India storm into Super Six of Women’s U-19 World Cup

Benoni (South Africa), Jan 18: Spin trio of Mannat Kashyap, Archana Devi and Sonam Yadav produced sensational bowling display as India thrashed Scotland by 83 runs to storm into the Super Six of the inaugural Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.
Opting to bat, India lost their star opener and skipper Shafali Verma (1) in the second over.
It was Gongadi Trisha’s valiant 57 off 51 deliveries and Shweta Sehrawat’s counter-attacking cameo of 31 not out off 10 balls that propelled India to 149 for 4.
In reply, left-arm spinner Mannat led the show with a fine spell of 4-0-12-4, while off-spinner Archana claimed 3 wickets while giving away 14 runs from her four overs as India shot out Scotland for 66 in 13.1 overs to make it a hat-trick of wins and seal their Super Six berth.
Fifteen-year-old Sonam, who also bowls left-arm spin, bagged 2/1 from 1.1 overs to complete the domination as India finished on top of Group D with six points from three matches.
India had earlier defeated South Africa and UAE. (PTI)