Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Limited-overs (20 overs)
First edition	2023 South Africa
Latest edition	2025 Malaysia
Next edition	2027 Bangladesh; Nepal
Tournament format	Round Robin and Knockout
Number of teams	16 (20 teams as 2027)
Current champion	India (1st title)
Most successful	India (1 title)
Most runs	Shweta Sehrawat (297)
Most wickets	Kayla Reyneke (17)
Website	ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup
	2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

The ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national women's under-19 teams.^[1]^[2] The first tournament took place in January 2023 in South Africa,^[3]^[4] with matches being played in the Twenty20 cricket format.^[5]^[6] India won the inaugural tournament, defeating England in the final.^[7]

History

Women's U-19 T20 World Cup winners
Year	Champions
2023	India

The inaugural tournament was scheduled to take place in January 2021, before being moved back to December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]^[9] In January 2021, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that they would host the tournament,^[10] but it was later postponed for a second time and moved to January 2023, with the ICC looking for another host nation.^[11]^[12]

The inaugural tournament eventually took place in January 2023 in South Africa, with sixteen teams competing.^[13] India won the competition, defeating England in the final by seven wickets.^[7]

It was announced that Malaysia and Thailand will jointly host the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, with Bangladesh and Nepal jointly hosting the 2027 event.^[14] On 18th August 2024 it was announced that Thailand had withdrawn as host which made Malaysia the sole host of 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Results

Year	Host(s)	Final venue	Final			No. of teams
Year	Host(s)	Final venue	Winners	Result	Runners-up	No. of teams
2023	South Africa	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom	India 69/3 (14 overs)	India won by 7 wickets Scorecard	England 68 (17.1 overs)	16
2025	Malaysia	Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran	To be decided			16
2027	Bangladesh Nepal	To be decided				20

Performance of teams

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Team	Appearances			Best performance	Statistics
Team	Total	First	Latest	Best performance	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
India	2	2023	2025	Champions (2023)	11	10	1	0	0	90.90
England	2	2023	2025	Runners-up (2023)	11	9	1	0	1	90.00
Australia	2	2023	2025	Semi-finals (2023)	10	8	2	0	0	80.00
New Zealand	2	2023	2025	Semi-finals (2023)	11	7	4	0	0	63.63
South Africa	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023)	9	8	1	0	0	88.88
Bangladesh	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	9	6	3	0	0	66.66
Pakistan	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023)	8	4	4	0	0	50.00
Nigeria	1	2025	2025	Super 6 (2025)	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
Rwanda	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
Sri Lanka	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	8	3	5	0	0	37.50
West Indies	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	9	3	6	0	0	33.33
Scotland	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2025)	7	2	5	0	0	28.57
Ireland	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2023, 2025)	9	2	6	0	1	25.00
United Arab Emirates	1	2023	2023	Super 6 (2023)	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
United States	2	2023	2025	Super 6 (2025)	7	1	6	0	0	14.28
Indonesia	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
Nepal	1	2025	2025	Group Stage (2025)	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
Malaysia	1	2025	2025	Group Stage (2025)	4	0	4	0	0	0.00
Samoa	1	2025	2025	Group Stage (2025)	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
Zimbabwe	1	2023	2023	Group Stage (2023)	4	0	4	0	0	0.00

Note:

Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.
The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Team results by tournament

Legend
W	Winner
RU	Runners-up
SF	Semi-finalist
R2	Round 2 (Super 6)
R1	Round 1 (Group Stage)
Q	Qualified
×	Did not qualify
	Hosts

Team	Competition			Total
Team	2023 (16)	2025 (16)	2027 (20)	Total
Australia	SF	Q		2
Bangladesh	R2	R2	Q	3
England	RU	Q		2
India	W	Q		2
Indonesia	R1	×		1
Ireland	R2	R2		2
Malaysia	×	R1		1
Nepal	×	R1	Q	2
New Zealand	SF	R2		2
Nigeria	×	R2		1
Pakistan	R2	R1		2
Rwanda	R2	×		1
Samoa	×	R1		1
Scotland	R1	R2		2
South Africa	R2	Q		2
Sri Lanka	R2	R2		2
United Arab Emirates	R2	×		1
United States	R1	R2		2
West Indies	R2	R2		2
Zimbabwe	R1	×		1

