Let's cheer the young ladies in the U19 T20 World Cup final!
The U19 T20 World Cup has been playing out in South Africa. This is the very first edition and our team has played brilliantly. Our young ladies in blue lost just one match and made a convincing win over New Zealand in the semifinals to reach the final that will take place in Senwes Park, Potchefstroom. Today they play against England who won with a slim margin of three runs over Australia in the other semifinal.The team is led by 19-year-old Shafali Varma, who also plays for the national women's team. It is wonderful to know that 18-year-old Shweta Sehrawat has scored the highest number of runs so far, with 292 runs in six matches.
Coached by Nooshin Al Khadeer, the others in the India team are Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G. Trisha, Soumya Tiwari, Sonia Mendhiya, Hurley Gala, Hrishita Basu, Sonam Yadav, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshavi Chopra, Titas Sadhu, Falak Naz, and Shabnam MD.
The match is after 5 p.m. so if you have the Star Sports network, do watch - and cheer heartily! I will be keeping track of the scores since I don't have Cable TV and it does not seem to be streaming live on Disney+Hotstar unfortunately.