India Women showed a dominant display of cricket with six wins from the matches, being crowned the Under-19 World Cup champions picking up their second consecutive title. The tournament decider was held in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital on Sunday where ICC Chairman, Jay Shah handed over the trophy to the Defending Champions after their stunning show throughout the tournament.

Here is the journey, the progression Indian women made towards the final:

India in its early take, took on their best form, defeating West Indies by nine wickets,

The dominant run continued with women taking over Malaysia, a huge triumph of 10 wickets,

Next on, with Sri Lanka, the Indian women even though restricted at 118/9 after batting first, yet they managed to make sure to take enough advantage of the rival’s early breakthroughs,

Then came on the Super Six phase of the tournament, when the Women strike an easy victory over Bangladesh by 8 wickets,

Another massive victory with a century and a four wicket haul against Scotland by 150 runs,

The knock-out semi- final match against the unbeaten England, but Indian women with an in-form style made it all easy ensuring a win by 8 wickets.

The final

In the final match against South Africa, India were elected to bowl first. And they made sure of a dominant impactful performance with the ball, picking up back-to-back wickets. South Africa could only put up a score of 82 runs in 20 overs. With only 83 runs to chase, it was at ease for the Under-19 women.

India went on to lift the trophy by scoring 83 runs in just 11.2 overs, at a fall of only 1 wicket. Opener Gongadi Trisha scored an impressive 44 runs knock in the title decider. She was also announced the ‘Player of the tournament’ with 309 runs and 7 wickets to her kitty.

After the win, the skipper of the winner team Niki Prasad said, “I think all of us tried to stay calm and down to earth. If we won the toss, we might have picked batting too. But we wanted to just go out there and do the job. All the credit goes to our support staff for making this possible and nurturing the youngsters. BCCI has given us the best facilities.

I am feeling really happy that I am here, making sure India stays on top. It’s a special moment to play the World Cup and do this for India. At the start of the tournament, I mentioned that were here to dominate and ensure India stays on top. We are definitely going to create that legacy of winning ICC trophies and winning a lot of trophies for India.”

About winning over their rival team in the final, South Africa the young Indian captain said, “The South Africans have been playing really well. They came hard at us today. We’ve played against them a lot and the character they have shown. It’s really nice to see and nice to compete against them.”

India truly were the real winners, remaining undefeated until the best, six wins out of the most matches. Becoming the two-time champions, being the best!