ICC U19 WC / Team India suffered a crushing defeat in the final, Australia captured the trophy for the fourth time

ICC U19 WC: In the final match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2024, the Australian team broke the Indian Under-19 team's dream of winning this trophy for the sixth time. In the title match played at Willowmoor Park in South Africa, the Australian Under-19 team won the trophy for the fourth time by defeating Team India by 79 runs. In this match, Australia team, batting first, scored 253 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs, after which Team India, while chasing the target, managed to reach the score of only 174 runs. Mahil Beardman and Rafe McMillan played important roles with the ball in this victory of Australian Under-19 team.

Indian batsmen were seen under pressure of target, half the team returned to the pavilion before 100 runs.

The Indian Under-19 team had a target of 254 runs to win the final match. After this everyone expected a good start from the opening pair of Arshin Kulkarni and Adarsh Singh. However, Team India got the first blow on the score of 3 in the form of Kulkarni which was given by Callum Wilder. After this, Adarsh Singh and Musheer Khan, while handling the innings, did not allow the team to suffer any further setbacks in the first 10 overs but were able to take the score to only 28 runs. The Indian Under-19 team got its second blow in this match at the score of 40 in the form of in-form batsman Musheer Khan, who returned to the pavilion after playing only 22 runs in the final match.

From here, Team India suddenly lost wickets rapidly in which captain Uday Saharan 8 and Sachin Dhas returned to the pavilion after scoring only 9 runs. Whereas Priyanshu Moliya, Aravelli Avneesh also could not succeed in doing any special feat with the bat. Till the score of 122, the Indian Under-19 team had lost 8 wickets in this match. From here Murugan Abhishek definitely played a quick inning of 42 runs but he could not succeed in helping the team win. Team India was limited to 174 runs in 43.5 overs in this match. In bowling for the Australian Under-19 team, Mahil Beardman and Rafe McMillan took 3-3 wickets.

Australia reached a fighting score with the innings of Harjas Singh and Oliver PK.

If we talk about the innings of the Australian team in the final match of Under 19 World Cup 2024, then while Harjas Singh played a brilliant inning of 55 runs in 64 balls, Kangaroo team captain Hugh Weibgan scored 48 runs while Oliver Pyke scored 46 not out. Make it. On the basis of this, the Australian Under 19 team managed to reach the score of 253 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs in the final match. For Team India, in this match, Raj Limbani took 3 wickets with the ball while Naman Tiwari took 2 wickets while Saumya Pandey and Musheer Khan took 1 wicket each.