U19 Women's T20 WC: Superb bowling, fielding help India bowl out England for 68

A superb bowling performance coupled with some outstanding fielding efforts helped India bowl out England for just 68 runs in the final of the inaugural ICC U19 Womens T20 World Cup at JB Marks Oval on SundayOn a pitch that was used in the semifinals on Friday fast bowler Titas Sadhu offspinner Archana Devi and legspinner Parshavi Chopra were accurate in their line and length and found enough help to the pick two wickets eachCaptain Shafali Verma the leftarm spinners Mannat Kashyap and Sonam Yadav took a scalp each in a dominating bowling performance by India The fielding despite a few blips was athletic with some exceptional catches taken as England never got going with the batTitas made a breakthrough on the fourth ball of the innings by having Liberty Heap mistime the heave and give her a simple return catch Apart from Titas and Archana keeping things tight India were also sharp with their ground fieldingNiamh Holland moved across to sweep Archana through the square leg in the fourth over and was helped by Hrishita Basu parrying the ball over the boundary rope But on the very next ball Niamh walked across in a bid to scoop Instead Archana found some turn and bounce outside off to crash into the stumpsOn the last ball of the over Archana gave some width and flight to entice captain Grace Scrivens in dancing down the pitch and loft over longoff The lefthanded batter fell into the trap and was caught by Gongadi Trisha running in from longoff and making the dive to complete the catchIndia could have got their fourth wicket in the Powerplay if keeper Richa Ghosh hadnt dropped a regulation catch offered by Ryana Macdonald Gay on nought coming off Titas in the fifth over But the rightarm fastbowler bounced back in the seventh over by castling Seren Smale with an inswingerWhile all England batters perished after struggling Ryana began to hit boundaries against spinners by dancing down the pitch to loft twice while using her crease to hit a delicate late cutBut England continued to sink as Parshavi trapped Charis Pavely lbw on the stroke of drinks break at the halfway mark In the 12th over Parshavi struck again as Ryana looked to loft over offside but Archana dived full length in the air to take a onehanded stunnerTwo overs later Soumya Tiwari produced a sharp direct hit from cover to runout Josephine Groves at the nonstrikers end Shafali entered the wickettakers column in the 15th over by enticing Hannah Baker to reach out to a delivery outside offstump and was stumped quickly by RichaAlexa Stonehouses 25ball stay at the crease ended in the 17th over when she chipped straight to cover off Mannat Sonam ended Englands innings on the first ball of the 18th over by taking a return catch off Sophia Smales tame chipAlso ReadAustralian Open Djokovic downs Tsitsipas to win 10th Melbourne titleBrief scores England 68 all out in 171 overs Ryana MacdonaldGay 19 Titas Sadhu 26 Parshavi Chopra 213 against IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever