The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced a money reward of Rs 5 crore for the Indian facet that claimed their second consecutive U19 ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup on the Bayuemas Oval on Sunday. Led by a spirited captain, Niki Prasad, the Indian staff remained unbeaten all through the match as they showcased distinctive talent, composure, and dominance. India performed with fearless intent all through the match, culminating in a commanding nine-wicket victory over South Africa within the last.
“The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the India Beneath-19 girls’s staff for efficiently defending their title on the ICC Beneath-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia.
“To honour this exceptional achievement, the BCCI has introduced a money reward of INR 5 Crore for the victorious squad and assist employees, led by Head Coach Nooshin Al Khadeer,” learn the assertion by BCCI.
“Congratulations to our ladies for retaining the U19 Girls’s World Cup. It has been an exemplary marketing campaign whereby they’ve remained unbeaten all through. We spoke about their performances on the Naman Awards final night time and at present they’ve made us all proud. This trophy displays the expansion of ladies’s cricket in India, and I am extraordinarily delighted to see every member shine on this match. I as soon as once more want to congratulate the whole staff, coaches and the assist employees for a unbelievable present,” mentioned Roger Binny, President, BCCI
A number of gamers delivered standout performances, with India’s top-order batters main from the entrance and the bowling unit sustaining a stranglehold. G. Trisha completed because the highest-run scorer of the match with 309 runs and was named the Participant of the Match and the Participant of the Match as she additionally picked seven wickets. Spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and Aayushi Shukla topped the wicket-takers record, taking 17 and 14 wickets, respectively.
India’s triumph within the inaugural version of the ICC U19 Girls’s T20 World Cup in 2023 and now in 2025 is a testomony to the Board’s robust age-group and grassroots construction. The sturdy home pathway continues to supply world-class expertise, guaranteeing {that a} feeder line to the nationwide staff stays robust and vibrant.
Devajit Saikia, Honorary Secretary, BCC mentioned, “I prolong my finest needs to the India Beneath-19 Girls’s staff for his or her exceptional title defence on the ICC Beneath-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup 2025. To attain this historic feat and win the trophy for the second consecutive time showcases their dedication, resilience, and dominance on the worldwide stage. Your complete staff, together with the assist employees, displayed super talent, teamwork, and willpower in all elements of the sport. This World Cup victory highlights the energy of India’s grassroots cricket and the intense way forward for our girls’s recreation.”
A stellar bowling efficiency, with the spinners taking 9 wickets – three of which went to Trisha Gongadi – together with fielders stepping up properly helped Niki Prasad-led India apply the squeeze on South Africa and bowl them out for 82 on a sluggish pitch. Within the chase, Trisha made 44 not out off 33 balls whereas Sanika Chalke slammed an unbeaten 26 off 22 deliveries to assist India full the chase in 11.2 overs to clinch the title but once more after profitable it in 2023 in Potchefstroom, South Africa
India’s second successive triumph within the U19 Girls’s T20 World Cup but once more confirmed the gulf that exists between them and groups of different nations on the U19 girls’s stage, as additionally they turned the primary facet to win the title with out dropping any recreation.
“Your complete nation is happy with this unbelievable achievement by our younger and gifted staff. My heartfelt congratulations to the India Beneath-19 Girls’s staff for efficiently defending the ICC Girls’s Beneath-19 T20 World Cup title in Malaysia. Their self-discipline, willpower, and fearless model of cricket have as soon as once more introduced glory to the nation. Profitable back-to-back World Cups is not any straightforward feat, and this triumph is a testomony to their onerous work and perseverance. These successive triumphs will encourage the following era of younger ladies throughout India to take up cricket and dream large,’ mentioned Rajeev Shukla, Vice-President, BCCI.
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