U19 World Cup finals live: Sindhu, Bawa shine as India crowned champions
With the required runs in single digit, Bana decided to finish it in style and hit two consecutive sixes to take the team home to its 5th World title.
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India U19 Team
India won the ICC Under 19 World Cup 2022 final against England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, West Indies.
Chasing a target of 190, Raj Angad Bawa and Nishnat Sindhu put up a match winning stand of 67 runs in only 86 balls to power the team to it's fifth World title, the most by any country. The match got tensed in the last phase as India lost two quick wickets in the form of Bawa and Kaushal Tambe, still needing 14 off 22 balls.
It was then that Dinesh Bana came in. With 12 needed off the last 18 balls, England captain Tom Prest gave the ball to David Sales and he started off with a wayward delivery which was played down the leg for a four by Sindhu. On the next ball the left hander played a single and reached his first fifty of the tournament. Sindhu top scored for India with 50* in this game alongside vice captain Shaik Rasheed, who also scored 50.
With the required runs in single digit, Bana decided to finish it in style and hit two consecutive sixes to take the team home.
Chasing a target of 190, Raj Angad Bawa and Nishnat Sindhu put up a match winning stand of 67 runs in only 86 balls to power the team to it's fifth World title, the most by any country. The match got tensed in the last phase as India lost two quick wickets in the form of Bawa and Kaushal Tambe, still needing 14 off 22 balls.
It was then that Dinesh Bana came in. With 12 needed off the last 18 balls, England captain Tom Prest gave the ball to David Sales and he started off with a wayward delivery which was played down the leg for a four by Sindhu. On the next ball the left hander played a single and reached his first fifty of the tournament. Sindhu top scored for India with 50* in this game alongside vice captain Shaik Rasheed, who also scored 50.
With the required runs in single digit, Bana decided to finish it in style and hit two consecutive sixes to take the team home.
In the chase, India were given a double blow as they lost both it's captain and vice captain in Yash Dhull and Shaik Rasheed. The duo was going well with a 46 run stand between them before the latter departed after completing his second consecutive fifty in the tournament. Dhull too dperted an over after, leaving India struggling at 97-4 with 92 runs more required from 21 overs and six wickets in hand.
It was then that Nishant Sindhu and Raj Angad Bawa joined hands in the middle. Bawa, who took five wickets and also scored crucial 35 runs with the bat, was adjudged Player of the Match for his all-round efforts.
At the start of the chase, the boys in blue lost thier highest run scorer of the tournament Angksrish Raghuvanshi in the very first over without any score on the baord. However, post that wicket, Shaik Rasheed, the Indian vice-captain and Harnoor Singh added 49 for the second wicket in 103 balls to get the team back on the path to chase down the total. It was then that Nishant Sindhu and Raj Angad Bawa joined hands in the middle. Bawa, who took five wickets and also scored crucial 35 runs with the bat, was adjudged Player of the Match for his all-round efforts.
Earlier in the day, the Indian team performed exceedingly well, bowling out England for 189 and setting up a target of 190 runs to win the match and lift it's record fifth World Cup.
Bawa's five wicket haul
Raj Angad Bawa shone for the Indian side as he picked up a five wicket haul in the U19 World Cup Final to not only eatch his name in the record books, but also rattle the English batting lineup. He picked up the last wicket to complete his five wicket haul after being stuck on four wickets for quite a while as England batters James Rew and David Sales stuck together a frustrating stand.
The 87 run stand between Rew and tailender Sales provided England some stability and was threatening to take the game away from India before Ravi Kumar struck twice in the 44th over to break the partnership and most importantly remove the dangerman Rew. Rew, who fell short of a hundred, getting out agonisingly on 95, had taken England fropm 96-7 to 184-7, before the team was eventually bowled out for 189.
Earlier, India pacers were on fire as Raj Angad Bawa struck twice in an over and brought the England Under 19 to it's knees. They were reduced to 48-5 at the end of the 14th over. Bawa then went on to remove Rehan Ahmed as his fourth wicket.
After being asked to field, India went off to a great start as pacer Ravi Kumar struck twice in his first two overs to remove England's best batters thus far in the tournament-Jacob Bethell and Tom Prest. Kumar eventually ended up with four wickets to his kitty.
England captain Tom Prest won the toss and decided to bat first. Both the teams remained unchanged from thier semi-final encounters.
While the India U19 team will be looking to win a record fifth title, the most by any team in the history of the 26-year-old tournament, the England U19 team will be looking to make the most of their first-ever final appearance ever since their maiden triumph in 1998.
India U19 Playing XI
Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Yash Dhull (c), Nishant Sindhu, Raj Bawa, Kaushal Tambe, Dinesh Bana (wk), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar
England U19 Playing XI
George Thomas, Jacob Bethell, Tom Prest (c), James Rew, William Luxton, George Bell, Rehan Ahmed, Alex Horton (wk), James Sales, Thomas Aspinwall, Joshua Boyden
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Cash reward for U19 World Champions India
2:19 AM
India's Raj Angad Bawa was announced Player of the Mathc of the ICC Under19 World Cup 2022 Final between India and England. The Indian all-rounder picked 5/31, the best bowling figures for any final in the history of the championship and also scored crucial 35 runs with the bat to help his team in it's 4 wicket win.
