The India women's national under-19 cricket team represents India in under-19 international cricket. It is administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. India are the current holders of the U19 Women's T20 World Cup and the U19 Women's T20 Asia Cup.
The team played their first matches against New Zealand in late 2022, in preparation for the 2023 U19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever edition of the under-19 tournament.
The Under-19 women's team won the U19 Women's T20 World Cup in 2023 under Shafali Verma and in 2025 under Niki Prasad. Also, the team won the U19 Women's T20 Asia Cup in 2024.
History The inaugural U19 Women's T20 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament eventually took place in January 2023, in South Africa. As a Full member of the ICC, India qualified automatically for the tournament. India's squad for was announced in December 2022.
In November and December 2022, in preparation for the World Cup, India played a five-match T20I series against New Zealand, winning the series 5–0. During the series, India announced their 15-player squad for the World Cup, on 5 December 2022. They also played a six-match T20I series against South Africa in the lead-up to the tournament.
At the U19 Women's T20 World Cup, the side topped both their group in the initial group stage and their Super Six group, qualifying for the semi-finals. They beat New Zealand in the semi-finals before beating England in the final by 7 wickets to claim the inaugural Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup title. India batter Shweta Sehrawat was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 297 runs.
Current squad The list of players who were selected for the 2025 U19 Women's T20 World Cup are mentioned below:
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
Performance record A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India +Key Champions Runners-up Semi-finals
U19 Women's T20 World Cup Year ResultPosition 2023Champions1st76100 2025Champions1st77000 2027QualifiedTotal2 titles1413100
U19 Women's T20 Asia Cup Year ResultPosition 2024Champions1st54001 2026TBDTBCTotal1 title54001
Honours
+ India Women's national under-19 cricket team honours Type Competition Titles Seasons ICC Championships U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2 Champions (2): 2023, 2025 ACC (Continental) U19 Women's T20 Asia Cup 1 Champions (1): 2024
Records & statistics International match summary
+Playing record Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural matchWomen's under-19 Twenty20 Internationals32272 0 3 27 November 2022
Record versus other nations
+ICC Full membersOpponent M W L T NR First match First win211009 January 20239 January 20234310011 January 202326 January 20252200029 January 202329 January 2023 6600027 November 2022 27 November 2022 1100015 December 2024 15 December 2024 860 0 227 December 2022 27 December 2022 330 0 022 January 2023 22 January 2023 110 0 019 January 2025 19 January 2025 +Associate members Opponent M W L T NR First match First win1100021 January 202521 January 2025100012200018 January 202318 January 20231100016 January 202316 January 2023
Leading run scorers
RankPlayersRunsAverageCareer span1Shweta Sehrawat44499.00 2022–present2Gongadi Trisha23823.202022–present3Shafali Verma22324.572022–present
Leading wicket takers
RankPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span1Mannat Kashyap2010.33 2022–present2Parshavi Chopra167.00 2022–present3Archana Devi1513.122022–present
Highest individual innings
RankPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Gongadi Trisha110 not out28 January 20252Shweta Sehrawat92 not out14 January 20233Shafali Verma7816 January 2023
Best individual bowling figures
RankPlayerScoreOppositionMatch date1Parshavi Chopra4/522 January 20232Mannat Kashyap4/1218 January 20233Archana Devi3/1418 January 2023
Highest team totals
RankDatesTotalsOppositionRef116 January 2023219/3 (20 Overs)229 November 2022176/6 (20 Overs)318 January 2023149/4 (20 Overs)
Lowest team totals
RankDatesTotalsOppositionRef121 January 202387/10 (18.5 Overs)
See also India men's national cricket team India women's national cricket team India national under-19 cricket team India A cricket team India B cricket team Board of control for cricket in india (BCCI) BCCI Awards National Cricket Academy (NCA) Cricket in India Sport in India – Overview of sports in India Glossary of cricket terms
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