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The ICC U-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup 2025 will start on 18 January in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The inaugural version was held in South Africa in 2023 the place the India U-19 girls’s workforce emerged as champions.
On this version, 16 groups are divided into 4 teams. India is in group A with host Malaysia, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
GROUPS
Group A: India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, West Indies
Group B: England, Eire, Pakistan, USA
Group C: New Zealand, Nigeria, Samoa, South Africa
Group D: Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Scotland
Listed here are 5 gamers to be careful for within the ICC U-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup 2025:
MAGGIE CLARK – AUSTRALIA
Regardless of her age, Clark was the main wicket taker on the final U19 T20 World Cup having dismissed 12 batters in South Africa.
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Regardless of her age, Clark was the main wicket taker on the final U19 T20 World Cup having dismissed 12 batters in South Africa.
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At simply 17 years previous, the medium tempo bowler will return for her second look on the match, having been Australia’s youngest squad member in 2023.
Regardless of her age, Clark was the main wicket taker on the final U19 T20 World Cup having dismissed 12 batters in South Africa.
This time spherical she’s going to deliver further expertise after representing Adelaide Strikers within the Girls’s Huge Bash League (WBBL) in 2024, the place she joined a bowling assault that featured names like Megan Schutt, Tahlia McGrath and Amanda-Jade Wellington.
Having taken two for 13 on her Strikers debut within the T20 Spring Problem, Clark has given all indication that she might be gunning to higher her superlative whole of 12 wickets this day trip.
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PUJA MAHATO – NEPAL
Puja performed a big function within the defence of Nepal Girls’s U19s file whole of 213, as she took 5 for eight.
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Puja performed a big function within the defence of Nepal Girls’s U19s file whole of 213, as she took 5 for eight.
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Puja Mahato has captained Nepal to its first-ever U-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup, delivering some glittering particular person performances alongside the way in which.
The all-rounder scored 130 not out off 69 balls throughout qualification towards Kuwait, changing into solely the second Nepali girl to attain a century in a global match.
Puja performed a big function within the defence of Nepal Girls’s U19s file whole of 213, as she took 5 for eight.
Nepal will definitely be seeking to its captain to guide from the entrance as soon as extra in Malaysia.
JEMIMA SPENCE – ENGLAND
A non-travelling reserve for England in 2023, Jemima Spence has needed to look forward to her alternative to shine on the ICC U19 Girls’s T20 World Cup 2025 and for a time even choice this yr didn’t look doubtless.
The South East Stars batter and wicketkeeper spent a substantial chunk of 2024 on the sidelines recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) harm.
However, having made her debut for the Surrey membership within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy (RHFT) at simply 16, she has already proven her indeniable promise.
In the identical yr, she top-scored within the RHFT play-off towards Southern Vipers, plundering 45 not out.
She was a constant starter for the Stars all through 2023, even opening in her ultimate two matches in a batting line-up that includes Alice Capsey and Alice Davidson-Richards, and can hope to return to type in Malaysia.
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RITU SINGH – USA
Ritu Singh returns for her second look on the match after that includes on the inaugural competitors when she was simply 16.
Within the USA’s opening match in 2023, the all-rounder top-scored for the USA from sixth within the order, hitting 22 runs towards Sri Lanka.
Ritu has additionally just lately featured for the USA’s senior workforce, boasting the second-best economic system as she took two for 37 from 10 overs in its ODI towards Zimbabwe.
Whereas cricket’s newcomers struggled in 2023, Singh will hope to be on the forefront because the USA purpose to display its ambitions on the world stage.
G. KAMALINI – INDIA
Having already impressed Mumbai Indians’ coach Charlotte Edwards, G Kamalini might be out to wow the world as a key member of an India workforce out to defend its title.
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Having already impressed Mumbai Indians’ coach Charlotte Edwards, G Kamalini might be out to wow the world as a key member of an India workforce out to defend its title.
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G. Kamalini has already been topic to a bidding battle for her companies within the upcoming WPL.
The wicketkeeper-batter is about to characterize 2023 champion Mumbai Indians alongside Harmanpreet Kaur, Shabnim Ismail and Nat Sciver-Brunt in 2025 at simply 16 years previous.
Within the U19 Girls’s T20 Asia Cup in December, Kamalini delivered a match-winning show on the crease as she opened towards Pakistan and scored 44 not out off 29 balls.
She hit 4 fours and three sixes on the way in which to the whole in a participant of the match show.
Having already impressed Mumbai Indians’ coach Charlotte Edwards, she might be out to wow the world as a key member of an India workforce out to defend its title.
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