In a face-off  between two unbeaten sides in the ongoing  ICC Women's T20 Under-19 World Cup 2025, reigning champions India outplayed England by nine wickets while chasing an under par target of 114 in the second semi-final that was played at the at the Bayuemas Cricket Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.

Battling for the last spot to take on South Africa in the summit clash to be played on Sunday 2 February in Kuala Lumpur, last editions losing finalist England opted to bat first after winning the toss.

England riding on their opener Davina Perrin aggression were off to a strong start and were 81 for 3 at one stage despite losing two wickets in space of three balls in the opening over bowled by left arm spinner Parunika Sisodia inside the powerplay.

Perrin and Captain Abi Norgrove who had added 44 runs for the third wicket, however was cleaned up by left arm spinner Aayushi Shukla after she had scored 45 off 40 balls in the 12th over. Her wicket triggered a batting collapse as Norgrove who had scored 30 off 25 balls to take England closer to triple figures was dismissed by Shukla in her next over.

Things got worse for England as leading wicket taker in the tournament, Vaishnavi Sharma produced a brilliant 16th over, snapping three wickets to reduce England to 92 for 8. A late push by Amrutha Surenkumar (14) saw England amass 113 for 9 from their 20 overs.

Having batted brilliantly throughout the tournament, India were once again off to a good start with their openers Kamalini G and Trisha Gongadi adding 60 runs, before the latter who had become scored the only century in the tournament departed for 35 off 29 balls. The south paw Kamalini however continued to flourish as the innings progressed and unleashed a flurry of boundaries in the company of Sanika Chalke to complete a well deserved fifty, her second of the tournament.  The duo added 57 runs during their unbeaten third wicket partnership of mere 35 balls with Chalke who scored 14 not out. Appropriately the wicket keeper batter scored the winning boundary in her unbeaten knock of 56 off  50 balls with a heave wide deep mid-wicket off Phoebe Brett to ensure India’s well deserved win with 5 overs to spare.

Parunika Sisodia (3/21) was declared the Player of The Match for her game-changing spell with the ball.

Earlier South Africa qualified for their first ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup 2025 decider following an impressive five-wicket triumph over Australia in the first semi-final at the same venue early in the day.

The Proteas excelled with the ball on the back of Ashleigh van Wyk's four-wicket haul and were on song in the field as they restricted Australia to just 105/8 and cruised past that target with 11 deliveries remaining courtesy of some excellent batting from Jemma Botha (34) and Kayla Reyneke (26).

Photo Cover:  Wicket keeper opener batter Kamalini G played a pivotal role in India run chase over last editions finalist England with an unbeaten knock of 56 in the semi-final tie (Photos courtesy BCCI)

Photo Above: Left arm orthodox spinner Parunika Sisodia (Centre) master class against England ensured her the Player of the Match award.