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{{short description|Indian women's U19 cricket team}}
{{About||the men's U19 team|India national under-19 cricket team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = India Under-19s
| image = Flag of India.svg 
| coach = Dhruv Gupta
| captain = Niki Prasad
| founded = 2022
| colors = Blue
| association = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]
| icc_region = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| title1 = [[Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|World Cup]]
| title1wins = {{gold1}} ([[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2023]], [[2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2025]])
| title2 = [[Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]
| title2wins = {{gold1}} ([[2024 ACC Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|2024]])
| first_t20 = v. {{crw19|NZ}} at [[Bandra Kurla Complex]], [[Mumbai]], India; 27 November 2022
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| t_pattern_b = _ind_t20wc_24
| t_pattern_ra = _blueborder
| t_pattern_pants = _white_stripes_adidas
| t_leftarm = FB671DFF
| t_body = 1350C1
| t_rightarm = FB671DFF
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| t_title = T20I [[Cricket clothing and equipment|kit]]
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The '''India women's national under-19 cricket team''' represents India in under-19 international [[women's cricket|cricket]]. It is administered by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]. They are the current [[Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|World]] and [[Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|Asian Champions]].

The team played their first matches against [[New Zealand women's national under-19 cricket team|New Zealand]] in late 2022, in preparation for the [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2023 World Cup]], the first ever edition of the under-19 tournament.<ref name="announce">{{cite web |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/south-africa-to-host-inaugural-icc-u19-t20-world-cup |title=South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup |work=Women's CricZone |date=10 April 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131094056/https://www.womenscriczone.com/south-africa-to-host-inaugural-icc-u19-t20-world-cup |url-status=dead }}</ref> India's squad for was announced in December 2022.<ref name="23squad">{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2022/news/55555953/india-u19-women-s-squad-for-icc-world-cup-and-sa-series-announced |title=India U19 Women's squad for ICC World Cup and SA series announced |publisher=BCCI |date=4 December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref> The team won both the inaugural [[Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|World Cup]] and [[Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|Asia Cup]] in [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2023]] and [[2024 ACC Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|2024]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2023 |title=Ind Vs Eng India Create History Lift U 19 Title After Beating England |url=https://www.esakal.com/amp/krida/ind-vs-eng-india-create-history-lift-u-19-title-after-beating-england-india-women-u19-won-by-7-wkts-shafali-verma-create-a-history-cricket-news-kgm00&ved=2ahUKEwj5rvLbuO38AhVL-zgGHTmACRwQFnoECAwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw26RWYLQCKnjy8w0RaArrI_ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=ESakal}}</ref>

==History==
The inaugural [[Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|Women's Under-19 World Cup]] was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="postpone">{{cite web |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/icc-postpones-2021-womens-world-cup-qualifier-due-to-covid-19 |title=ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19 |work=Women's CricZone |date=12 May 2020 |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929064845/https://www.womenscriczone.com/icc-postpones-2021-womens-world-cup-qualifier-due-to-covid-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tournament eventually took place in January [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2023]], in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23 {{!}} Live Score, Schedule, News |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-under-19-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1336137 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250908181437/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-under-19-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1336137 |archive-date=2025-09-08 |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> As a [[List of International Cricket Council members#Full Members|Full Member]] of the ICC, India qualified automatically for the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2637447 |title=Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins |work=International Cricket Council |date=31 May 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref>

In November and December 2022, in preparation for the World Cup, India played a five-match T20I series against [[New Zealand women's national under-19 cricket team|New Zealand]], winning the series 5–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/New_Zealand_Under-19s_Women_in_India_2022-23.html |title=New Zealand Under-19s Women in India 2022/23 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref> During the series, India announced their 15-player squad for the World Cup, on 5 December 2022.<ref name="23squad"/> They also played a six-match T20I series against [[South Africa women's national under-19 cricket team|South Africa]] in the lead-up to the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/India_Under-19s_Women_in_South_Africa_2022-23.html |title=India Under-19s Women in South Africa 2022/23 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref>

At the World Cup, the side topped both their group in the initial group stage and their Super Six group, qualifying for the semi-finals.<ref name="2023cricinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-under-19-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1336137 |title=ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> They beat [[New Zealand women's national under-19 cricket team|New Zealand]] in the semi-finals before beating [[England women's under-19 cricket team|England]] in the final by 7 wickets to claim the inaugural Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-to-face-england-in-inaugural-womens-u19-t20-world-cup-final-1356157 |title=India to face England in Women's U-19 T20 World Cup final |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=27 January 2023 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-under-19-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1336137/india-women-under-19s-vs-england-women-under-19s-final-1336195/match-report |title=Dominant India win inaugural U-19 Women's T20 World Cup |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=29 January 2023 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> India batter [[Shweta Sehrawat]] was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 297 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=15002;type=tournament |title=Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Most Runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref>

==Current squad==
The table below lists all the players who have been selected for the [[2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2024/news/55556171/india-s-squad-for-icc-under-19-women-s-t20-world-cup-2025-announced |title=India’s squad for ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 announced |publisher=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>

* Niki Prasad (c)
* Sanika Chalke (vc)
* Bhavika Ahire (wk)
* Ishwari Awsare
* VJ Joshitha
* [[G Kamalini]] (wk)
* Drithi Kesari
* Anandita Kishor
* [[Vaishnavi Sharma]]
* [[Shabnam Shakil]]
* Aayushi Shukla
* [[Parunika Sisodia]]
* [[Gongadi Trisha]]
* Mithila Vinod
* [[Sonam Yadav]]

''Standby players'': Nandhana S, Ira J, Anadi T

==Performance record==
''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within [[India]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+'''Key'''
|style="background:gold" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Champions'''
|-
|style="background:silver" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Runners-up'''
|-
|style="background:#cc9966" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Semi-finals'''
|-
|}

