Bangladesh confirmed the sneaking suspicion that they may well be the dark horses to win the inaugural ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket upset of Australia in the opening match of the tournament.
Later in the day, Shafali Verma and Co notched up a superb win against South Africa after a brilliant run-chase.
Sri Lanka and UAE were the other winners on the day.
U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, IND vs SA as it happened: Shweta Sehrawat powers India to 7-wicket win
A dazzling 92 not out from Shweta Sehrawat spearheaded India’s dominant, seven-wicket victory over hosts South Africa, in their ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup Group D clash at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Saturday afternoon.
Sehrawat only needed 57 balls, as she drilled 20 boundaries all over the park, to see India home with 21 balls to spare, and start their World Cup campaign in a most confident fashion.
Earlier, South Africa had won the toss and elected to bat first. That decision looked the correct one, especially after they took 20 runs off the opening over of the match. Elandri Janse van Rensburg (23 off 13 balls) smashed two sixes and two fours in the first over, as South Africa got off to a…
