Under-19 Women's World Cup 2025: India defeated West Indies by 9 wickets in the first match, chased the target in 4.2 overs.

Team India, the defending champion of the Women's Under-19 World Cup, allowed West Indies to score only 44 runs.

Defending champion India has made a winning start in the Under-19 Women's T-20 World Cup. On Sunday, the team defeated West Indies by 9 wickets. In Kuala Lumpur, West Indies batted first, but the team could score only 44 runs. India achieved the target by losing 1 wicket in just 4.2 overs.

Windies Women collapsed in 13.2 overs Indian captain Nikki Prasad won the toss and chose bowling. West Indies did not lose a single wicket in the first 3 overs. Captain Samara Ramnath was out in the fourth over after scoring 3 runs, at this time the team's score was 10 runs. From here the disintegration of West Indies started. Team opener Asabi Calendar scored 12 runs and Kenika Kasar scored 15 runs.

Indian captain Nikki Prasad won the toss and chose bowling.

5 West Indies batsmen could not even open their account, while 4 batsmen could not even cross the 5-run mark. The team was all out after scoring 44 runs in 13.2 overs. Parunika Sisodia from India took 3 wickets for 7 runs. VJ Joshitha took 2 wickets for 5 runs and Ayushi Shukla took 2 wickets for 6 runs. 3 batsmen were also run out.

3 West Indies batsmen were run out.

India lost a wicket in the first over For India Women, who were chasing the target of 45 runs, Gongadi Trisha hit a four on the first ball. However, she gave away the wicket of Jahzara Claxton on the very second ball. After him, wicketkeeper G Kamalini scored 16 runs on 13 balls and Sanika Chalke scored 18 runs on 11 balls. The team achieved the target by scoring 47 runs in just 4.2 overs.

VJ Joshitha, who took 2 wickets for 5 runs, was the player of the match.

Malaysia all out for 23 runs In the second match of Group A, Sri Lanka Women won by 139 runs. Batting first in Kuala Lumpur itself, the team scored 162 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Dahami Sanethma scored a fifty. Malaysia team could score only 23 runs after batting 14.1 overs. 6 batsmen could not even open their account, while the highest individual score was only 7 runs.

Sri Lanka Women's team is in second place in Group-A.

India on top in the points table By winning the first match, India also secured the first position in the points table of Group A. Sri Lanka also has 2 points equal to India, but due to better run rate, India Women's team is at number one. The team's second match will now be against home team Malaysia on January 21 in Kuala Lumpur. The team will play the third match against Sri Lanka on 23 January.

16 teams are participating in the tournament. 4 teams each were divided into 4 groups. Top 3-3 teams from each group will go to the Super-6 round. Here 6-6 teams will be divided into 2 groups. Then 2-2 top teams from each group will make it to the semi-finals. The final will be played on 2 February.

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