India vs Australia Under 19 WC Final: All you need to know, a replica of 2023 Men’s ODI WC
On Sunday at the Sahara Park Willowmoore Cricket Stadium in Benoni, India and Australia will play in the U19 Cricket World Cup final. With five trophies, India is the most successful team in this competition and will be aiming to capture back-to-back crowns.
After a thrilling one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the semi-finals, Australia advanced to the final. Oliver Peake, a lower-order batsman, struck a game-winning 49 to guarantee his team’s place in the championship. In the meantime, India easily defeated South Africa by two wickets in their semi-final match.
INDIA: Road to Final
India defeated their bitter rivals Bangladesh by a comfortable margin of 84 runs to start their campaign, and they then defeated Ireland by an overwhelming 201 runs. In the last match of their group stage, India crushed the USA by 201 runs.
India easily defeated both New Zealand (214 runs) and Nepal (132 runs) in the Super Six stage to set up a semifinal match against South Africa, which they won by two wickets.
Having three batters among the top five run scorers in the tournament, India has been the most formidable squad. With 389 runs in six games, Captain Uday Saharan leads all scorers in the tournament. Musheer Khan comes in third with 338 runs in six games. With 294 runs in six games, Sachin Dhas is ranked third in the meanwhile. However, Saumy Pandey has taken 17 wickets in six matches, including a four-fer, making him the third greatest wicket-taker in the tournament.
It will be a replica of 2023 men’s odi world cup final where the host India was beaten by the dominant Australia to become a record 6th time champions. The stage is set for another India vs Australia final and it’s upto the Under 19 boys from India to take a sweet revenge on the Aussies which will also see them as the 6th time Under 19 World Cup champions.
AUSTRALIA: Road to Final
The Australians defeated Namibia four wickets at the outset, thrashed Zimbabwe by 225 runs, and then beat Sri Lanka six wickets. After Australia defeated England by 110 runs (using the DLS technique) in the Super Six stage, the weather forced them to postpone their match against the West Indies.
They advanced to the finals in the semi-finals after defeating Pakistan by a slim margin of one wicket.
India – Squad: Aravelly Avanish Rao, Saumy Kumar Pandey, Murugan Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan, Dhanush Gowda, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, and Uday Saharan (captain).
Australia – Squad: Head coach Hugh Weibgen, Lachlan Aitken, Charlie Anderson, Ryan Hicks, Tom Campbell, Harry Dixon, Harkirat Bajwa, Mahli Beardman, Aidan O’Connor, Harjas Singh, Tom Straker, Ollie Peake, and Sam Konstas.
Live Telecast and Streaming
The India vs. Australia U19 World Cup final will be streamed live on Hotstar and shown live on Indian television via the Star Sports network.
