U19 Women's T20 World Cup: Shweta Sehrawat's Brilliance Aids India Beat New Zealand To Reach Final
ABP NewsPotchefstroom: Riding on performances from leg-spinner Parshavi Chopra and opener Shweta Sehrawat, India have breezed into the final of the inaugural U19 Womens T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first semifinal at the JB Marks Oval on Friday. Electing to field first, Parshavi justified captain Shafali Verma's call to bowling first with a spell of 3-20 in her four overs and helped India restrict New Zealand to a mere 107 in 20 overs. After electing to bowl first, India were on the money from the word go and never let New Zealand get away, with Anna Browning and Emma McLeod dismissed in the first six overs by left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap and right-arm pacer Titas Sadhu respectively. Though Soumya was clean bowled for 22 off 25 balls by Anna, Shweta and Gongadi Trisha hit three boundaries between themselves, the last of which was a drive punched past mid-off by the former to take India to the final with 5.4 overs to spare, thus breaking the New Zealand jinx in the knockouts of a global tournament.