India's women in blue emerge U-19 champs as they beat England to win world cup

India on Sunday won their maiden ICC title in womenrsquos cricket as a bunch of sprightly and talented teenagers lifted the inaugural U19 World Cup with an emphatic sevenwicket victory over EnglandThe Shafali Vermaled India U19 squad managed to do what their seniors could not do by clearing the final hurdle in a global event India first bundled out England for 68 in 171 overs and then returned to knock off the paltry target in 14 overs to lift the coveted trophyldquoIt is just a proud moment its our first world cuprdquo said Trisha with stumps in hand after the memorable win The win on Sunday also reaffirms Indiarsquos dominance at the U19 level with the boys winning the world title in the Caribbean last yearExcellent bowlingIndiarsquos bowling attack led by pacer Titas Sadhu and supported by legspinner Parshavi Chopra set up the comprehensive win on Sunday as they blew England away with a clinical display at Senwes ParkWhile Sadhu showed that Indian women pace bowling is in safe hands following the retirement of Jhulan Goswami with impressive figures of 4062 Chopra too continued her dream run as she snapped two for 13Archana Devi also scalped 2 for 17 while Mannat Kashyap 113 Shafali116 and Sonam Yadav 13 accounted for one wicket each as England were all at sea after being asked to take first strikeFollowing a pep talk from Indiarsquos Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra India came out with a specific plan and executed it perfectly as Englandrsquos innings never really took off after being reduced to 16 for three in four oversAlso ReadShafali Verma Shweta Sehrawat shine again as India crush UAE by 122 runsBrisk startChasing 69 Shafali started with a boundary off Hannah Baker before launching Sophia Smale for a maximum But Baker came back to get rid of the India skipper who was caught by Alexa Stonehouse in the 3rd overHer opening and teamrsquos best batter in the tournament Shweta Sehrawat also was back in the hut after giving a simple catch to Baker off Grace Scrivens in the fourth over Soumya Tiwari 24 not out and Gongadi Trisha 24 then dug their heels in with a 46run partnershipTiwari hits winning runWith four runs needed Trisha was cleaned up by Stonehouse as Tiwari knocked off the winning runs Besides Shafali Richa Ghosh was the other international cricketer in the U19 squad Earlier Sadhu bowled 20 dot balls in her quota of four overs She struck in the fourth ball of the innings with a superb caught and bowled effort to get rid of Liberty Heap 0Spinner Archana then cleaned up Niamh Fiona Holland 10 while Gongadi Trisha pulled off a sensational catch to get rid of Grace Scrivens 4 to hand Archana her second wicket Sadhu could have added another wicket to her name but senior pro Richa dropped a regulation catch of Ryana Macdonald Gay who had edged an away going ball The Bengal pacer however didnrsquot have to wait longer as she went through the gates of Seren Smale 3 next Legspinner Parshavi Chopra then got into the act trapping Charis Pavely 2Brief scoresEngland 68 all out in 171 overs R Gay 19 T Sadhu 26 P Chopra 213 A Devi 217 lost to India 693 in 14 overs S Tiwari 24 G Trisha 24 by seven wktsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever