West Indies under-19 women suffered a nine-wicket loss against India in their opening match of the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. on Sunday.
Batting first, the Windies were bowled out for 44, inside 14-overs. Asabi Callender, 12, and Kenika Cassar, 15, were the only batters to reach double figures.
Parunika Sisodia took 3 for 7, while Aayushi Shukla and VJ Joshitha took two wickets each.
In reply, India innings started shakily when they loss Gongadi Trisha for four after the second ball. However, G Kamalini, 16, and Sanika Chalke, 18, secured a comfortable win for India.
Final scores, West Indies Under-19 women 44, India Under-19 women 47 for 1.
The Caribbean side will be back in action when they take on Sri Lanka, on Monday at 9:30 pm.
Meanwhile, Nigeria stunned New Zealand to post their maiden victory.
This was their first completed game in their maiden Under-19 World Cup appearance after their first match was washed out on Saturday.
In a rain-affected game reduced to 13 overs a side, Nigeria scored 65 for 6.
The chase started with New Zealand losing their opener Kate Irwin first ball to a run-out.
Emma McLeod, the other opener, departed in the third over off the right-arm seamer Usen Peace’s bowling.
New Zealand kept losing wickets in the middle overs and were 49 for 5 at the end of 11 overs.
With 17 needed, the penultimate over fetched New Zealand eight runs with captain Tash Wakelin hitting a four off the last ball of the over.
New Zealand needed nine off the final over but only managed only six runs off Udeh, as Nigeria sealed a thrilling two-run triumph.
The win briefly put Nigeria on top of the table in Group C, for them to move down to second after South Africa demolished Samoa in Kuching later in the day.
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