POBNEWS24, Desk Report, Feb 6, 2022 : Corona hit the Indian team before the start of the tournament. But the pressure of this extreme could not suppress the youth of India. They beat England U-19 by 4 wickets last night to win the Youth World Cup for the fifth time.
In the low scoring match in Antigua, England were all out for 189 runs after batting first. The Indian batsmen could not form a big partnership by chasing small targets. However, Saik Rashid and Nishant Sindhu scored two half-centuries and Raj Bawa’s 35-run innings towards the end of the innings gave India an easy victory. They won the match by 4 wickets with 14 balls in hand.
Chasing the run, the innings of India’s youth was pushed from the beginning. Opening batsman Ankrish Raghubangshi was dismissed with the second ball. The Indian batsmen lost their wickets in the beginning. They continue to bat watching. Rashid and Horner Singh made 49 off 103 balls for the second wicket.
After being dismissed for 21 off 46 balls, Rashid teamed up with captain Yash Dhule. In the third wicket partnership, these two made 46 runs. Rashid, who was very well settled on the wicket, made a quick run at this time. His contribution to the 47-run partnership was 26 off 26 balls. Rashid was dismissed for 50 off 64 balls in 6 fours.
At the time of Rashid’s dismissal, India had scored 95 runs. After adding 2 more runs to the scoreboard, Dhule also got out. But Sindhu and Bawa did not allow India to be in danger. In the fifth wicket partnership, the two made 6 runs off 6 balls. Bawa broke the tie by scoring 35 runs off 54 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. However, Sindhu was unbeaten on 50 off 54 balls with 5 fours and 1 six.
Earlier, two Indian fast bowlers Raj Bawa and Ravi Kumar shuffled England’s innings. The two have taken 9 wickets for England. Bawa took 5 wickets for 31 runs, it is the best bowling performance of any bowler in the final of Youth World Cup. After that he won the Matchsera award by scoring 35 runs with the bat. Ravi Kumar took 4 wickets for 34 runs.
England lost 6 wickets for 61 runs in the great bowling of two Indian fast bowlers. Despite the fact that they have managed to score close to 200, the big contribution in this is James Rior who came down to bat at number 4. Standing in the middle of the rubble, he played 117 balls in 12 fours in an extraordinary innings of 95 runs.
At the end of the match, India captain Dhul said, “It is a moment of pride for India. It was difficult for us to find the right combination at the beginning of the tournament. But as time went on, we became a family. The atmosphere of the team was extraordinary.
