Dewmi Vihanga makes it to ICC U-19 Women’s WC Team of the tournament

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Dewmi Vihanga

Sri Lanka all-rounder Dewmi Vihanga has been picked in the Team of the Tournament after India beat England in the final of the inaugural ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa.

In choosing Dewmi the ICC stated: “Dewmi Vihanga showed her incredible all-round prowess throughout the U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, chipping in with crucial runs and wickets.

“Vihanga got off to a great start with figures of 3/11 against USA in the opening game of the tournament, playing a crucial role in Sri Lanka’s only win at the tournament. She followed that up with a half-century against Bangladesh in the next game. Her all-round showing of 2/22 and 37 against South Africa kept her side in the game but they fell short by a solitary run in Sri Lanka’s last game.”

India’s Shweta Sehrawat, Shafali Verma and Parshavi Chopra, England’s captain Grace Scrivens, Hannah Baker and Ellie Anderson, Georgia Plimmer (New Zealand), Shorna Akter (Bangladesh), wicket-keeper Karabo Meso (South Africa), Maggie Clark (Australia) and 12th Player Anosha Nasir (Pakistan) were the others who made the 12.