India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: IND commanding in powerplay, 3 big wickets to start
- 32 Mins ago India's spinners putting the clamps down on SA
- 37 Mins ago SA 29/3 after India-dominated powerplay
- 46 Mins ago Wickets on consecutive deliveries! Aayushi strikes
- 47 Mins ago HUGE WICKET! Botha gone to a stellar catch by Kamalini
- 53 Mins ago Botha continues to free her arms vs pace
- 56 Mins ago Spin introduced early, Parunika in the second over, and she strikes!
- 1 Mins ago Botha with signal of intent in first over
- 5 Mins ago Here we go! India's team sprints onto the field
- 13 Mins ago Teams take to the field for national anthems
- 20 Mins ago Can South Africa's top order put pressure on India's bowling?
- 29 Mins ago Surface report from Kuala Lumpur
- 33 Mins ago South Africa win toss and choose to bat first
- 44 Mins ago Spin to win for India?
- 8 Mins ago Can South Africa's batting keep up?
- 31 Mins ago India's opening batting threat
- 52 Mins ago South Africa's road to the final
- 11 Mins ago India's road to the final
India vs South Africa Live U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025: The Niki Prasad-led Indian team will aim defend the title they had won in 2023 as they take on buoyant South African side
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: A dominant and extremely impressive Indian team is battling for a second successive ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup title, looking to defend their championship from the inaugural version of this tournament in 2023. Set to be played in Kuala Lumpur, Niki Prasad’s clinical unit have dominated every stage of this tournament, and will just have one final hurdle to get over in the form of South Africa....Read More
India U-19, who lifted the inaugural U-19 Women’s T20 Asia Cup also held in Malaysia in December, have made something of a fortress out in the country, racking up win after win, and in a fashion that hasn’t given half a chance to opposition teams. Looking at the margins of their victories in the group stages and super sixes stage doesn’t make pretty reading for the opposition: targets chased down within 5, 3, and 8 overs against West Indies, Malaysia, and Bangladesh respectively, as well as a 60-run victory against Sri Lanka and a whopping 150-run victory against Scotland to book their spot in the semifinals.
That wasn’t too stressful an encounter either, as India didn’t slip up from their role as the favourites. After restricting England to 113, it took India only 15 overs and the loss of one wicket to reach the target and book their spot in the finals. It has been a story of India’s top order — in particular openers G Kamalini and G Trisha, who have been in sublime form — just utterly dominating opposition, with Trisha bringing up the first century in the history of this tournament with a beatdown against Scotland.
India have only lost 14 wickets in 6 games, most of those coming against Sri Lanka, when they lost 9. The openers and top order have shown that they are a class apart in this age group, and to make matters even scarier for the young Proteas, the top two highest wicket-getters in the tournament are Vaishnavi Sharma with 15 and Aayushi Shukla with 12.
Nonetheless, South Africa pack some firepower of their own. Their bowling is led by captain Kayla Reyneke, who also bats at number three and has 10 wickets this tournament, as well as a pace-bowling unit with the most wickets in the tournament. The Proteas will also be glad that the pitch being used for the final at the Bayuemas Oval is not one of the local red-soil pitches, which Indian spinners have wreaked havoc on all tournament long, but instead the more pace- and batting-friendly pitches imported from Australia.
South Africa’s concern will be that their batting hasn’t faced too much of a challenge in the tournament, with some straightforward chases against weaker opposition paving the way to their semifinals, where they did bat well to overcome Australia. Will they have enough momentum to try and upset India? It will be a tough task, and the odds will heavily favour the defending champions, but the U-19 team will be hungry to go one better than their senior teams did in 2024 by pulling through in a final.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: India's spinners putting the clamps down on SA
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Runs are so tough to come by for Reyneke and Meso. A maiden by Aayushi followed up by just 1 run from Parunika's over.
30/3 after 8, and only now is leading wicket-taker Vaishnavi introduced. Trouble for the South African team if they keep letting pressure build, but it's difficult against India's spinners.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: SA 29/3 after India-dominated powerplay
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: If you take 3 wickets in the powerplay, you usually win games is the thinking in T20 cricket. India off to a fantastic start from that perspective.
Skipper Reyneke now needed to rebuild alongside wicketkeeper Meso, as the second phase of the innings begins.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Wickets on consecutive deliveries! Aayushi strikes
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: India in the driver's seat now! Aayushi Shukla, the second of the spin trio, on to bowl, and takes only one delivery to strike. Ramlakan plays for the spin but is beaten on her inside edge, the ball knocking over her stumps.
20/3 now, and two new batters at the crease. India taking charge early.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: HUGE WICKET! Botha gone to a stellar catch by Kamalini
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Shabnam brings pace on from the other end as well, potentially to tempt Botha into a mistake, and it is a plan that works beautifully!
Botha only faces the first and last ball of the over, but a big swing in search of a boundary only finds her outside edge. It's a smart, sharp catch flying to her right by keeper Kamalini. Botha, South Africa's best batter, gone for 16(14).