South Africa's Dewald Brevis who broke all records to score 506 runs in only six innings, the most for any batter in any Under19 World Cup ever, was named Player of the Series for his record breaking showing.![]()
U19 World Cup Final | IND beat ENG| Raj Angad Bawa Player of the Match, Dewald Brevis Player of the Series
India's Raj Angad Bawa was announced Player of the Mathc of the ICC Under19 World Cup 2022 Final between India and England. The Indian all-rounder picked 5/31, the best bowling figures for any final in the history of the championship and also scored crucial 35 runs with the bat to help his team in it's 4 wicket win.
South Africa's Dewald Brevis who broke all records to score 506 runs in only six innings, the most for any batter in any Under19 World Cup ever, was named Player of the Series for his record breaking showing.
1:37 AM
Dinesh Bana has now made it India's. India are the ICC Under 19 World Cup 2022 Champions. Bana hit the first ball he faced in the 49th over for a six and then hit the second ball over thge infield for yet another six to win the game for the team. The entire dug out was on the field even before the ball has reached teh stands.![]()
Bana the Man!! India are U19 World Champions
Dinesh Bana has now made it India's. India are the ICC Under 19 World Cup 2022 Champions. Bana hit the first ball he faced in the 49th over for a six and then hit the second ball over thge infield for yet another six to win the game for the team. The entire dug out was on the field even before the ball has reached teh stands.
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Four off the first ball, Sindhu reaches 50
That was a gift by James Sales as he bowled it way down the leg and Sindhu helped himself and now with a single of the second ball, gets to a well deserved fifty in the World Cup final. Now India need only 7 off 16 balls.
1:31 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 178-6 | 47 Over: India lose sixth
Over Summary 0 W 0 0 1 1
Ball 1: 1 run
Ball 2: Wicket!! And what a catch this is by Rehand Ahmed at backward point to dismiss Tambe. India are six down now
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: Dot ball
Ball 5: 1 run
Ball 6: 1 run. With this single, Sindhu will now remain at strike as India need 12 from 18
1:26 AM
Over Summary 1 0 0 0 0 1
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 176-5 | 46 Over
Over Summary 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ball 1: 1 run
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: Dot ball
Ball 5: Dot ball
Ball 6: 1 run
1:25 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 174-5 | 45 Over
Over Summary 0 0 0 0 4 1
Ball 1: Dot ball
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: Dot ball
Ball 5: 4 runs. This would release some pressure as Sindhu pulls the slightly short ball from Boyden for four
Ball 6: 1 run
1:22 AM
Over Summary 0 0 4 1 0 0
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 169-5 | 44 Over
Over Summary 0 0 4 1 0 0
Ball 1: Dot ball
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: Four runs. Well, well, that would do, that would do very well for India
Ball 4: 1 run
Ball 5: Dot ball
Ball 6: Dot ball
1:20 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 164-5 | 43 Over
Over Summary 1 1 0 1 1 W
Ball 1: 1 run
Ball 2: 1 run
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: 1 run
Ball 5: 1 run
Ball 6: Wicket !! And that's the wicket England wanted. Bawa plays it in the air and is caught. Is there still a twist in the tale?
1:09 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 162-4 | 42 Over
Over Summary 0 0 4 2 0 1
Ball 1: Dot ball
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: Four runs. Well England should have had the slip as the ball takes the outside edge and goes past the wicketkeeper for four runs in the thirdman area.
Ball 4: Dot ball. What's happening hare? Keeper says the ball hit his foot before being caught by the now present slip fielder and umpires have gone upstairs. Replay shows that it did touch the ground. Batsman is not out.
Ball 5: Dot ball
Ball 6: 1 run
1:04 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 155-4 | 41 Over
Over Summary 6 0 0 0 2
Ball 1: SIX !! And bam, this time around it is Bawa with a six as India keep on inching closer
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: Dot ball
Ball 5: 2 runs. Misses the yorker this time does Aspinwall and Bawa plays it in the air to thirdman and picks up two runs.
Ball 6: 1 run
1:00 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 146-4 | 40 Over
Over Summary 1 0 1 0 0 6
Ball 1: 1 run
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: 1 run
Ball 4: Dot ball
Ball 5: Dot ball
Ball 6: SIX!!! And boy did India need that. It is a great release shot from Nishnat Sindhu. The first six of the Indian innings as the team moves closer to it's fifth world title.
12:57 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 138-4 | 39 Over
Over Summary 0 1 Wd 1 0 0 0
Ball 1: Dot ball. A hue shout for LBW, but the umpire is unmoved. Replays show that the ball would have gone on to miss the wickets
Ball 2: 1 run
Ball 3: Wide ball
Ball 3: 1 run
Ball 4: Dot ball
Ball 5: Dot ball
Ball 6: Dot ball
12:55 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 135-4 | 38 Over
Over Summary 0 0 0 1 1 0
Ball 1: Dot ball. A hue shout for LBW, but the umpire is unmoved. Replays show that the ball would have gone on to miss the wickets
Ball 2: Dot ball
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: 1 run
Ball 5: 1 run
Ball 6: Dot ball
12:52 AM
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IND vs ENG U19 World Cup Final | IND 133-4 | 37 Over
Over Summary 0 1 0 2 1 0
Ball 1: Dot ball
Ball 2: 1 run
Ball 3: Dot ball
Ball 4: 2 runs
Ball 5: 1 run
Ball 6: Dot ball
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First Published: Feb 05 2022 | 5:14 PM IST