Debutant teams in each tournament

Year	Debutants	Total
2023	Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United States, West Indies, Zimbabwe	16
2025	Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Samoa	4
2027		–
Total		20

Tournament records

As of 21 January 2025

Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Records			Ref
Batting
Most runs	Shweta Sehrawat	297 (2023)	^[15]
Highest score	Grace Scrivens (v Ireland)	93 (2023)	^[16]
Most runs in a tournament	Shweta Sehrawat	297 (2023)	^[17]
Bowling
Most wickets	Kayla Reyneke	17 (2023-2025)	^[18]
Best bowling figures	Vaishnavi Sharma (v Malaysia)	5/5 (2025)	^[19]
Most wickets in a tournament	Maggie Clark	12 (2023)	^[20]
Team
Highest team total	India (v United Arab Emirates)	219/3 (2023)	^[21]
Lowest team total	Samoa (v South Africa)	16 (2025)	^[22]
Largest victory (by runs)	England (v Zimbabwe)	174 (2023)	^[23]
Highest match aggregate	India v South Africa	336/8 (2023)	^[24]
Lowest match aggregate	South Africa v Samoa	33/10 (2025)	^[25]

References

^ "ICC to hold Under-19 World Cup for Women in 2021". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Women's ICC events receive prize money boost". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Inaugural U-19 World Cup to be played in T20 format". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "ICC Board Meeting outcomes". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "ICC CEO Allardice says discussions on 'to bridge the gap between women and men's prize money'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dominant India win inaugural U-19 Women's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "ICC to hold Under-19 World Cup for Women in 2021". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^ "Women's ICC events receive prize money boost". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^ "Bangladesh to host inaugural Women's U19 World Cup in December". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "U19s World Cup delay to deny Aussie young guns". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ "Under-19 Women's World Cup 'very much on the cards' for January 2023, says Geoff Allardice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup fixtures announced". International Cricket Council. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Hosts of U19 ICC Global Events Until 2027 Announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Batting Most Runs Career". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Batting Most Runs Innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Batting Most Runs Series". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Bowling Most Wickets Career". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Bowling Best Figures Innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Bowling Most Wickets Series". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Highest Innings Totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Lowest Innings Totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Largest Margins". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Highest Match Aggregates". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Lowest Match Aggregates". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[1] "ICC to hold Under-19 World Cup for Women in 2021". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[2] "Women's ICC events receive prize money boost". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[3] "Inaugural U-19 World Cup to be played in T20 format". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[4] "ICC Board Meeting outcomes". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[5] "ICC CEO Allardice says discussions on 'to bridge the gap between women and men's prize money'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[6] "South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[firstfinal-7] "Dominant India win inaugural U-19 Women's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[8] "ICC to hold Under-19 World Cup for Women in 2021". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

[9] "Women's ICC events receive prize money boost". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

[10] "Bangladesh to host inaugural Women's U19 World Cup in December". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[11] "U19s World Cup delay to deny Aussie young guns". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[12] "Under-19 Women's World Cup 'very much on the cards' for January 2023, says Geoff Allardice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[13] "ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup fixtures announced". International Cricket Council. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[14] "Hosts of U19 ICC Global Events Until 2027 Announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[15] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Batting Most Runs Career". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[16] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Batting Most Runs Innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[17] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Batting Most Runs Series". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[18] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Bowling Most Wickets Career". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[19] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Bowling Best Figures Innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[20] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Bowling Most Wickets Series". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[21] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Highest Innings Totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[22] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Lowest Innings Totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[23] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Largest Margins". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[24] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Highest Match Aggregates". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[25] "Records - ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup Records - Team Lowest Match Aggregates". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

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