Needing an improbable win against mighty Aussies to keep their ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2025 campaign aliveokebet, debutants Nepal succumbed to an 83-run defeat and crashed out of the tournament. Read the Nepal vs Australia, Group D match report. (More Cricket News)
Chasing a 140-run target, the Nepali girls could manage only 56/8 runs in their stipulated 20 overs and only one batter, skipper Puja Mahato (18 off 42) reached a double-digit score. For the Aussies, Hasrat Gill, Juliette Morton, and Lily Bassingthwaighte took two wickets.
Lucy Hamilton won the toss, but it was her rival number who dominated the early proceedings of the match as mercurial Mahato rocked the girls from Down Under with early wickets.
The Aussies, however, recovered to post an intimidating total. From 14/3 in three overs, they reached 139/6. Caoimhe Bray (45 off 34), and Eleanor Larosa (31 off 39) added 72 runs for the fourth wicket, before Hasrat Gill's unbeaten knock of 30 from 21.
Australia, with three wins in three, topped Group D. They will be joined by Bangladesh (two wins) and Scotland (one win) in the Super Six stage. Nepal will return home winless.
Puja Mahato, the Nepal captain, said at the toss that in a T20 game, anything can happen and they learnt a lot from the previous game [one-wicket defeat]." Meanwhile, her counterpart Lucy Hamilton was looking to exploit the "hard wicket" and said that "this is a good opportunity to put a big total on the board."
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Nepal Women Under-19 (Playing XI) - Sana Praveen, Sabitri Dhami, Puja Mahato (C), Jyotsnika Marasini, Seemana KC, Alisha Yadav (WK), Tirsana Bishwokarma, Krishma Gurung, Anu Kadayat, Rachana Chaudhary, Riya Sharma.
SAARI Faizal of Malaysia scored two goals for his side, while SAARI Fitri added another, and ANUAR Akhimullah opened the scoring in the first quarter.
Hockey Jharkhand drubbed Gujarat 27-0. Adisan Minj (12’, 16’, 35’, 56’, 58’, 59’) stood out to be top goal scorer for Jharkhand.
Australia Women Under-19 (Playing XI) - Kate Pelle, Ines McKeon, Lucy Hamilton (C), Caoimhe Bray, Eleanor Larosa, Hasrat Gill, Ella Briscoe, Grace Lyons (WK), Chloe Ainsworth, Lily Bassingthwaighte (In for Tegan Williamson), Juliette Morton.
Australian women were leading the table with two wins whereas Nepal have lost both of the matches in Group D and are at the bottom of the table.
Australia Vs Nepal, ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025: Live Streaming DetailsWhen and where will the Australia Vs Nepal, ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup match be played?
The Australia Vs Nepalokebet, ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup match will be played at the UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi in Malaysia on Wednesday, January 22 at 12:01 pm IST.
Where will the Australia Vs Nepal, ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup match be telecast and live-streamed?
The Australia Vs Nepal, ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup match will be live-streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website in India. It will not be telecast on any TV channel in the country, but the semi-finals and final will be aired on the Star Sports 2 TV channel in India.