For the third time in the past eight months, Australia defeated India in the ICC men's final, this time winning the Under-19 World Cup.
Australia's great team at the U19 World Cup followed their predecessors by defeating India and becoming world champions.
Hugh Weibgen's talented side opened the U-19 World Cup on Sunday with a comprehensive 79-point victory over the reigning champions at the Benoni venue in South Africa.
With an astonishing 253 for 7 from 50 overs, the Australians are unbeaten so far with 174 from 43.5 overs at Willowmoor Park, aided by a “ferocious” young quartet of fast bowlers and the deft spin of Ruff McMillan. He disrespected the Indian team.
This means they become the fourth Australian U19 team to win the tournament, which has often unearthed future gems, with Josh Hazlewood helping Mitch Marsh's side to the New Zealand title. This is the first time since 2010.
Australia's bet to play all four of its highly promising quicks paid off, as the win proved too ruthless for the Indian batting line-up, who were asked to chase record scores. The victory was achieved thanks to high-quality fast bowling. To win in the final.
Winning the toss and choosing to bat on a damp and cloudy morning, the proven Weipgen himself (48 off 66 balls) and the aggressive left-handed opener Harry Dixon (42 off 56 balls) It provided a great launching pad.
And the touted Harjas Singh, who moved to Sydney from India with his family as a boy, forgot the miserable tournament in which he scored just 49 runs in six innings with half a century of decorated batting. . 6 but he has 3.
When India had a chance to pick up a valuable wicket and defeat the Australians, the 17-year-old son of former Victorian player Clinton Peek, himself a scoring prodigy with three centuries as a teenager, Ollie Peake produced a jewel-like finisher knock and smacked it down. 46 unbeaten off 43 balls.
After Queensland's red-hot paceman Callum Vidler (motto: “If someone tells me to slow down, I won't listen to them'') caught Arshin Kulkarni in the third over. India had no intention of challenging that score.
But Murli Beardman (3-15 from 7 overs) was the real choice for the quick, and with his silky quickness he pulled off the crucial double breakthrough of star batsman Mushir Khan and captain Uday Saharan. Vidler was 2-35 in 10 overs, taking out swinging bowlers. Charlie Anderson 9 off 1-42.
Speedy Tom Straker, nicknamed 'Monster Truck', who took a record-breaking six wickets in the semi-final against Pakistan, took his fourth catch from wicketkeeper Ryan Hicks to end the innings and, at the signal, Moved to the final action. A grand celebration.
McMillan, an excellent all-rounder, took the wicket of the dangerous Sachin Das with the first ball of his spin in the innings, got behind him and added two more important scalps to take a valuable 3-43 off 10. did.
Australia U-19 World Cup 2024 match schedule
January 22: Australia beat Namibia by four wickets.
January 25: Australia beat Zimbabwe by 225 points.
January 28: Australia beat Sri Lanka by six wickets.
January 31: Australia beat England by 110 runs (DLS)
February 2: No result against West Indies
February 8: Australia beat Pakistan by one wicket in the second semi-final.
February 11: Australia defeats India by 79 runs in the final.
The full tournament schedule can be found here
Australian representative: Lachlan Aitken, Charlie Anderson, Harkirat Bajwa, Murli Beardman, Tom Campbell, Harry Dixon, Ryan Hicks, Sam Constas, Raphael Macmillan, Aidan O'Connor, Oliver Peake, Harjas Singh, Tom Straker, Callum Vidler, Hugh Weibgen
