Match Preview
India’s campaign in the inaugural edition of the ICC Women’s U19 WC is all set to kick-start with them taking on South Africa in Game No. 3 on the opening day of the tournament, which will be played at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni
SAU19s lost both their warm-up fixtures, while INDU19s won 1 & lost 1. India will be heading as favorites in this fixture having emerged victorious by 4-0 in the 5-match series vs SA that got concluded last week
Top Performers H2H
Kayla Reyneke (SAU19), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 4 | Runs- 72 | Avg- 24 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 16
Seshnie Naidu (SAU19), Bowler- RALB
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 10 | SR- 11
Archana Devi (INDU19), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 8 | SR- 10
Soumya Tiwari (INDU19), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 3 | Runs- 58 | Avg- 29 | Wkt- 1 | Avg- 1
Top Picks
Trisha Gongadi (INDU19), All-Rounder- RHB/RALB
- She’ll bat at the No. 3 slot, and will also chip in with an over or 2 with her part-time leg-breaks
- She was India’s highest run-getter in the previous warm-up fixture, scoring 44 runs
- She was the 2nd highest run-getter in the series vs NZ Development side:
– Inns- 4 | Runs- 115 | Avg- 29
Seshnie Naidu (SAU19), Bowler- RALB
- Finished with the most wickets in the series vs INDU19s: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 10 | SR- 11
- Has been phenomenal in the last 3 H2H games: 2.2-1-5-2, 4-0-29-2, 3.4-0-14-3
- Was impressive in the warm-up fixture vs BANU19s, finishing with figures of 4-0-16-2
Kayla Reyneke (SAU19), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- She was the leading run-getter during the series vs INDU19s: Inns- 4 | Runs- 72 | Avg- 24
- Was impressive with the ball as well, finishing with 3 wickets at an average of 16 during the series
- Was brilliant in both the warm-up fixtures, registering figures of 2-0-5-2 & 3-0-9-1
Differential Picks
Mannat Kashyap (INDU19), Bowler- LAO
- Considered the best spinner in the side, she finished with the most wickets for Punjab during the Senior T20 Trophy
- Finished with figures of 3-0-24-2 in the warm-up game vs BANU19s
- Finished with figures of 3-0-5-1 in her previous H2H outing
Shweta Sehrawat (INDU19), Batter- RHB
- She was India’s highest run-getter during the bilateral series vs SA U19s with 71 runs, including a knock of 40 in the 1st game
- She had been topping the run-charts series after series, throughout this season back home
- She was the leading run-getter in the U19 T20 Challenger Trophy, as well as during the Quadrangular U19 T20 Series:
– Inns- 4 | Runs- 163 | Avg- 41
– Inns- 4 | Runs- 164 | Avg- 55
Hurley Gala (INDU19), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She finished with 2 wickets at an average of 14 during the SAU19 bilateral series
- She was the best pace bowler during the series vs NZ Development side: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 7 | SR- 9
- She can also accumulate runs at a quick rate, and had impressive outings with the bat in the Quadrangular U19 T20 Series, as well as the U19 T20 Challenger Trophy
Karabo Meso (SAU19), Batter- RHB
- She was her side’s highest run-getter in the last warm-up fixture vs AUSU19s, finishing with 24 runs
- She was SAU19’s highest run-getter in the T20 Super League where they competed against the top SA cricketers: Inns- 3 | Runs- 63 | Avg- 32
Jemma Botha (SAU19), Bowler- OS
- Registered figures of 4-0-15-1 & 2-0-16-1 in the previous 2 H2H outings
- She’s also a very handy batter lower down the order
Safe Captaincy Pick
Shafali Verma (INDU19), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- Shafali will play a major role as an all-rounder throughout the WC
- She was super impressive with the ball in the warm-up fixture vs AUSU19s: 4-1-8-3
- She was back amongst the runs during the 2nd warm-up game, finishing unbeaten with 43* runs
- She was India’s highest run-getter in her last international assignment, the series vs Australia: Inns- 5 | Runs- 140 | Avg- 28
- With loads of international experience under her belt, she’ll certainly have the edge over the opposition
Differential Captaincy Pick
Soumya Tiwari (INDU19), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- She’ll slot in at the No. 4 slot, despite having opened throughout this season
- Has resumed bowling, and did well in the warm-up games, picking up a wicket in both the games
- Finished with the best batting average in the series vs SAU19s, having scored 58 runs at an average of 29
- She had some impressive outings with the bat back home during the:
– U19 T20 Trophy: Inns- 8 | Runs- 255 | Avg- 85, highest run-getter in this competition
– U19 Quadrangular T20 Series: Inns- 3 | Runs- 102 | Avg- 51
Player to Avoid
Elandri Janse Van Rensburg (SAU19), Batter- RHB
- She scored just 35 runs at an average of 8.75 across 4 outings vs INDU19s during the bilateral series
- She could manage only 4 runs across the 2 warm-up fixtures
Base Team
WK: Karabo Meso
BAT: Soumya Tiwari, Trisha Gongadi, Shweta Sehrawat
AR: Shafali Verma, Hurley Gala, Kayla Reyneke
BOWL: Mannat Kashyap, , Seshnie Naidu, Archana Devi, Jemma Botha
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