Win record 4th title after Kalra hits ton

February 03, 2018 13:32

Ind 220-2 (38.5 ovs) vs Aus 216 (47.2 ovs) | Scorecard

India beat Australia by 8 wickets to win the ICC Under-19 World Cup final for a record 4th time.

India were unbeaten in the tournament and did well to clinically shoot out the Aussies in a superb final.

Prithvi Shaw has now joined the likes of Mohammad Kaif (2002), Virat Kohli (2008) and Unmukt Chand (2012) in leading the side to the Under-19 World Cup title.

India need 5 as Sutherland continues.

Kalra gets his ton off the second ball of the over. He plays the ball to backward square leg for his century.

The win comes with Desai hitting a four square of the wicket!

India win by 8 wickets.

India need 6 to win and Kalra needs one to get to his 10.

Uppal continues and drops a dolly. A return catch missed. Desai gets lucky.

Desai cuts and that single brings Kalra on strike.

Kalra defends two dot and he is still on 99.

India need 14 to win as Sutherland comes back into the attack.

Desai plays the ball square for a single and that gets Kalra on strike.

Kalra on 98 and no run there. Next ball he tucks it to the on side for a single. Now he is one run short of a ton.

Sutherland then bowls a bouncer to Desai and a wide signalled.

Another short ball and Desai pulls it towards mid-on for a boundary.

Last ball of the over, he takes a single to keep the strike.

Uppal continues.

Flights the ball and Desai hammers it through mid-wicket for a four.

Two balls later he gets a single that brings Manjot on strike.

He gets a single to deep mid-off that takes him to 98.

Single off the last ball and seven off the over and India are coasting to a record 4th ICC Under-19 World Cup title.

Pope continues, it's a googly and it's a short ball and Desai just plays the ball off his pads through mid-wicket for a boundary.

The batsmen then run another 4 and that's 8 big runs off the over.

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