The Indian team created history as they won the inaugural edition of the Women’s U-19 20-20 World Cup on Sunday. The Shafali Verma-led Indian team trashed England in the final to register a convincing 7-wicket victory.
India’s victorious women’s U19 team will be honoured on Wednesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Indian Cricket Board office bearers, announced the Indian Cricket Board secretary Jay Shah.
“It is with great delight I share that Bharat Ratna Shri @sachin_rt and @BCCI Office Bearers will felicitate the victorious India U19 team on Feb 1st in Narendra Modi Stadium at 6:30 PM IST. The young cricketers have made India proud and we will honour their achievements,” Jay Shah wrote on Twitter.
Here is Jay Shah’s tweet
It is with great delight I share that Bharat Ratna Shri @sachin_rt and @BCCI Office Bearers will felicitate the victorious India U19 team on Feb 1st in Narendra Modi Stadium at 6:30 PM IST. The young cricketers have made India proud and we will honour their achievements.
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) January 30, 2023
The Board has announced a cash prize of INR 5 crore for the winning India U-19 team and support staff members. Shweta Sehrawat of India was the tournament’s leading run-scorer, amassing 297 runs with three half-centuries. Parshavi Chopra, meanwhile, was India’s leading wicket-taker, with 11 wickets from six matches.
Roger Binny, India’s 1983 World Cup-winning all-rounder and current Indian Cricket Board president, praised the U19 girls for their “fearless cricket” in South Africa.
“I take this opportunity to congratulate the India U-19 Women’s team for their title glory at the ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup. The team played with a fearless approach and created history by winning the coveted trophy. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament and our team’s achievement has set a benchmark to inspire the upcoming cricketers in the country,” he said.
“The India U-19 Women’s team has done the entire country proud by their stupendous success at the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup. The Shafali Verma-led unit showed tremendous skill and grit to overcome the challenges and blazed their way to glory. The BCCI has always valued age-group cricket and the title triumph is another sign that women’s cricket in India is thriving. This success also highlights the depth of cricketing talent in the country and augurs well as we inch closer to the inaugural edition of the much-awaited Women’s Premier League (WPL) which will further fuel interest in women’s cricket,” Jay Shah said.
