ICC Under 19 Womens T20 World Cup 2023: 1st ball wicket, 3rd ball wicket, 13th ball wicket, game over soon after. Yes, an incident took place today where an entire team crumbled to pieces. With this, a new history has been recorded in cricket.
A wicket on the first ball, a wicket on the third ball, a wicket on the 13th ball, and shortly after that it was game over. Yes, an incident took place today where an entire team crumbled to pieces. With this, a new history has been recorded in cricket. This match was held in Women’s Under 19 T20 World Cup. Zimbabwe team faced Indonesia. Zimbabwe is a familiar name when it comes to cricket experience. Indonesia did not perform at that level. But, this is the reason why today’s achievement is considered historic.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first. Indonesia proved his decision wrong. From the very first ball, the Indonesian bowlers went wild, leaving the Zimbabwean batsmen with no option but to leave the field.
The situation in Zimbabwe has become worse.
Indonesia took the first wicket of Zimbabwe on the first ball of the match. Then the second wicket fell in the third ball of the match. After this, the first ball of the third over got the third blow. But after entering the 5th over, the fourth blow also fell. That means Indonesia wrote the full script for Zimbabwe’s defeat in the power play itself.
The first shock result given by the Indonesian bowlers was that the Zimbabwean team could not even score 100 runs in 20 overs. They set a target of 87 runs against Indonesia, losing 8 wickets and scoring just 86 runs.
Great victory for Indonesia..
Indonesia Women’s Under-19 team got a good chance. Since the target was small, the opportunity to create history was not lost. Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup made history by winning against Zimbabwe. It is noteworthy that this is the first victory for Indonesia in an ICC event.
Even Indonesia, who chased down the target, did not start well. But, the focus on success was not lost at all. The efforts of the bowlers were not wasted. In this match, the Indonesian team won with 2 more overs to spare. Zimbabwe chased down the set target of 87 runs in the 18th over. The 25 extras given by Zimbabwe played a vital role in this. This is more than the runs scored by the Indonesian batsmen.
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