India became the first-ever ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup winners on Sunday, after a comprehensive, seven-wicket victory over England in Potchefstroom.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday congratulated the Under-19 Indian Women Cricket Team for winning the inaugural edition of the Women's U-19 T20 World Cup by beating England in the final.
India became the first-ever ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup winners on Sunday, after a comprehensive, seven-wicket victory over England in Potchefstroom.
Soumya played an unbeaten knock of 24 off 37 balls in the final match against England to guide her team to clinch the inaugural U19 Women's T20 World Cup title.
The Netherlands made a sensational start to the game with a 4th-minute goal by Marijn Veen. They doubled the lead in the 13th minute with yet another field goal; this time, the scorer was Lidewij Welten. She scored the third goal for her team in the 29th minute putting India under pressure.
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It was Vaishnavi Vithal Palkhe, playing her debut Tour for the Senior side, who starred for the team scoring two crucial goals that helped them hold the home team to a draw.
Vandana Katariya (20'), Deep Grace Ekka (18'), Rani Rampal (2'), and Sangita Kumari (46') all scored for India to give the guests an unstoppable 3-0 lead in the four-match Test series. India's last two games saw them triumph 5-1 and 7-0 over South Africa.
The visitors, riding on their recent success at the FIH Women's Nations Cup, have shown sublime form in this tournament. They opened the campaign with a 5-1 win and on Tuesday they showed the same intent as they began with a fine 9th-minute goal by Udita.
For India, Rani (12'), Monika (20'), Navneet Kaur (24'), Gurjit Kaur (25') and Sangita Kumari (30') scored, while South Africa found the back of the net through captain Quanita Bobbs (44').
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said he is pleased to see the largest contingent of women peacekeepers from India arriving in Abyei where they will be serving for peace with UNISFA.