United States Inaugural Champion

The United States have won the inaugural ICC Champions Trophy in Kigali, Rwanda by a comfortable margin, although it didn’t always look that way. Indeed, going into the penultimate day, any one of four of the five teams had a chance to win the trophy.

Final Placings:

1. USA – 13 points
2. Nepal – 10
3. Rwanda – 9
4. Italy – 8
5. Vanuatu – 2

Most Runs:

1. Chetna Pagydyala (USA) – 261
2. Valenta Langiatu (Van) – 230
3. Isani Vaghela (USA) – 196
4. Samjhana Khadka (Nep) – 161
5. Alexia Kontopirakis (Ita) – 149

Most Wickets:

1. Kabita Kunwar (Nep) – 15
2. Vanessa Vira (Van) – 15
3. Manisha Upadhayay (Nep) – 12
4. Sainavi Kambalapalli (USA) – 10
5. Maahi Madhavan (USA) – 10

Matches

Day One

Italy 72/1 (Alexia Kontopirakis 45*, Ruth Uwimana 1-12) defeated
Rwanda 50/4 (Merveille Uwase 12*, Ilenia Sims 2-11, Chathurika Mahamalage 2-16) by 16 runs (DLS)

POTM: Alexia Kontopirakis

USA 123/6 (Pooja Ganesh 47, Gargi Bhogle 34, Manisha Upadhayay 2-18) defeated
Nepal 79/9 (Bindu Rawal 27, Maahi Madhavan 2-11, Taranum Chopra 2-14) by 44 runs

POTM: Pooja Ganesh

Day Two

Rwanda 109/8 (Gisele Ishimwe 34, Marie Bimenyimana 28, Vanessa Vira 3-8, Nasimana Navaika 2-18) defeated
Vanuatu 68 (Susan Stephen 20, Belise Murekatete 3-6, Marie Bimenyimana 3-8)

POTM: Marie Bimenyimana

Nepal 112/8 (Puja Mahato 48*, Samjhana Khadka 16, Emilia Bartram 3-21) defeated
Italy 62 (Chathurika Mahamalage 22*, Rubina Chhetry 4-4, Kabita Kunwar 2-12) by 50 runs

POTM: Rubina Chhetry

Day Three

Rwanda 127/4 (Gisele Ishimwe 42, Fanny Utagushimaninde 32, Taranum Chopra 2-5) defeated
USA 126/5 (Gargi Bhogle 35*, Ritu Singh 26, Henriette Ishimwe 2-20) by 1 run

POTM: Gisele Ishimwe

Vanuatu 114/6 (Nasimana Navaika 36, Valenta Langiatu 20, Chathurika Mahamalage 1-15) lost to
Italy 115/4 (Ilenia Sims 61*, Emilia Bartram 16, Vanessa Vira 2-13) by 6 wickets

POTM: Ilenia Sims

Day Four

Rwanda 88 (Alice Ikuzwe 17, Merveille Uwase 15, Rachana Chaudhary 3-12, Puja Mahato 2-16) lost to
Nepal 89/8 (Samjhana Khadka 48, Puja Mahato 13, Geovanis Uwase 3-14, Gisele Ishimwe 2-1) by 2 wickets

POTM: Samjhana Khadka

USA 153/5 (Chetna Pagydyala 81*, Isani Vaghela 16, Vanessa Vira 2-15) defeated
Vanuatu 100 (Selina Solman 40, Valenta Langiatu 24, Aditiba Chudasama 4-45, Sainavi Kambalapalli 3-9) by 6 wickets

POTM: Chetna Pagydyala

Day Five

Vanuatu 97/5 (Valenta Langiatu 42, Nasimana Navaika 18, Riya Sharma 2-11) defeated
Nepal 75 (Samjhana Khadka 24, Vanessa Vira 3-11, Nasimana Navaika 3-17) by 22 runs

POTM: Nasimana Navaika

USA 146/6 (Isani Vaghela 52, Chetna Pagydyala 41, Chathurika Mahamalage 4-24) defeated
Italy 74 (Emma Moore 27, Maahi Madhavan 2-8, Ritu Singh 2-14) by 72 runs

POTM: Isani Vaghela

Day Six

Rwanda 133/5 (Merveille Uwase 60, Alice Ikuzwe 35, Selina Solman 2-20) defeated
Vanuatu 130/3 (Valenta Langiatu 71*, Rachel Andrew 23, Rosine Irera 1-17) by 3 runs

POTM: Merveille Uwase

Nepal 86/6 (Rubi Poddar 51, Maahi Madhavan 2-16, Ritu Singh 2-21) lost to
USA 89/3 (Isani Vaghela 35*, Sainavi Kambalapalli 21, Puja Mahato 1-9) by 7 wickets

POTM: Isani Vaghela

Day Seven

Italy 123/7 (Ilenia Sims 37, Alexia Kontopirakis 32, Rosine Irera 2-17) lost to
Rwanda 126/4 (⁠Fanny Utagushimaninde 36, Merveille Uwase 21, Emma Moore 1-12) by 3 runs

POTM: ⁠Fanny Utagushimaninde

USA 162/4 (Isani Vaghela 54, Chetna Pagydyala 54, Vanessa Vira 2-25) defeated
Vanuatu 90/8 (Valenta Langiatu 25, Lekha Shetty 4-16) by 7 wickets

POTM: Isani Vaghela

Day Eight

Nepal 103/7 (Indu Barma 33*, Kabita Kunwar 24, Henriette Ishimwe 3-20, Marie Bimenyimana 2-17) defeated
Rwanda 65 (Marie Bimenyimana 19, Manisha Upadhayay 3-10, Rachana Chaudhary 2-11, Riya Sharma 2-13) by 33 runs

POTM: Manisha Upadhayay

Vanuatu 153/2 (Susan Stephen 51, Rachel Andrew 41*, Ilenia Sims 2-30) lost to
Italy 96/4 (Emilia Bartram 54*, Methnara Rathnayake 33*, Vanessa Vira 3-21) by 8 runs (DLS)

POTM: Emilia Bartram

Day Nine

Italy 99/8 (Alexia Kontopirakis 49, Sainavi Kambalapalli 2-12, Taranum Chopra 2-15) lost to
USA 101/1 (Sainavi Kambalapalli 52, Chetna Pagydyala 36, Chathurika Mahamalage 1-7) by 9 wickets
POTM: Sainavi Kambalapalli

Nepal 132/3 (Samjhana Khadka 52, Indu Barma 42*, Nasimana Navaika 1-21) defeated
Vanuatu 49 (Valenta Langiatu 14, Kabita Kunwar 6-5, Puja Mahato 2-10) by 83 runs
POTM: Kabita Kunwar

Day Ten

USA 64/3 (Isani Vaghela 29, Rosine Irera 3-10) v
Rwanda
Match abandoned due to weather.

Italy 36/6 (Emilia Bartram 14, Manisha Upadhayay 3-10) lost to Nepal
Nepal 40/2 (Puja Mahato 13, ) by 8 wickets

POTM: Manisha Upadhayay