He created a stir by taking a hat-trick in his debut match, taking 5 wickets for 5 runs, India won the match in just 2.5 overs.

News punjab,21 jan 2025

ICC U19 Women’s World Cup 2025

Every young cricketer dreams of making his debut in international cricket and if this dream comes true, then that young player tries to make his debut memorable. Something similar has happened with young Indian bowler Vaishnavi Sharma, who has created history by making his debut in the ICC U19 World Cup. 19-year-old Vaishnavi Sharma got the opportunity to debut for Team India in the match against Malaysia. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Vaishnavi Sharma created a sensation by taking a hat-trick in her debut match itself. She took 5 wickets for just 5 runs. In this way, the entire Malaysian team was bowled out for just 31 runs in 14.3 overs. In reply, Team India achieved the target of 32 runs in just 2.5 overs and registered its second consecutive victory in the tournament.

Team India, which won the toss and decided to bowl first, did not give the Malaysian batsmen a chance to settle at the crease. 4 out of 11 Malaysian batsmen could not even open their account. The remaining 7 batsmen were also dismissed after scoring just one point. 5 runs was the team’s best score by a batsman. Malaysian openers Nur Alia Harun and Husna scored 5 runs each. Vaishnavi Sharma bowled brilliantly for India and dismissed half the team by giving away 5 runs in just 4 overs. During this, she also bowled a maiden over. This bowling performance by Vaishnavi Sharma is the best bowling performance of the ICC U19 World Cup. Earlier, this record was in the name of England’s Ellie Anderson. Ellie had taken 5 wickets by giving away 12 runs against the West Indies in the 2023 U19 World Cup.

Apart from Vaishnavi Sharma, Ayushi Shukla took 3 wickets while Joshita VJ took one wicket. Batting for India, the opening pair of Gongri Trisha and G Kamalini helped their team achieve the target within 3 overs without losing any wickets. Gongri Trisha played a stormy innings of 27 runs in 12 balls with the help of 5 fours. She scored runs at a strike rate of over 200. While Kamalini returned unbeaten on 4 runs.