On the eve of the ICC Girls’s World Cup ultimate between India and South Africa, Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla lauded the fast rise of girls’s cricket within the nation, highlighting the rising fan curiosity and the group’s performances within the match.
“When the semi-final was being performed, the stadium was jam-packed. The demand for tickets for the ultimate match is immense. Girls’s cricket’s reputation is rising. Individuals are coming to look at the match dwell. Earlier, individuals did not pay a lot consideration to it and did not observe it. They weren’t very thinking about it. There have been a number of states which did not even have girls gamers,” Shukla stated.
He additional added that the shift in perspective throughout the nation has been encouraging, as dad and mom at the moment are extra open to supporting their daughters in pursuing the game.
“Now dad and mom are prepared all over the place, and they’re enthusiastic about sending their daughters for ladies’s cricket,” he added.
Reflecting on India’s outstanding journey within the match, Shukla praised the group’s combating spirit, significantly their win over Australia within the semi-final, as they chased the very best whole in girls’s ODI.
“Now we have a number of achievements on this Girls’s World Cup. We beat Australia within the semi-final by chasing such a excessive rating. This has introduced laurels to the ladies’s group. India’s girls’s cricket can be progressing resulting from this,” he stated.
Expressing confidence forward of the title conflict in opposition to South Africa, the BCCI Vice President stated he believes India can carry the trophy and additional elevate the standing of girls’s cricket globally.
“I’m assured that we would be the World Cup champions, and ladies’s cricket in India will earn international laurels…Our girls’s group will emerge as a robust group internationally. I’ve been within the BCCI since we took girls’s cricket below our fold. Steady efforts are being made to make it thrive,” Shukla famous.
Recapping the encounter between the 2 sides, Australia gained the toss and opted to bat first.
After skipper Alyssa Healy’s early loss, Phoebe Litchfield (119 in 93 balls, with 17 fours and three sixes) and Ellyse Perry (77 in 88 balls, with six fours and two sixes) put up a 155-run stand for the second wicket.
With the wicket of Litchfield, India made a comeback, decreasing Australia to 265/6. Nevertheless, a 66-run stand between Ash Gardner (63 in 45 balls, with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes) and Kim Garth (17) took the Aussies to 338 runs in 49.5 overs.
Shree Charani (2/49) and Deepti Sharma (2/73) have been among the many high bowlers for India. Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Goud and Radha Yadav took a wicket every.
In the course of the run-chase, India was 59/2 within the tenth over, dropping openers Shafali Verma (10) and Smriti Mandhana (24 in 24 balls, with two fours and a six). Nevertheless, Jemimah and Harmanpreet didn’t let the stress pile on India.
Richa Ghosh (26 in 16 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Amanjot (15* in eight balls, with two fours) performed vital cameos, supporting Jemimah because the run chase was accomplished with 5 wickets and 9 balls in hand. Jemimah earned the ‘Participant of the Match’ award.
With this win, India have booked their spot within the Girls’s CWC ultimate and are set to lock horns with South Africa on Sunday.