A brilliant hundred by Manjot Kalra and some fine bowling earlier in the day enabled India beat Australia by eight wickets and win the ICC Under-19 World Cup 💫final in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, on Saturday.
Chasing 217 for victꦚ🃏ory after Australia elected to bat in the final, India hit up with required runs easily and won with 11.1 overs to spare.
Kalra was unbeaten on 101 in the company of H�🍌�arvik Desai (47).
The 🍌Rahul Dravid-coache෴d side thus became the first team in the history of the event to win the crown for a record fourth time.
The triumph put skipper Prithvi Shaw, already being seen as the next big ಞthing in Indian cricket, alongside the likes of Mohammad Kaif (2002), Virat Kohli (2008) and Unmukt Chand (2012) who led teams to the Under-19 World Cup title previously.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Team India’s victory in the final:
Absolutely WILD celebrations! CHAMPIONS! 🏆
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
The beat Australia U19 by 8 wick☂ets to๊ clinch the
— BCCI (@BCCI)
WITH GREAT TౠEAM WORK,💧 BIG DREAMS WORK. Congratulations to our WORLD CHAMPIONS!! We are proud of you. A big congratulations to Rahul and Paras for their guidance.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Soar♏ing high and how! What a win in the . Con𝓰gratulations boys!
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1)
Heart warming 2 C win . Cꦿongrats to & how can you not mention the role of in providing the platform for talent! The future looks brilliant!
— Venky Mysore (@VenkyMysore)
WoW.. how good are these young Indians !!! At a different level and deserve all the successs Congratulations Good job Rahul Dravid … well groomed !!
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Congratulations India! Winners of the U19 Cricket World Cup 2018! Well done to all the teams, all the s꧙ponsors, and all the fa🧸ns for a great World Cup! Crickets future is in strong hands!
— . (@coreyanderson78)
Sheer domi🎃nance!! Well done lads!! Congratulations on an amazing World Cup Campaign!!🤙🏽💪🏽😊
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Every Indian is delighted, all credit to Rahul Dravid for committing himself to these young kids ,and a legend like h🌠im deserves to lay his hands on the WC. Only Fitting.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a momentꦛ for these boys. Feel so so happy for them and am reminded of our triumph 18 years ago. Great effort by Rahul Dravid and these guys have a great future.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congratulations to U19. Truly🍃 the best team in the tournament. 4th U19CWC title. A class above all else👏👏👏. So much talent ဣall around this WC2018. Great pathway for the .
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Congratulation🅷s to the Indian team on dominating the and winning it..Everyone stood up and maintained the intensity throughout ꦏthe tournament.Great win!!
— Dhawal Kulkarni (@dhawal_kulkarni)
Congratulations Superstars!! It was definitely a result of a lot of hard work put together, no doubt. You guys were🐻 incredible from ball one of the tournament. Cherish these moments, celebrate hard, You guys deserved it 🤙🏆 IndVsAus
— Murali Vijay (@mvj888)
Great work by the U-19 team to remain undefeated in the World Cup. Truly deserving winners. Your work has just begun, enjoy this moment!
A special shoutout to who has continuously worked hard behind 🌸the scenes to help this team achieve its tru🅠e potential.— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations to the Indian team on dominating the and being the deserved champions. Everyone stood up and maintained the intensity throughout the tournament. Truly memorable win. Cherish an🐈d soak in this moment.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Player of the Tournament – Shubman Gill
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom)
