A brilliant hundred by Manjot Kalra and so♔me fine bowling earlier in the day enabled India beat Australia by eight wickets and win the ICC Under-19 World Cup final in 𝓀Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, on Saturday.
Chasing 217 for victory after Australia elected to bat in the f🀅inal, India hit up with required runs easily and🎶 won with 11.1 overs to spare.
Kalra was unbeaten on 101 in꧑ the company of Harvik Desai (47).
The Rahul Dravid-coached side thus ꦗbecame the first team in ไthe 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 thing 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 A▨ustralia U19 by 8 wickets to clinch the
— BCCI (@BCCI)
WITH GREAT TEAM WORK, BIG DREAMS WORK. Congratulations to our WORLD CHAMPIONS!! We are proud of you. A big congratulations to Rahul and Paras for t𝓰heir guidance.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Soaring high and how! What a win in th🌞e . Congratulations boys!
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1)
Heart warming 2 C win . Congrats to & how can you not mention the role of in providing the platform for talent! The𝓡 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 Indꦫia! Winners of the U19 Cricket World Cup 2018! Well done to all the teams, all the sponsors, and all the fans for a great World🍌 Cup! Crickets future is in strong hands!
— MAGA (Parody) (@maaaagahat_eth)
Sheer dominance!! Well done ♛lads!! Congratulations💯 on an amazing World Cup Campaign!!🤙🏽💪🏽😊
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Every Indian is delighted, all credit to Rahul Dravid for committing💎 himself to these young kids ,and a legend𝐆 like him deserves to lay his hands on the WC. Only Fitting.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a moment for these boys. Fe🌜el so so happy for them and am reminded of our tri💞umph 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 all around this WC2018. Great p🏅athway foꦦr the .
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Congratulations to the Indian team on dominat🔥ing the and winning it..Everyone stood up and 🦂maintained the intensity throughout the 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 gဣuys 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 contiꦺnuously worked hard behind the scenes to help this team achieve its true potential.— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations to the Indian team on dominating the and being the deserved champions. Everyone stood up and maintained the 𝔍intensity throughout the tournament. Truly memorable𝄹 win. Cherish and soak in this moment.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Player of the Tournament – Shubman Gill
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom)
