With the help of left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma’s hat-trick and 5 wickets, India defeated Malaysia by 10 wickets in the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup on Tuesday. Vaishnavi of Gwalior has created history with this. She bowled the best so far in the ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup. He took 5 wickets giving just 5 runs.
This match was played today (21 January) at Byumas Oval ground in Kuala Lumpur. Where there was excellent bowling by the Indian team. Vaishnavi was given the title of Player of the Match for her excellent performance. Along with this, Vaishnavi also scored her first hat-trick in this World Cup.
ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup
(Best bowling in innings)
– Vaishnavi Sharma (India)
4.0-1-5-5
– E Anderson (England)
4.0-1-12-5
– MG Massera (Scotland)
3.5-15-5
First hat-trick of #U19WorldCup 2025 ✅
Five-wicket haul ✅Vaishnavi Sharma takes home the @aramco POTM for her dream spell against Malaysia 👏 pic.twitter.com/feKMutFVT9
— ICC (@ICC) January 21, 2025
Choosing to bowl first, India bowled out Malaysia for 31 runs in 14.3 overs. Vaishnavi took 5 wickets for 5 runs, Ayushi Sharma took 3 wickets for 8 runs and Joshita VJ took one wicket for 5 runs. India achieved the target in just 2.5 overs. Gongadi Trisha scored 27 runs and registered a resounding victory.
With this, India remains on top in Group A. He has played 2 matches so far and won both. Now the next match of the Indian team will be against Sri Lanka on 23 January. Sri Lanka also has 4 points, but India’s run average (plus 9.1) is better than Sri Lanka (plus 5.5).
Taking full advantage of the turn and bounce provided by the pitch, Vaishnavi gave one blow after another to Malaysia. She dismissed Nurin Binti Roslan, Nur Isma Daniya and Siti Nazwan in three consecutive balls. She took a hat-trick in the 14th over when Malaysia’s score was 30 for nine.
India recorded the second-fastest chase in ICC Women’s #U19WorldCup history against malaysia 😮
Watch the match highlights 🎥 https://t.co/ueczXocgjF
— ICC (@ICC) January 21, 2025
Vaishnavi said after the match, ‘This has been a dream debut, in which I got a hat-trick and 5 wickets. I consider India’s senior spinners Radha Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja as my role models.