Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka registered their second consecutive commanding victory on the ICC Girls’s U19 T20 World Cup 2025, briefly overtaking India on the factors desk. Nevertheless, India swiftly regained the highest spot with their second successive win, sustaining a superior internet run charge over Sri Lanka, as per ICC.
The defending champions gained the toss and elected to bowl as soon as once more within the U19 World Cup 2025, in search of to benefit from the overcast circumstances. Seamer Joshitha VJ quickly backed her skipper’s determination, trapping Malaysia’s opener Nuni LBW for a duck.
A run-out off a no-ball ended Nur Aliya’s keep on the crease, earlier than Aayushi Shukla’s double-strike within the fifth over left Malaysia 4 down with solely 13 runs on the board.
Vaishnavi Sharma continued the left-arm spin dominance, eliminating Malaysia’s skipper Nur Dania Syuhada (1) and bowling out Nuriman (2) off her first seven balls. Vaishnavi continued to menace the hosts as she went on to register the event’s first hat-trick in her ultimate over, ending with bowling figures of 5/5. Malaysia have been bowled out for simply 31.
Indian openers G. Trisha and Kamalini G. helped India safe the chase inside three overs with all wickets intact.
India dominated Malaysia by 10 wickets in Kuala Lumpur.
Sri Lanka meant enterprise on the ICC Girls’s U19 World Cup as they powered to an 81-run win over the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur, arrange by a historic effort with the bat.
Sri Lanka broke their very own file, posting the largest complete of the event up to now. Coming off scoring 162 to arrange a win over hosts Malaysia on Monday, Sri Lanka smashed 166-5 in Kuala Lumpur in opposition to a West Indies facet determined to maintain their event hopes alive.
These big-swinging efforts have been matched by their work within the discipline, as they tore by the West Indies batting lineup to dismiss all of them for 85 simply inside 20 overs.
Helped partly by some missed alternatives by the West Indies within the discipline, the Sri Lankans clinically made their technique to 79-1 on the midpoint of their batting innings, having gained the toss and opted to set the rating.
Openers Sanjana Kavindi (38 off 36) and Sumudu Nisansala (19 off 22) placed on 54 runs in below seven overs for the primary wicket, serving to set issues up, highlighted by Sumudu’s big six over midwicket.
The clear hitting continued after the 10-over mark, led by the precious contributions of captain Manudi Nanayakkara (37 off 31) and Dahami Sanethma (31 off 25).
Difficult left-armer Selena Ross was the decide of the bowlers, ending with 2/25 from her 4 overs, whereas Jahzara Claxton’s dismissal of Hiruni Kumari was additionally a spotlight. (ANI)
