and their success will inspire several upcoming cricketers. Best wishes to the team for their future endeavours.”

IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced a prize worth 5 crores to the team and the staff. He wrote, “Women’s Cricket in India is on the upswing and the World Cup triumph has taken the stature of women’s cricket several notches higher. I am delighted to announce INR 5 crore for the entire team and support staff as prize money. This is surely a path-breaking year.”

Check out other reactions from veterans who lauded India on their emphatic win.

Indian bowlers’ tremendous bowling performance followed by Gongadi Trisha and Soumya Tiwari’s knocks helped India lift the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup title after defeating England by seven wickets in the summit clash here at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Chasing a target of 69, India captain Shafali Verma started their world cup winning chase by smashing a beautiful four on Hannah Baker’s delivery. Baker then gave her team a big breakthrough as she dismissed Shafali for 15 off 11. England bowlers tried to turn the game back in their hands as captain Grace Scrivens removed dangerous batter Shweta Sehrawat for 5 runs of 6 balls.

The right-handed batter Gongadi Trisha then came out to bat. Soumya Tiwari played some aggressive boundaries while Trisha played the anchor role. After 10 overs India needed 21 runs in 60 balls to win. Gongadi Trisha then opened her hands to hammer Ellie Anderson for back-to-back two fours.

IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

In the 13th over of the innings, Alexa Stonehouse dismissed batter Gongadi Trisha for 24 off 29 deliveries. Soumya Tiwari then led Team India to clinch the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup title beating England by seven wickets. Earlier, opted to field first, Indian bowlers completely dominated the game from the beginning against England in the summit clash. Titas Sadhu provided India with their first wicket of the innings, dismissing England opener Liberty Heap on a two-ball duck.

IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

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The duo of Grace Scrivens and Niamh Fiona Holland tried to handle the pressure as they played some boundary shots. However, Holland could not stand long on the crease as she was sent back to the pavilion. After Holland’s wicket, England’s batters could not hold long and lost their wicket at regular intervals in front of Indian bowlers’ tremendous bowling performance.

India set the tone early with the new ball and gave blows to the England Women Under-19 at regular intervals to bundle them for 68.
Titas Sadhu, Archana Devi and Parshavi Chopra bagged two wickets respectively. Ryana Macdonald Gay scored the highest for England with 19 runs off 24 balls.

IND-W U19 WC Champions: From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, Cricket Fraternity HEAPS Praises to Indian eves, PM Narendra Modi WISHES team on Emphatic Victory – Check Reactions

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