The Indian women's Under-19 cricket team was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Hyderabad after winning the ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time. Key players Drithi Kesari and Gongadi Trisha credited their success to their families and cricket idols,

Vaishnavi Sharma won't forget her debut in a hurry, recording the best-ever bowling figures in Women's T20 World Cup history, taking five wickets and conceding just five runs - with a hat-trick in there as well. The incredible individual display helped India dismiss hosts Malaysia for just 31 runs and set them on their way to a 10-wicket victory.

ICC Women's Under-19 World Cup final, Kuala Lumpur South Africa 82 (20 overs): Van Vorst 23 (18); Trisha 3-15, Sisodia 2-6 India 84-1 (11.2 overs): Trisha 44* (33), Chalke 26* (22); Reyneke 1-14 India won by nine wickets Scorecard India have won the Under-19 T20 World Cup after storming to a nine-wicket victory over South Africa in the final.