February 6
India Wins U-19 World Cup Title Beating England By 4 Wickets
India won the U-19 World Cup title after beating England by four wickets in the final of the 2022 edition of the tournament at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, here on Saturday.
This is India’s record fifth title in the tournament’s history and came after previously winning it in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.
Earlier, U-19 Team under the captainship of Mohammad Kaif (2000), Virat Kohli (2008), Unmukt Chand (2012), Prithvi Shaw (2018) won the world cup.
A superb bowling performance by Raj Bawa (5/31) and Ravi Kumar (4/34) helped India bowl out England for 189 despite a fighting 95 runs by James Rew .
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Shaik Rasheed’s 50 off 84 balls and Nishant Sindhu 50 not out off 54 balls and Raj Bawa’s 35 runs helped India chase the target in 47.4 overs, with four wickets in hand.
India were off to a poor start as left-arm pacer Joshua Boyden removed Angkrish Raghuvanshi for zero in the very second delivery of the innings. After losing Raghuvanshi early, Shaikh Rasheed and Harnoor Singh didn’t take too many risks and batted cautiously. The duo took India to 33/1 after 10 overs as England used three bowlers, including captain Tom Prest, in the first powerplay.
It was Thomas Aspinwall dismissed opener Harnoor Singh with an bouncer and gave a break to a 49-run stand for the 2nd wicket.
Captain Yash Dhull, who played a match-winning knock of 110 runs against Australia in the semi-final, then joined vice-captain Rasheed at the crease.
Rasheed scored 50 in 83 balls and got out. Next, Sales dismissed Yash Dhull for 17 and helped England claw back in the match with India at 97 for 4 in 28.4 overs.
From there on, Raj Bawa and Nishant Sindhu joined hands and did well to lead India towards the win.
Brief scores: England U-19: 189 all out in 44.5 overs (James Rew 95, James Sales 34; Raj Bawa 5/31, Ravi Kumar 4/34) lost to India U-19: 195-6 in 47.4 overs (Shaik Rasheed 50, Nishant Sindhu 50; Joshua Boyden 2/24) by four wickets
