India women's national under-19 cricket team

For the men's U19 team, see India national under-19 cricket team.

India Under-19s
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
CaptainNiki Prasad
CoachDhruv Gupta
Team information
ColorsBlue
Founded2022
History
Twenty20 debutv.  New Zealand at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, India; 27 November 2022
World Cup wins (2023, 2025)
Asia Cup wins (2024)
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAsian Cricket Council

T20I kit

The India women's national under-19 cricket team represents India in under-19 international cricket. It is administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. They are the current World and Asian Champions.

The team played their first matches against New Zealand in late 2022, in preparation for the 2023 World Cup, the first ever edition of the under-19 tournament.[1] India's squad for was announced in December 2022.[2] The team won both the inaugural World Cup and Asia Cup in 2023 and 2024 respectively.[3]

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The tournament eventually took place in January 2023, in South Africa.[5] As a Full Member of the ICC, India qualified automatically for the tournament.[6]

In November and December 2022, in preparation for the World Cup, India played a five-match T20I series against New Zealand, winning the series 5–0.[7] During the series, India announced their 15-player squad for the World Cup, on 5 December 2022.[2] They also played a six-match T20I series against South Africa in the lead-up to the tournament.[8]

At the World Cup, the side topped both their group in the initial group stage and their Super Six group, qualifying for the semi-finals.[9] They beat New Zealand in the semi-finals before beating England in the final by 7 wickets to claim the inaugural Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup title.[10][11] India batter Shweta Sehrawat was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 297 runs.[12]

Current squad

The table below lists all the players who have been selected for the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[13]

Standby players: Nandhana S, Ira J, Anadi T

Performance record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India

Key
Champions
Runners-up
Semi-finals

U19 World Cup

Year Result Position Pld W L T NR
2023 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 0
2025 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 0
2027 Qualified
Total 2 titles 14 13 1 0 0

U19 Asia Cup

Year Result Position Pld W L T NR
2024 Champions 1st 5 4 0 0 1
2026 TBD TBC
Total 1 title 5 4 0 0 1

Honours

ICC

ACC

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 29 January 2023
Playing record
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Women's under-19 Twenty20 Internationals 18 15 1 0 2 27 November 2022

Record versus other nations

As of 29 January 2023
ICC Full members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0 21 January 2023
 England 2 2 0 0 0 29 January 2023 29 January 2023
 New Zealand 6 6 0 0 0 27 November 2022 27 November 2022
 South Africa 7 5 0 0 2 27 December 2022 27 December 2022
 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 0 22 January 2023 22 January 2023
Associate members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
 Scotland 1 1 0 0 0 18 January 2023 18 January 2023
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 16 January 2023 16 January 2023

Leading run scorers

As of 29 January 2023
Rank Players Runs Average Career span[14]
1 Shweta Sehrawat 444 99.00 2022–present
2 Gongadi Trisha 238 23.20 2022–present
3 Shafali Verma 223 24.57 2022–present

Leading wicket takers

As of 29 January 2023
Rank Player Wickets Average Career span[15]
1 Mannat Kashyap 20 10.33 2022–present
2 Parshavi Chopra 16 7.00 2022–present
3 Archana Devi 15 13.12 2022–present

Highest individual innings

As of 29 January 2023
Rank Player Score Opposition Match Date[16]
1 Shweta Sehrawat 92 not out  South Africa 14 January 2023
2 Shafali Verma 78  United Arab Emirates 16 January 2023
3 Shweta Sehrawat 74 not out  United Arab Emirates 16 January 2023

Best individual bowling figures

As of 29 January 2023
Rank Player Score Opposition Match date[17]
1 Parshavi Chopra 4/5  Sri Lanka 22 January 2023
2 Mannat Kashyap 4/12  Scotland 18 January 2023
3 Archana Devi 3/14  Scotland 18 January 2023

Highest team totals

As of 29 January 2023
Rank Dates Totals Opposition Ref
1 16 January 2023 219/3 (20 Overs)  United Arab Emirates [18]
2 29 November 2022 176/6 (20 Overs)  New Zealand
3 18 January 2023 149/4 (20 Overs)  Scotland

Lowest team totals

As of 30 January 2023
Rank Dates Totals Opposition Ref
1 21 January 2023 87/10 (18.5 Overs)  Australia [18]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "India U19 Women's squad for ICC World Cup and SA series announced". BCCI. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Ind Vs Eng India Create History Lift U 19 Title After Beating England". ESakal. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. ^ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ^ "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23 | Live Score, Schedule, News". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins". International Cricket Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  7. ^ "New Zealand Under-19s Women in India 2022/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  8. ^ "India Under-19s Women in South Africa 2022/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ^ "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  10. ^ "India to face England in Women's U-19 T20 World Cup final". ESPNcricinfo. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Dominant India win inaugural U-19 Women's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  13. ^ "India's squad for ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  14. ^ "India women's under-19 cricket team batters statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  15. ^ "India womens under-19 cricket team bowling statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  16. ^ "India Womens U-19 cricket team batters statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  17. ^ "India Womens U-19 cricket team bowler statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  18. ^ a b "India Womens U-19 cricket team highest & lowest totals statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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