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Captain of the 16 teams participating in the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup doing a photo shoot with the trophy. (Photo- ICC)
Under-19 Women’s T-20 World Cup is starting from today. The first match of this ICC tournament will start at 8 am between Australia and Scotland. India won the first title of this tournament in 2023.
16 teams are participating in the 16-day competition in Malaysia. This season, 41 matches of the tournament will be played at 4 venues. India’s first match will be against West Indies on 19 January. The final will be played on 2 February.
Know everything about the tournament in 10 questions…
Question-1: Has this tournament been organized before? Yes, this tournament was also organized in 2023. Then 16 teams took part in this competition held in South Africa. India won the first title by defeating England by 7 wickets in the final.
India Women’s team is the defending champion of the Under-19 World Cup.
Question-2: In which group has India been placed this time? Team India has been placed in Group-A. All the matches of this group will be played at the Byumas Oval ground in Selangor. The final will also be played here. Apart from Group A, Group B matches will be held at Dato Stadium, Group C matches will be held at Borneo Cricket Ground in Sarawak and Group D matches will be held at UKM VSD Oval Stadium in Selangor.
Question-3: In which format will this tournament be held? This tournament will be played on League cum Super-6 format. For this, 16 teams have been divided into 4 groups. There are 4-4 teams in each league group, all the teams will play 3-3 matches in the group stage.
Like last time, this time too there will be a Super-6 stage, the top-3 teams of each group will enter the Super-6 stage. The Super-6 stage will start from January 25. There will be a total of 12 teams in 2 groups. Two semi-finals will be played between the top two teams of each group on January 30 and 31, and the final between the winning teams will be held on February 2.
Question-4: Has any new team got a chance to play the World Cup this time? Yes, Samoa team is playing a World Cup for the first time. It has been placed in Group C along with New Zealand, South Africa and African qualifier team. Malaysia is also playing its first World Cup.
Question-5: Who is the captain of the Indian team this time? Nikki Prasad has been made the captain of India’s Under-19 women’s team. Nikki has been roped in by Delhi Capitals for the Women’s Premier League.
Nikki Prasad has been made the captain of the Indian Under-19 women’s team. His captaincy also won the Under-19 Asia Cup.
Question-6: Who is in the Indian team this time? The Indian team selected for the Under-19 Women’s T-20 World Cup is as follows – Nikki Prasad (captain), Sanika Chalke (vice-captain), G Trisha, Kamalini G (wicketkeeper), Bhavika Ahire (wicketkeeper), Ishwari Avasare, Mithila Vinod, Joshita VJ, Sonam Yadav, Parunika Sisodia, Kesari Drithi, Ayushi Shukla, Anandita Kishore, MD Shabnam, Vaishnavi S. Stan by: Nandana S, Ira J, Anadi T.
Question-7: Where can you watch the matches? The Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 matches can be watched on JioStar digital platform. Not only this, the semi-final and final matches will be telecast on Star Sports-2.
Question-8: Which players have come to the Indian team from the last Under-19 World Cup? Yes, many players have reached Team India after playing the last Under-19 World Cup. Among these, names like opener Shefali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Titas Sadhu are part of the Indian women’s team.
Question-9: Is the member of the last time world champion team in the Indian women’s team? Richa Ghosh and Titas Sadhu are currently part of the Indian women’s team. Both of them had recently participated for India in the ODI series against Ireland.
Question-10: Which players will be monitored? Eyes will be on captain Nikki Prasad, Vaishnavi Sharma, Trisha Ganguly.
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