Under-19 Women’s World Cup semi-finals today: India face New Zealand; Know Team India’s strength and possible playing-11
sports desk14 minutes ago
Team India has come to play the tournament under the captaincy of Shefali Verma. Shefali has also played T20 and One Day World from the senior team.
The Super-6 stage matches in the ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup are over. India, Australia from Group-1 and England and New Zealand teams from Group-2 qualified. Both the semi-final matches of the tournament will be played in Potchestroom today. The Indian team will take on New Zealand at 1:30 pm. At the same time, Australia’s team will play the second semi-final from England at 5:15 pm.
The final match of the tournament will be played on January 29 at 5:15 pm in Pochestroom itself. In further news, we will talk about the strength of Team India against New Zealand and India’s journey in this World Cup. Along with this, we will also see the possible playing XI of all the four teams.
India’s upper hand over New Zealand
The Under-19 women’s teams of New Zealand and India played a 5-match T20 series in December 2022 before the World Cup. This series took place in India. India did a clean sweep by winning all 5 matches of the series. Overall only 5 T20 matches were played between the two teams, all of which were won by India. In such a situation, before the semi-final match against New Zealand, only India Women’s team can be considered favorite.
started by defeating the host
India had a great start in the Under-19 World Cup. The team chased down the target of 167 runs in 16.3 overs with seven wickets in hand in the tournament opener against hosts South Africa. India then topped the Pool-D by defeating UAE by 122 runs and Scotland by 83 runs.
Australia’s only defeat
India entered the Super-6 stage with 4 points. But, in the very first match, he had to face defeat by 7 wickets at the hands of Australia. But, in the second match, Team India stopped Sri Lanka for 59 runs in 20 overs and achieved the target in 7.2 overs. With this win, India reached the semi-finals by topping the Super-6 group stage. Where, now he will face second placed New Zealand in Group-2.
New Zealand won all matches
Where India got defeated in a match. At the same time, the New Zealand team has reached the semi-finals by winning all the group stage and warm-up matches. The team registered big wins over Indonesia, Ireland and the West Indies in the Pull-C. Then, in the Super-6 stage Pakistan and Rwanda were also defeated by big margins.
Strength of Team India
India’s captain Shafali Verma and vice-captain Shweta Sehrawat scored runs throughout the tournament. Shweta is second in the top run scorer of the tournament. After them, Saumya Tiwari and Richa Ghosh come out to bat, which gives more strength to the team. Parshvi Chopra and Mannat Kashyap are the two best bowlers in the team after batting. Both took the most wickets for India in the tournament.
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England also won all the matches
New Zealand finished second in Group-2 of the Super-6 even after winning all the matches. Because England, who finished at number one, also won all their 5 matches and by a huge margin. That’s why his net run rate was better than New Zealand and the team stood first.
Being at number one, England will face Australia. Australia was second after India in Group-1 of the Super-6 stage. He had won both the Super-6 matches. But, they had to face defeat from Bangladesh in the bridge stage. Due to which his run rate decreased and the team finished second after India.
The second semi-final match of the Under-19 Women’s World Cup will be played between Australia and England Women’s teams.
pitch report and weather condition
The temperature in Pochestroom will be between 18 and 32 degree Celsius on Friday. It will not rain, but it will be partly cloudy. Many matches of associate and top teams took place on the ground in Pochtstroom. Due to this, scores of 199 and 25 runs were also made on the match. In such a situation, the team winning the toss will decide to bowl or bat first after seeing the pitch and the strength of their team.
Possible playing eleven of both teams for semi-final-1
India: Shafali Verma (Captain), Shweta Sehrawat, Gongdi Trisha, Soumya Tiwari, Risha Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Parshvi Chopra, Harshita Basu, Mannat Kashyat, Titas Sadhu, Archana Devi and Sonam Yadav.
New Zealand : Izzy Sharp (c), Anna Browning, Emma McLeod, Georgia Plimmer, Isabelle Gage (wk), Tash Wakelin, Kate Irwin, Paige Lausenberg, Natasha Cordier, Kelly Knight and Abigail Houghton.
Possible playing eleven of both teams for semi-final-2
Australia: Rhys McKenna (Captain), Kat Pele, Sienna Ginger, Clare Moore, Ella Hayward, Amy Smith, Lucy Hamilton, Paris Hall (wk), Ella Wilson, Millie Illingworth and Maggie Clarke.
England: Grace Servens (Captain), Liberty Heap, Niamh Holland, Serene Small, Dvina Perrin, Keris Pawley, Alexa Stonehouse, Maddy Ward (wk), Sophia Small, Ellie Anderson and Hannah Baker.
