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 21🦋7 for victory 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 o💯f Harvik Desaiﷺ (47).
The Rahul Dravid-coached 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 Pr൲ithvi 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 l🌌ed 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 wickets t🍷o c🌃linch the
— BCCI (@BCCI)
WITH GREAT TEAM WORK, BIG DREAMS WORK. Congratulations to our WORLD CHAMPIONS!! We are proud of you. A big congratulations tജo Rahul and Paras f♉or their guidance.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Soaring high aꦐnd how! Wh💞at a win in the . Congratulations boys!
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1)
Heart warming 2 C win . Congrats to & how can you not m🅺ention 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 Crꩲicket 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!
— . (@coreyanderson78)
Sheer dominance!! Well do𝕴ne lads!! Congratulations on an amazing World Cup Campaiꦦgn!!🤙🏽💪🏽😊
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
Every Indian is delighted, all credit to Rahul Dravid for committing himself to these younღg kids ,and a legend like him deserves to lay his hands on the WC. Only Fitting.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What 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 U19CWC title. A class above all else👏👏👏. So much talent all around 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 main𝓰tained 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 guys were incredible from ball one of the tournament. Cherishꦰ 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 whoℱ has continuously worked hard behind the scenes to help this team achieve its true 🃏potential.— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations to the Indian team on domin♌ating the and being the deserved champions. Everyone stood up and maintained the intensity throughout the tournament. Truly memorable win. Cherish and soak in this moment.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Player of the Tournament – Shubman Gill
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom)
