India Women U19 will take on New Zealand Women U19 in the 1st Semi-final of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on January 27.
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India Women U19 will take on New Zealand Women U19 in the 1st Semi-final of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on January 27. South Africa is the host of the inaugural edition of the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in January 2023. 16 teams will compete in the tournament and 41 matches will take place as well. Moreover, 16 warm-up matches took place between 9 and 11 January in Johannesburg and Tshwane. The World Cup matches will be played across four venues in Benoni (Willowmoore Park and Willowmoore Park B Field) and Potchefstroom (Senwes Park and North-West University No1 Ground). Both semi-finals will be played on 27 January at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom whereas the final will take place at the same venue on 29 January as well.
11 full-member nations gained direct entry to the inaugural edition of the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup – Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. The rest of the five places were filled by the champions from each of the ICC’s five regions as well – UAE, Rwanda, USA, Indonesia and Scotland. All 16 teams have been divided in 4 groups also. Group A (Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and USA), Group B (England, Pakistan, Rwanda and Zimbabwe), Group C (Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand and West Indies) and Group D (India, Scotland, South Africa and the UAE) as well.
Teams that batted first have won four times on the ground, while teams batting second have won once as well. The average score in the first innings is 135, and the average score in the second innings is 80 so far as well. And, as far as Australia’s form is concerned, a high-scoring game is expected if they bat first as well.
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One can watch the live coverage of each of the 41 matches in the inaugural tournament in the following countries – India (FanCode), Pakistan (PTV and ARY ZAP), Bangladesh (Rabbithole), UK (Sky Sports), Sub-Saharan Africa (Supersport), West Indies (ESPN Caribbean), Boland Park, Paarl (Venue Guide), USA (Willow TV and ESPN+), MENA (Etisalat and Starzplay), Malaysia (Astro), New Zealand (Sky Sport), Australia (Fox Sports). Meanwhile, Star Sports is the ICC’s global broadcast partner and they have licensed rights to international broadcasters for selected games.
India Women U19 Squad: Shweta Sehrawat, Shafali Verma (c), Soumya Tiwari, Gongadi Trisha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Hrishita Basu, Titas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshavi Chopra, Sonam Yadav
New Zealand Women U19 Squad: Georgia Plimmer, Emma McLeod, Isabella Gaze (wk), Izzy Sharp (c), Kate Irwin, Anna Browning, Paige Loggenberg, Tash Wakelin, Abigail Hotton, Kayley Knight, Natasha Codyre
India Women U19 Squad: Shweta Sehrawat, Shafali Verma (c), Soumya Tiwari, Gongadi Trisha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Hrishita Basu, Titas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi, Parshavi Chopra, Sonam Yadav, Hurley Gala, Sonia Mendhiya, Shabnam MD, Falak Naz, Soppadhandi Yashasri
New Zealand Women U19 Squad: Georgia Plimmer, Emma McLeod, Isabella Gaze (wk), Izzy Sharp (c), Kate Irwin, Anna Browning, Paige Loggenberg, Tash Wakelin, Abigail Hotton, Kayley Knight, Natasha Codyre, Louisa Kotkamp, Olivia Anderson, Emma Irwin, Kate Chandler