===U19 World Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! width="90" |Year
! Result
! width="40" |Position
! width="20" |{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|T|Drawn}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|NR|No result}}
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2023]]
|'''Champions'''
|'''1st'''
|7
|6
|1
|0
|0
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2025]]
|'''Champions'''
|'''1st'''
|7
|7
|0
|0
|0
|-
|{{flagicon|Bangladesh}}{{Flagicon|Nepal}} [[2027 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2027]]
| colspan=7|'''''Qualified'''''
|-
!Total
!colspan=2|2 titles
!14
!13
!1
!0
!0
|}

===U19 Asia Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! width="90" |Year
! Result
! width="40" |Position
! width="20" |{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|T|Drawn}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|NR|No result}}
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[2024 ACC Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|2024]]
|'''Champions'''
|'''1st'''
|5
|4
|0
|0
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|unknown}} [[2026 ACC Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|2026]]
|TBD
| colspan="7" |TBC
|-
!Total
!colspan=2|1 title
!5
!4
!0
!0
!1
|}

==Honours==
===ICC===
*'''[[Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|World Cup]]'''
** '''Champions:''' [[2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2023]], [[2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup|2025]]

===ACC===
*'''[[Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]'''
** '''Champions:''' [[2024 ACC Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup|2024]]

==Records & statistics==
===International match summary===

{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|+Playing record
|-
! Format !! M !! W !! L !! T !! D/NR !! Inaugural match
|-
| align="left"|Women's under-19 Twenty20 Internationals ||18||15||1 || 0 || 2 ||27 November 2022
|-
|}

===Record versus other nations===
{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|+[[List of International Cricket Council members#Full members|ICC Full members]]
|-
!Opponent !! M !! W !! L !! T !! NR !! First match !! First win
|-
|{{crw19|AUS}}||1||0|||1||0||0||21 January 2023||
|-
|{{crw19|ENG}}||2||2|||0||0||0||29 January 2023||29 January 2023
|-
|{{crw19|NZ}} ||6||6||0||0||0||27 November 2022 ||27 November 2022
|-
|{{crw19|RSA}} ||7||5||0|| 0 || 2||27 December 2022 ||27 December 2022
|-
|{{crw19|SL}} ||1||1||0|| 0 ||0||22 January 2023 ||22 January 2023
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|+[[List of International Cricket Council members#Associate members|Associate members]]
|-
! Opponent !! M !! W !! L !! T !! NR !! First match !! First win
|-
|{{crw19|SCO}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|0
|18 January 2023
|18 January 2023
|-
|{{crw19|UAE}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|0
|16 January 2023
|16 January 2023
|-
|}

===Leading run scorers===
{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Players!!Runs!!Average!!Career span<ref>{{cite news|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=15002;team=6995;type=tournament|date=30 January 2023|title=India women's under-19 cricket team batters statistics|work=www.espncricinfo.com|access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1||[[Shweta Sehrawat]]||444||99.00 ||2022–present
|-
|2||[[Gongadi Trisha]]||238||23.20||2022–present
|-
|3||[[Shafali Verma]]||223||24.57||2022–present
|}

===Leading wicket takers===
{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Player!!Wickets!!Average!!Career span<ref>{{cite news|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=15002;team=6994;type=tournament|date=30 January 2023|title=India womens under-19 cricket team bowling statistics|work=www.espncricinfo.com|access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1||Mannat Kashyap||20||10.33 ||2022–present
|-
|2||Parshavi Chopra||16||7.00 ||2022–present
|-
|3||Archana Devi||15||13.12||2022–present
|}

=== Highest individual innings===
{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Player!!Score!!Opposition!!Match Date<ref>{{cite news|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=15002;team=6995;type=tournament|title=India Womens U-19 cricket team batters statistics|work=www.espncricinfo.com|access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1||[[Shweta Sehrawat]]||92 [[not out]]||{{crw19|RSA}}||14 January 2023
|-
|2||[[Shafali Verma]]||78||{{crw19|UAE}}||16 January 2023
|-
|3||[[Shweta Sehrawat]]||74 not out||{{crw19|UAE}}||16 January 2023
|}

===Best individual bowling figures===
{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Player!!Score!!Opposition!!Match date<ref>{{cite news|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=15002;team=6995;type=tournament|title=India Womens U-19 cricket team bowler statistics|work=www.espncricinfo.com|access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1||Parshavi Chopra||4/5||{{crw19|SL}}||22 January 2023
|-
|2||Mannat Kashyap||4/12||{{crw19|SCO}}||18 January 2023
|-
|3||Archana Devi||3/14||{{crw19|SCO}}||18 January 2023
|}

===Highest team totals===
{{updated|29 January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Dates!!Totals!!Opposition!!Ref
|-
|1||16 January 2023||219/3 (20 Overs)||{{crw19|UAE}}||<ref name="Etii2023">{{cite news|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=15002;team=6995;type=tournament|title=India Womens U-19 cricket team highest & lowest totals statistics|work=www.espncricinfo.com|access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2||29 November 2022||176/6 (20 Overs)||{{crw19|NZ}}||
|-
|3||18 January 2023||149/4 (20 Overs)||{{crw19|SCO}}||
|}

===Lowest team totals===
{{updated|30 January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank!!Dates!!Totals!!Opposition!!Ref
|-
|1||21 January 2023||87/10 (18.5 Overs)||{{crw19|AUS}}||<ref name="Etii2023"/>
|}

==See also==
*[[India men's national cricket team]]
*[[India women's national cricket team]]
*[[India national under-19 cricket team]]

==References==
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JosefinaK97 at 08:17, 4 April 2026