India’s women’s cricket team has made history by winning the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup 2025, defeating South Africa in the final on Sunday. This is India’s second time winning the tournament in a row. They didn’t lose a single match throughout the competition.
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India played amazingly well further restricting South Africa to just 82 runs. Then, they easily scored the runs they needed to win. Gongadi Trisha was the star of the show, taking three crucial wickets and scoring an unbeaten 44 runs to steer India to victory.
Splendid with the bat 💪
Effective with the ball ⚡There was no stopping Trisha Gongadi in the #U19WorldCup 🔥 pic.twitter.com/jBWuxyuMXl
— ICC (@ICC) February 2, 2025
Congratulations to @BCCI on back-to-back @ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup titles. And kudos to all the participating teams who took part in this very successfully hosted tournament by @MalaysiaCricket – crucial to the global development of the women’s game #U19WorldCup. pic.twitter.com/8EOTVfTLCH
— ICC (@ICC) February 2, 2025
The final match against South Africa was a thrilling encounter with India delivering a dominant performance to secure a nine-wicket victory.
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The team remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, winning all their group-stage matches and continuing their momentum in the Super Six stage. Their commanding performance against England in the semi-final set the stage for their historic win in the final.
2023 🏆 2025🏆
𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊-𝐓𝐎-𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚😍#U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/jOR3bzk1p7
— ICC (@ICC) February 2, 2025
South Africa, on the other hand, had a strong campaign, dominating Group C and carrying four crucial points into the Super Six stage. However, they were unable to withstand India’s onslaught in the final.