Sports
Best XI Bangladesh's Swarna in U-19 Women's World Cup's best XI
Dhaka, January 31: The Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup has ended in South Africa. India won the tournament for the first time. Bangladesh plays very well in this tournament. However, the girls have to be eliminated as the run rate after losing only one match.
However, a cricketer from the Bangladesh U-19 team who caught the eye of the tournament has made it to the ICC's best eleven.
The best team of the ICC tournament was announced on Monday. It has the name of Swarna Akter of Bangladesh. Swarna had a great tournament with the bat. She scored 153 runs in five matches. The strike rate is very enviable of 157.72.
Apart from Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka have got one cricketer each in ICC's best eleven. Champions India and runners-up England have the most- three players each.
ICC XI for U-19 Women's T20 World Cup:
Shweta Sehrawat (India), Grace Scrivens (captain, England), Shefali Verma (India), Georgia Plimer (New Zealand), Deumi Vihanga (Sri Lanka), Swarna Akhtar (Bangladesh), Karabo Meso (wicketkeeper, South Africa), Parshvi Chopra ( India), Hannah Baker (England), Ellie Anderson (England), Maggie Clarke (Australia). 12th player: Anusha Nasir (Pakistan).
