India and Sri Lanka make it two-in-two with emphatic wins in U19WC 2025
Sri Lanka overcame West Indies in the opening encounter on day four of the ICC Women's U19 World Cup 2025, before India followed suit with a win over hosts Malaysia.
Sri Lanka picked up a second straight dominant win at the ICC Women's T20 U19 World Cup 2025. This helped them overtake India on the points table, but India didn't take long to regain the top spot as they secured a second successive win while also maintaining a net run rate advantage over Sri Lanka.
INDIA EXCEL WITH BALL YET AGAIN BEFORE SEALING A MODEST CHASE
The defending champions won the toss and elected to bowl yet again in the U19 World Cup 2025, seeking to make most of the overcast conditions. Seamer Joshitha VJ soon backed her skipper's call trapping Malaysia's opener Nuni LBW for a duck.
A run out off a no-ball ended Nur Aliya's stay at the crease, before Aayushi Shukla's double-strike in the fifth over got Malaysia to four down with only 13 runs on the board.
Vaishnavi Sharma continued the left-arm spin dominance, getting rid of Malaysia skipper Nur Dania Syuhada (1) and bowling Nuriman (2) off her first seven balls. Vaishnavi continued to menace the hosts as she went on to register the tournament's first hat-trick in her final over, to finish with bowling figures of 5/5. Malaysia were bowled out for 31.
Indian openers G. Trisha and Kamalini G. helped India secure the chase within three overs with all wickets intact.
SRI LANKA'S HISTORIC EFFORT WITH THE BAT SETS UP EMPHATIC WORLD CUP WIN
The Sri Lankans mean business at the ICC Women's U19 World Cup as they powered to an 81-run win over the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur set up by a historic effort with the bat.
Sri Lanka's Sumudu Nisansala hits a huge six to ignite batting innings against the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur.
Sri Lanka took down their own record, posting the biggest total of the tournament so far. Coming off scoring 162 to set up a win over hosts Malaysia on Monday, Sri Lanka smashed 166-5 in Kuala Lumpur against a West Indies side desperate to keep their tournament hopes alive.
Those big-swinging efforts were matched by their work in the field, tearing right through the West Indies batting lineup to have them all out for 85 just inside 20 overs.
Helped in part by some missed opportunities by the West Indies in the field, the Sri Lankans clinically made their way to 79-1 at the mid-point of their batting innings, having won the toss and opting to set the score.
Openers Sanjana Kavindi (38 off 36) and Sumudu Nisansala (19 off 22 balls) put on 54 runs in under seven overs for the first wicket to help set things up, highlighted by Sumudu's huge six over midwicket (watch above).
The clean hitting continued after the 10-over mark as well, led by the valuable contributions of captain Manudi Nanayakkara (37 off 31) and Dahami Sanethma (31 off 25).
Tricky left-armer Selena Ross was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with 25-2 from her four overs, while Jahzara Claxton's dismissal of Hiruni Kumari was also a highlight (watch below).