The Indian team has performed brilliantly and won the title of Under-19 Women's Asia Cup 2024. India defeated Bangladesh by 41 runs in the final match played at Byumas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. In the final match, Bangladeshi team had a target of 118 runs to win, which it could not chase successfully. Bangladesh team collapsed for only 76 runs. This tournament has been organized for the first time. In such a situation, the Indian team achieved a historic achievement by winning the title.
Let us tell you that in the same year, India's youth men's team also reached the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup, but Bangladesh defeated them there and prevented them from winning the trophy. But, now it is believed that the players of the Indian women's team have avenged the defeat of the men's team by defeating Bangladesh.
The bowlers did wonders
In the final match, Bangladesh team won the toss and asked India to bat first. But the batsmen of the Indian team could not do anything special. However, thanks to Trisha's inning of 52 runs in 47 balls, G managed to score 117 runs. Now the responsibility of saving it was on the Indian bowlers, which they did well. While saving the small score, Vijo Joshita gave the first success in the very second over.
Parunika Sisodia gave the second blow on the score of 24 in the fifth over. This boosted the morale of the team. Then Bangladeshi tried to recover by making a partnership of 20 runs, then Sonam Yadav strengthened India's grip in the match by taking one wicket. After this, Bangladesh team could not recover and lost the remaining 7 wickets to score the next 32 runs. In this way, Team India won the match by 41 runs with 9 balls remaining.
big faces of victory
Indian opener G Trisha was adjudged player of the match for her half-century in the final. When Team India faltered during the first innings, he took over. She stuck to one end and slowly kept increasing the score. Not only this, Trisha was also chosen Player of the Tournament for her excellent performance. She is the highest run-scorer batsman of this tournament.
Trisha scored 159 runs in 5 innings at a strike rate of 120 and an average of 53. In the final match, Ayushi Shukla took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 3.3 overs and was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. He took 10 wickets in 5 matches. In the final, Sonam Yadav supported them by taking 2 wickets, Parunika Sisodia 2 wickets and Joshita 1 wicket.
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