New Delhi: India’s senior team may have won the ODI World Cup only twice, but Youngistan has won the Under-19 World Cup the most five times. This is the reason why India has no joints in junior cricket. Last time the runner-up Indian team was also a strong contender for the title this time. On Saturday, Indian fast bowlers Raj Bawa and Ravi Kumar gave India another world title at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium. Bawa (five wickets) contributed significantly to this victory, who broke the back of the British by taking five wickets. Ravi Kumar’s four wickets and Shaikh Rashid and Nishant Sindhu’s 50-50 innings also played an important role in the victory. The BCCI has announced an amount of Rs 40-40 lakh to each player and Rs 25-25 lakh to the staff.
The last time the English team reached the final was in 1998. Then he won the only title he had ever won. After that, the British came here with the hope of winning the title but the Indian team shattered their dream. James Rave (95) was able to face the strong bowling of Raj and Ravi to some extent, due to which the English team could hardly reach 189 runs in 44.5 overs. In reply, India won the match and the title by scoring 195 for six wickets in 47.4 overs. For England, Bayden, Sales, and Aspinwall took two wickets each.
India’s bad start: Chasing a small target, the Indian team started poorly. Angkrish Raghuvanshi returned to the pavilion when the team’s account was not even opened. However, after this Harnoor Singh and Sheikh Rashid took over the innings. Both the batsmen showed restraint and sent bad deliveries outside the boundary line. Meanwhile, Thomas Aspinwal ended the partnership with Harnoor caught by Horton. Harnoor scored 21 runs.
Rashid stood, Dhul settled down cheaply: Rashid remained frozen at the other end and captain Yash Dhul came to support him. Meanwhile, Rashid completed his half-century but he became a victim of sales on a personal score of 50 runs. However, the semi-final centurion captain Dhul did not look in good form in the title final and was dismissed for 17. Dhul got out on the ball of Sales in the affair of taking the ball outside the boundary line.
Sindhu’s Pachasa: Meanwhile, when the pressure came on the Indian team, Raj Bawa, who took five wickets, supported Nishant Sindhu. Both withstood the pressure of the final and carried on with their respective innings by showing restraint. At one time it seemed that both the batsmen would give the team the title but Raj Bawa could not understand the ball of English bowler Bayden and got caught by Prest. Both shared a partnership of 67 runs for the fifth wicket. However, Sindhu lost her wicket and completed her fifty in 54 balls. This is his first fifty in this World Cup. Dinesh Bana made the team win the title by hitting two consecutive sixes.
Shock to England: Earlier, the Indian team shocked England in the second over. Ravi dismissed Bethel (02) cheaply. Ravi then sent Prest to the pavilion at zero. Ravi took two wickets in the first two overs. England had lost seven wickets for 91 runs at one point but thanks to the 93-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Rev and James Sales, the team made a respectable score.