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Botha continues to free her arms vs pace
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Botha playing the way she knows, taking the attack with another excellent stroke clearing the mid-off fielder. Three boundaries for her already.
Ramlakan, brought in for this match to bolster the batting, in at three. Nearly chops on, but survives.
18/1 after 3.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Spin introduced early, Parunika in the second over, and she strikes!
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Great decision to bring spin on early against batters who like pace on the ball! Parunika Sisodia first builds pressure against Botha, but it's Lourens who pays the price. One ball skids through, off the thigh pad, and onto her stumps.
Excellent over, South Africa 11/1 at the end of 2.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Botha with signal of intent in first over
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Just the start Botha wanted, a boundary straight back over the bowler's head followed by a piercing shot through the leg-side.
10 off the first over for the Proteas.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Here we go! India's team sprints onto the field
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Plenty of pride on show in the anthems, with so many fans from both countries joining in for the anthems as the young stars prepare to battle.
Wicketkeeper G Kamalini sprints out, leading the rest of her team into a huddle, and all the nerves are being translated into energy by the Indian team.
Joshitha to start proceedings with ball, Jemma Botha facing up, Simone Lourens her partner.
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India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Teams take to the field for national anthems
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Just under 10 minutes until action gets underway, and the crowd has filled up nicely with fans ready to watch the game's rising stars battle it out for the trophy in Kuala Lumpur. First
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Can South Africa's top order put pressure on India's bowling?
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: South Africa know that India are a great chasing team, but the choice to bat first is a clear indication that they will want to rattle India by having their openers, in particular Jemma Botha, go hard at India's bowling.
Neither team has had to score too many runs so far this tournament, but both are capable of it. Can South Africa's batters put India under the cosh?
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Surface report from Kuala Lumpur
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: A warm day being reported from Malaysia, but no expectation of rain on a hot day. The same kind of turf being used as in the India vs England semifinal, which will give India confidence having bowled first and chased confidently.
Runs on the board the order of the day, with India more familiar with this pitch compared to the Proteas.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: South Africa win toss and choose to bat first
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Kayla Reynecke wins the toss for South Africa and opts to bat at the Bayuemas Oval. The stage is set!
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Spin to win for India?
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Even more significant than the batting, potentially, has been a bowling attack that no team has had an answer to. In a modern throwback to the spin quartet of old, the Indian team has used three left-arm orthodox spinners to bowl rings around the opposition throughout the tournament.
Vaishnavi Sharma with 15 wickets and Aayushi Shukla with 12 lead the entire tournament in wickets taken.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: Can South Africa's batting keep up?
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: One of South Africa's concerns will be how untested their batting has largely been until the semifinals, especially due to games curtailed by rain. However, Jemma Botha came good vs Australia with 37(24) to set up the chase, with captain Reynecke anchoring the innings from number three.
South Africa will need to be firing on all cylinders, especially against a tricky Indian bowling group.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: India's opening batting threat
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: India's pair of remarkable openers in G Trisha and G Kamalini has been their greatest strength on the batting front throughout the tournament, racking up runs at a quick rate and ensuring that they take the responsibility of run-scoring for the team.
Trisha leads the tournament run-scoring with 265 runs at nearly 150 SR, heads and shoulders ahead of anyone else. Dislodging her from the crease early will be the key component of South Africa's gameplan.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: South Africa's road to the final
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: South Africa are also unbeaten in their campaign so far, and have shown plenty of dominance just as India did.
Their group began with a 22-run victory over New Zealand in a rain-affected match, before taking only 10 deliveries to reach their target after blowing through Samoa's batting. It was more of the same in the final match against Nigeria, winning by 41 runs by DLS method.
Largely riding on an excellent pace-bowling attack, another rain-affected match saw South Africa bowl Ireland out for 35 in the Super Six, chasing it down comfortably. Their second match vs USA was abandoned.
In the semifinals, with a tough task against Australia, it was the batting's turn to pull through, led by opener Jemma Botha and captain Kayla Reynecke.
These two teams have certainly been the best teams in the tournament, but India start off as favourites.
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: India's road to the final
India vs South Africa Live Score U19 Women's T20 World Cup Final: India have dominated their opposition throughout the tournament on their way to the title clash. They have looked by far to be the most dangerous team thanks to the bowling and top-order bowling.
India started by chasing down 45 against West Indies in just 4.2 overs, setting the tone. Next in the group, they beat hosts Malaysia by chasing down just 32 in 2.5 overs. In their final group game, they bowled out Sri Lanka for just 58 to win by 60 runs.
In the Super Six stage, India chased 65 vs Bangladesh in 7.1 overs. Following this, India scored a massive 208 vs Scotland thanks to G Trisha's century, winning by 150 runs to reach the semifinals.
Against England in the semis, it was another comfortable victory as India only took 15 overs to chase 114 after another excellent bowling performance.
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