Australia once again broke India’s dream of winning the ICC title. For the third time in the last 8 months, the Kangaroos have defeated Team India in the final. Australia defeated India by 79 runs in the final of the 2024 Under-19 World Cup on Sunday. In this way, the Kangaroos won the Under-19 World Cup title after 14 years. Australia has defeated India in the final of the first Under-19 World Cup.
Australia, batting first, scored a challenging score of 253 runs for seven wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. However, this was the highest score in the final in the history of Under-19 World Cup. In response, the Indian team was all out after scoring 174 runs in 43.5 overs.
Australia’s senior team had extended its wait to win the ICC trophy by defeating India in the final of the ODI World Cup played in Ahmedabad on 19 November last year. Now his junior team did not allow last time champion India to win the Under-19 World Cup for the sixth time. Last year, Australia had defeated India in the final of the ICC World Test Championship.
In the final match of the 2024 Under-19 World Cup, Australia won the toss and batted first. For Australia, Harjas Singh (55 runs on 64 balls, three fours, three sixes), Harry Dixon (42 runs on 56 balls), captain Hugh Wiebgen (48 runs on 66 balls) and Oliver Peak (46 not out on 43 balls) Played important innings. For India, fast bowler Raj Limbani took three wickets for 38 runs while left arm fast bowler Naman Tiwari took two wickets for 63 runs.
In this match, the Australian team entered with four fast bowlers. The fast bowlers were also getting help from the pitch. The ball was not swinging much, but there was a lot of bounce. In such a situation, Australia’s decision to go with four fast bowlers proved to be right. Indian batsmen could not adjust to the conditions. Only four batsmen from India reached double digits, including opener Adarsh Singh (47) and lower-order batsman Murugan Abhishek (42).
For Australia, fast bowler Mahali Beardman took three wickets for 15 runs while Callum Vidler took two wickets for 35 runs. On the other hand, off-spinner Rafe McMillan made a good contribution to the victory by taking three wickets for 43 runs.