Sri Lanka overcame West Indies in the opening encounter on day 4 of the ICC Women’s U19 World Cup 2025, before India followed suit with a win over hosts Malaysia.
Sri Lanka picked up a second straight dominant win at the ICC Women’s T20 U19 World Cup 2025. This helped them overtake India on the points table, but India didn’t take long to regain the top spot as they secured a second successive win while also maintaining a net run rate advantage over Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka took down their own record, posting the biggest total of the tournament so far. Coming off scoring 162 to set up a win over hosts Malaysia on Monday, Sri Lanka smashed 166-5 in Kuala Lumpur against a West Indies side desperate to keep their tournament hopes alive.
Those big-swinging efforts were matched by their work in the field, tearing right through the West Indies batting lineup to have them all out for 85 just inside 20 overs.
Helped in part by some missed opportunities by the West Indies in the field, the Sri Lankans clinically made their way to 79-1 at the mid-point of their batting innings, having won the toss and opting to set the score.
Openers Sanjana Kavindi (38 off 36) and Sumudu Nisansala (19 off 22 balls) put on 54 runs in under seven overs for the first wicket to help set things up, highlighted by Sumudu’s huge six over midwicket.