U19 Women’s World T20: SL face elusive India and hosts South Africa in next round

With the group stages now completed, the Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup is heating up, as Sri Lanka, one of the twelve teams, move on to the Super Sixes stage. Lankans will be up against tough teams India and South Africa, facing them on January 22 and 24 respectively in the inaugural world cup being held in South Africa.

Group A winners Bangladesh, England (Group B), New Zealand (Group C) and India (Group D) have all moved into the next stage with maximum points (4). Runners up Australia (Group A), Pakistan (Group B), West Indies (Group C) and South Africa (Group D) each take two points with them into the Super Sixes, by virtue of beating the third-placed teams.

Those teams (the third-placed) are: Sri Lanka (Group A), Rwanda (B), Ireland (C) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (D). Each of these teams are in the Super Sixes but start this next phase with no log points.

The Super Sixes and the decisive clashes will be hosted in Potchefstroom.

Qualification for the Super Sixes is determined by log standings. Each team in the Super Sixes takes the points won against the other qualifiers in their group through to the Super Sixes stage.

Qualifiers from the original Group A and D will play in one Super Six group, while Groups B and C are now paired together for this next stage.

Teams will face opposition from groups they were not in but will not play against those who finished the group stage in the same log position. Therefore, Group winners Bangladesh (A) and India (D) will not play against each other, though they are in the same Super Sixes group.

The same applies for runners-up such as Pakistan (B) and West Indies (C), who are now in one group, but will not face each other.

Each team will play two fixtures in the Super Sixes, with the top two sides in both groups qualifying for the semi-finals on 27 January.

The final is scheduled for 29 January.

SL’s Super Sixes fixtures:

22 January

India v Sri Lanka (*17:45pm)

24 January

South Africa v Sri Lanka (*17:45pm)

*SL time