Bangladesh batter Shorna Akter on Monday was named in the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament.
Shorna is the lone Bangladeshi cricketer to get into the list after she accumulated 153 runs in five matches with a strike rate of 157.73.
Only India’s Shafali Verma (7) scored more sixes than Shorna (6) during the course of the tournament.
Apart from Shorna, three players each from India and England and one each from New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Australia were picked by the ICC in their team of the tournament.
India beat England by seven wickets at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, South Africa to win the inaugural edition of the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup on Sunday.
ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament: Shweta Sehrawat (India), Grace Scrivens (capt) (England), Shafali Verma (India), Georgia Plimmer (New Zealand), Dewmi Vihanga (Sri Lanka), Shorna Akter (Bangladesh), Karabo Meso (wk) (South Africa), Parshavi Chopra (India), Hannah Baker (England), Ellie Anderson (England) and Maggie Clark (Australia). 12th player: Anosha Nasir (Pakistan).
