India, under the leadership of skipper Niki Prasad, entered the tournament fresh from winning the ACC U19 Women's Asia Cup last year

With each passing ICC tournament, South Africa’s female cricketers are rewriting the script with their U19 team now following the example set by the senior team. The Proteas have reached back-to-back ICC Women’s T20 World Cup finals,

England Women U19's journey at the ICC Women's U19 World Cup came to an end at the semi-final stage, as they were beaten by nine wickets by India. Batting first, England were in a good position at just over the halfway mark of their innings, 81-2, with Warwickshire's Davina Perrin looking good on 45.