The Indian colts created history today, beating Pakistan by a whopping 203 runs to reach their 6th ICC U-19 World Cup final, breaking Australia’s record of having featured in 5 finals. India and Australia have each won the tournament thrice.
Coincidentally, India would be facing Australia in the final, hoping to record their 4th win in the history of the tournament.
The much anticipated semi-final between India and Pakistan proved to be a rather lopsided affair, with the Indian colts making a mockery of the Pakistani batting in the second innings, bowling them out for a meagre 69 runs.
Ishan Porel was the chief architect of India’s splendid bowling performance, picking up 4 top order wickets to send Pakistan crashing out of the U-19 World Cup.
Earlier in the day, Shubman Gill, the U-19 vice-captain, scored a brilliant hundred, helping India amass 271 in the first innings. Openers, Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra too contirbuted with 40+ scores.
The Indian colts will now be hoping to bring the World Cup back home, with a win against Australia in the final.
A lot of these young Indian stars have received hefty IPL contracts, but would be focussed on the job at hand.
Rahul Dravid has done an incredible job with the boys and a lot of Indian cricketers credited him for the success of the young Indian colts.
Check out the best tweets:
No one scored more than 18 runs in this Pakistani innings. I hope they understood the meaning of “Under-19” cricket correctly. #INDvPAK #ICCU19WorldCup
— cricBC (@cricBC) January 30, 2018
India U19 🇮🇳 now first side to reach the final of #U19CWC for the 6th time!
Pakistan and Australia have done so on five occasions!#U19CricketWorldCup#IndvPak#ICCU19WorldCup— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 30, 2018
There is so much intensity and purpose in the way this India U19 team has approached games in #ICCU19WorldCup. Indian cricket is in safe hands @SGanguly99 @harbhajan_singh @YUVSTRONG12 @VVSLaxman281 @cricketaakash
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) January 30, 2018
Shubman Gill – 102 runs
🇵🇰 – 69 runs
Margin of victory – 203 runs
Pakistan got dismissed for their lowest ever U-19 international total! #INDvPAK #ICCU19WorldCup
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 30, 2018
Proud of these young boys! Well played & all the best for the finals! Coach Rahul Dravid is the ‘Wall’ building this next gen of cricketers. | @ICC U-19 #NewZealand #ICCU19WorldCup #INDvPAK #U19WC | 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/9UEsLNedbK
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) January 30, 2018
What an incredible performance by the Under 19 boys. Mighty impressed with the fielding and not giving Pakistan even an inch. As comprehensive as it gets. Best wishes for the finals #INDvPAK
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 30, 2018
What a 100 from Shubman Gill.Played with a lot of maturity and responsibility.272 is a good score. Now the onus is on the bowlers. #IndvPak #under19worldcup
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 30, 2018
Far superior performance than any side in the tournament. Congrats #TeamIndia. Just one step away from a huge milestone. The opportunity to play in a world cup final does not come everyday.. so, make the most of it. #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/S0nlUXxuc8
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) January 30, 2018
After a brilliant 100 from Shubham Gill, what an outstanding spell this has been from Ishan Porel. The future in safe hands.#INDvPAK #U19CWC
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) January 30, 2018
Fastest centuries for India in U19 World Cup:
73 balls – Virat Kohli v WI, 2008
82 balls – Rishabh Pant v NAM, 2016
93 balls – SHUBMAN GILL v PAK, Today#INDvPAK #U19CWC— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 30, 2018
How lovely is this to see. Five Pakistan players run up to shake hands with Shubman Gill after his century. #ICCU19CWC
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) January 30, 2018
IPL. Future superstars of Cricket for India-Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill.
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) January 30, 2018
Quality play with great dominance in all departments. Splendid display! Good luck for the finals. #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/xdttwr8Y8K
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 30, 2018
That was brutal. What a win for our boys, thoroughly out playing Pakistan. Best wishes for the finals #INDvsPAK #U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/Ij4HWfAJnk
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 30, 2018
