Spin trio of Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi and Sonam Yadav produced sensational bowling show as India thrashed Scotland by 83 runs to storm into the Super Six of the inaugural Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup in Benoni on Wednesday. Opting to bat, India misplaced their star opener and skipper Shafali Verma (1) within the second over. It was Gongadi Trisha’s valiant 57 off 51 deliveries and Shweta Sehrawat’s counter-attacking cameo of 31 not out off 10 balls that propelled India to 149 for 4.
In reply, left-arm spinner Mannat led the present with a advantageous spell of 4-0-12-4, whereas off-spinner Archana Devi claimed 3/14 from her 4 overs as India shot out Scotland for 66 in 13.1 overs to make it a hat-trick of wins and seal their Super Six berth.
Fifteen-year-old Sonam, who additionally bowls left-arm spin, bagged 2/1 from 1.1 overs to finish the domination as India completed on high of Group D with six factors from three matches. India had earlier defeated South Africa and UAE.
It was not a perfect begin for India, a few days after they’d posted an enormous 219 for 3 towards UAE, driving on Shafali’s 34-ball 78 as they misplaced two wickets contained in the powerplay.
Shafali was making an attempt to assault Nayma Shaikh over midwicket, solely to be caught within the deep by the Scottish skipper Katherine Fraser.
Sonia Mendhiya was the second wicket to fall within the powerplay, changing into the sufferer of Orla Montgomery.
Richa Ghosh (33) then steadied the ship with Trisha in a vital 70-run partnership within the center overs.
Fraser (2/31) inflicted a double blow, dismissing Richa and Trisha in a span of three balls to go away India in a spot of hassle at 105 for 4 in 16.5 overs.
Shweta then took on the assault on the Scottish camp with 4 boundaries and two sixes to present India an ideal end.
Chasing, Darcey Carter (24) and Ailsa Lister (14) gave Scotland a fiery begin, taking them to 40 for 1 in 5 overs however Mannat foxed the Scottish batters together with her intelligent variations to derail their chase.
Mannat and Archana shaped a lethal partnership within the center overs and very quickly lowered Scotland to 50 for five inside 10 overs.
From thereon, it was only a matter of time as not one of the remaining batters managed double digit scores.
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