The Women's U19 T20 World Cup starts with a bang as India defeated Australia by 18 runs with three wickets from Captain ShafaliVerma.
India successfully defeated Australia in the opening warm-up match of the U19 Women's T20 World Cup held at the Steyn City School Oval where CaptainShafaliVerma grabbed three wickets. In the beginning, India struggled while batting and managed to make a score of 97/8 in 20 overs against Australia. But in the second half, India's wicketkeeper HrishitaBasu led the team to make a score of 39-ball-28 to help the team members reach a respectable total.
ShafaliVerma (10), Richa Ghosh (11), and Archana Devi (11*) were the only Indian batters to make scores in double digits. India faced a tough time in running between their wickets as five of their eight wickets which included Ghosh and Basu were run-outs.
Apart from these difficulties faced in the first half of the match, the second half became outstanding because of the bowling unit. ShafaliVerma (4-1-8-3) and Prashvi Chopra (3-0-14-2) took five wickets together and restricted Australia to 79/7 to secure an 18-run victory. The next wicket-taker was Soumya Tiwari who finished with a record of 2-0-10-1.
India's second warm-up match will be against Bangladesh on Wednesday.
