The ICC ODI World Cup trophy was won by Australia’s U-19 team after beating India in the final. The Aussie U19 boys bowled out India Boys for 174 runs on Sunday (February 11th) in South Africa and won the ICC U19 ODI World Cup final by 79 runs. This was Australia’s four U19 World Cup victory.
India missed out on the chase because they lost their first wicket in the third over and the momentum never increased. Musheer Khan and Adarsh Singh contributed 37 runs for the second wicket to stabilise the chase of 254 after Arshin Kulkarni left. Mahli Beardman reprimanded Musheer and skipper Uday Saharan because India was limited to 3/55.
Sachin Dhas fell next, followed by Priyanshu Moliya and Aravelly Avanish who are also returning soon. India’s last hope, Adarsh Singh (47) fell after being hit by Beardman as India crossed the 100-run mark. Raj Limbani was the next to get out before Murugan Abhishek played a fantastic hand of 42 runs and added 46 runs with Naman Tiwari for the ninth wicket before Tom Straker got Saumy Pandey for the last wicket.
Australia’s Mahli Beardman was adjudged player of the match for his 3/15 in 7 overs while Raf McMillan also took 3/43 in 10 overs.
Australia Boys won the toss earlier and chose to field first. Sam Konstas was dismissed for a duck by Limbani for Australia, but Harry Dixon and Hugh Weibgen put on 78 runs for Australia’s second wicket. Tiwari then struck twice to bring India back in the game. Harjas Singh (55) and Ryan Hicks then added 66 runs for the fourth wicket before India took three wickets for 22 runs.
Oliver Peake’s superb 46 helped Australia overcome 250 and finish at 253/7 in their 50 overs. For India, Raj Limbani took three wickets while Naman Tiwatr took two.
