U19 Women's T20 World Cup: India storm into semi-final; beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets

The U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 semifinals have been reached by Niki Prasad's Indian squad following a convincing victory over Bangladesh in Super Six Group 1. In a rain-affected match at Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, India won, maintaining their tournament-long undefeated record. They finished with eight wickets in hand after successfully chasing down a target of 65 runs in just 7.1 overs.

With statistics of 3/15 in her four overs, Vaishnavi Sharma once again showed off her bowling prowess for India. With nine wickets to her credit, she is now tied for the most wickets taken in the competition.

The Women in Blue got off to a great start thanks to opening batter Gongadi Trisha, who scored 40 runs off 31 balls before being removed. Sanika Chalke and skipper Niki guided India to prevail without any more problems, even though G Kamalini lost early.

India is now the third team to guarantee a spot in the semifinals, behind South Africa and Australia. Australia advanced by defeating the West Indies in their Super Six Group 1 match, while South Africa secured their place after defeating Ireland in Super Six Group 2.

Based on Net Run Rate (NRR), Australia is now in second place in Group 1, after India. Despite the fact that both sides have won all three of their games, India has a higher NRR (6.009) than Australia (2.176).

Teams carry over their group stage scores and points into the Super Six stage. India advanced to the Super Six with Scotland after defeating Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and Malaysia in Group A. Australia's final Super Six encounter will be against Sri Lanka, while India's final Super Six match before the semifinals will be against Scotland.

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