India dominated the play throughout the day to win their first game of the ICC U19💦 World Cup against 𝓡Australia on Sunday.
While defendin🦩g a total of 328/7, India bowled out Australia for 228 to win their first game of the tournament by 100 runs. The boys in blue picked up regular wickets in the Aussies chase and did not let them go past the total in the second innings.
Batting first after winning the toss, the Indian openers Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalꦓra set the match up beautifully for their side. Shaw top-scored for India. He made 94 runs off 100 deliveries. The 180-run stand at a run-rate of over ♎6 laid the platform for India to score big. Players in the middle-order and lower-order played some brilliant cameos to take the total past 300.
Chasing such a huge total down, Australia didn’t seem to be comfortable at any stage of the game. Their top 4 players have done decently well but were slow. As the required run-rate was getting higher, the Aussies kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
Indian bowlers were highly disciplined and bowled the 🎀right lines and lengths. Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti picked three wickets each dismantling the Australian batting order. The remaining two wickets were picked by Abhishek Sharma and Anukul Sudhakar Roy.
Cricket fraternity and fans on Twitter also lauded young Team India’s performance.
The batting looked solid, the bo🎉wܫling was on target with some serious pace and the boys were at their best in the field. Congratulations on this great win. in the making for sure.
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Great all- round performance by the young lads. Really a d🍸el꧅ight to watch the passion. An emphatic win to start the campaign. Keep it up boys
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Very impressed with this Indian U/19 team, batting skill, dynamic iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn the field & bowlers with pace!!
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
This was serious pace from our boys. So💮lid beginning beating the Auss🏅ies by 100 runs. May the hunger continue and we carry the momentum.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
A perfect ��asset is on the way. Prithvi ꧋Shaw will definitely make it to the senior national team in no time.
— Kulamani Muduli (@thisissanu)
Great start ꦉfor India U19. Proper thrashing that. Well done boys 👍🏼
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
What a lovely sunday morning. Watching these amazing k✱ids play. Takes me back to my India u19 days. Absolute bliss it wa♚s.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
R🎀ahul Dravid is the mother every cricketing kid deserves.
— ready, steady, no (@TheSortedChaos)
Looks like India has got its own Malcolm Marshal now. Kamlesh Nagarkoti, all of 18 years 17 days, just bowled one at 149 kmph. U-19 Wor✨ld Cup is a revelation
— Sanjay Dixit ಸಂ💝ಜಯ್ ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್ संजय🍸 दीक्षित (@Sanjay_Dixit)
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Remember the name a🐷 young sensational speedster to follow d legacy of kapil dev srinath zhaheer Khan with extra pace exciting to watch A new fast bowling era of Indian cricket born
— KDM (@KDmgold)
India U19 finish with 327/7 to 𝄹become the first side to make a 300+ total against Australia in a match!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Prithvi Shaw looks so special. Brillia🎃nt 94 and a really solid start for India. Cheering for the boys, for many of whom this is a significant event in their endeavour to be India Cri𒀰cketers.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Excellent batting from Prithvi and Manjot. Great to🐷 see the Indians dominating this contest against Aus. enjoy.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
