Mighty India thrash Proteas to win second successive U-19 women's T20 world title

An utterly dominant India flaunted their embarrassment of riches to win a second successive U19 Womens T20 World Cup title with a ninewicket shellacking of South Africa here on Sunday the triumph giving a peek into the games most perfectly calibrated youth structureHaving outclassed every team during their march to the final India asserted themselves yet again getting the job done with as many as 52 balls to spare while also becoming the first team to win the tournament without dropping a single gameThe biggest star of the day was allrounder Gongadi Trisha who complemented her excellent 315 with an unbeaten 33ball 44 while battingSouth Africa led by Kayla Reyneke opted to bowl first but their decision backfired quickly as Indias threepronged spin attack bowled them out for 82Leftarm spinner Aayushi Shukla was the star of the show with figures of 4292 while legspinner Trisha who has also been a revelation with the bat further underlined her allround capabilities with her triple strikes with the ballTrisha once again anchored Indias chase with an unbeaten knock that was studded with eight foursVicecaptain Sanika Chalke 26 not out 22 balls 4x4 sealed the victory with a powerful heave to the squareleg boundary forcing the young Indian players draped in the Tricolour to break into wild celebrationsIve dreamt of this moment for the past two years and I cant believe I hit the winning runs its truly surreal My teammates support made all the difference and this moment is one Ill cherish forever said Sanika after the matchLeftarm spinner Parunika 4062 provided India with an immediate breakthrough dismissing opener Simone Lourens for a duck as South Africa struggled from the outsetRightarm seamer Shabnam Shakil 2071 then removed the dangerous Jemma Botha reducing South Africa to 202 by the end of the fourth overThe pressure intensified when Aayushi bowled Diara Ramlakan further denting South Africas inningsAt the halfway mark South Africa were struggling at 333 unable to gain any momentumCaptain Kayla Reyneke 7 tried to stabilise the innings but fell to Trisha who later stumped Mieke van Voorst 23 to break a promising 30run partnership for the seventh wicketTheir skipper attempted to break free but perished while trying to go big holing out to Trisha at longoffDespite Fay Cowling 15 20 balls and Mieke van Voorst putting up a small resistance South Africas struggles continuedThe duo tried to rebuild but with just four overs remaining South Africa were precariously placed at 585Trishas breakthrough then triggered a collapse and they were eventually bowled out in the final delivery of their inningsIndia got off to a strong start in their chase scoring briskly with a steady flow of singles and boundariesTrisha was once again the aggressor with her exquisite strokes while Kamalini G also chipped inThe opening partnership was moving smoothly until Kamalini was dismissed for 8 caught by Simone Lourens off Kayla Reynekes bowling leaving India at 361 in 43 oversSanika faced a few dot balls before settling in as South Africas wayward bowling and fielding also helped Indias causeTrisha on the other hand continued to exude confidence accumulating runs with a mix of singles and boundariesIndian opener Trisha who struck the only century of this edition of the tournament 110 against Scotland finished as the topscorer with 309 runs from seven innings at a fantastic average of 7725 and a strike rate of over 147She also returned with seven wickets at an economy rate of 642 across the seven outingsVaishnavi emerged as the tournaments top wickettaker claiming 17 scalps at an outstanding economy rate of 435 from six matches while Aayushi Shukla supported her brilliantly with 14 wickets from seven matchesIn the final India were 711 at the halfway mark of their inningsThe defending champions enjoyed a flawless campaign winning all their groupstage matches against the West Indies Malaysia and Sri LankaTheir winning momentum continued in the Super Six stage with victories over Bangladesh and ScotlandIn the semifinal India delivered a commanding performance against England to extend their unbeaten run to six matchesWith agency inputs