A brilliant hundred by Manjot Kalra and some fine bowling earlier in the day enabled India beat Australia by eight wickets and win theℱ ICC Under-19 World Cup final in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, on Saturday.
Chasing 217 for victory after Australia elected to bat in the final, India hit൩ up𓃲 with required runs easily and won with 11.1 overs to spare.
Kalra was unbeaten on 101 in the c👍ompany of Harvik Desai (47).
The Rahul Dravid-coached side thus became the first team in the history of the event to wi💟n 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 likesꦛ 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 Australi🌌a 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 P𝕴aras for their guidance.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
S🅘oaring high and how! What a win in the . Congratula🦂tions boys!
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1)
Heart warming 2 C win . Congrats to & how c🔯an 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 s🌠ponsors, and all the fans for a great World Cup! Crickets future is in strong hands!🐽
— . (@coreyanderson78)
Sheer dominance!! Well done lads!! Congr♛atulations on an amazing World🔯 Cup Campaign!!🤙🏽💪🏽😊
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Every Indian𒈔 is delighted, all credit to Rahul Dravid for committing himself to these young kids ,and a legend like him deserves to lay his hands on the WC. Only Fitting.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
ꦡWhat a moment 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 U19CWไC title. A class above all else👏👏👏. So much talent all aroun✨d this WC2018. Great pathway for the .
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Congratulations to the Indian team on dominating the and winning it..Everyone stood up and maintained the intensit༒y 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 guys were incredible from ball one of the tournament. Cher꧂ish 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 cont⛦inuously 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 intensity throughout the tournament. Truly mem🍰orable win. Cherish and soak in this mome♍nt.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Player of the Tournament – Shubman Gill
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom)