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  • India win U-19 World Cup for fifth time, cricket world lauds the feat

    India Under-19 cricket staff outplayed the English aspect by 4 wickets and grabbed the document fifth U-19 World Cup title on Saturday. The keeper-batter Dinesh Bana confirmed the world a duplicate of MS Dhoni as he hit the successful shot similar to Dhoni’s within the 2011 World Cup remaining at Wankhede.
    Raj Bawa took 5 for 31 as England misplaced wickets early of their innings earlier than 95 from James Rew restored hope within the push for a primary trophy since 1998. After such dominance, Twitter went berserk and lots of former greats began wishing the Indian staff.
    Reactions:

    A implausible efficiency througout within the #U19CWC 2022 🔝 🏆
    Congratulations #BoysInBlue 👏 👏#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/c8vEBAsHop
    — BCCI (@BCCI) February 5, 2022

    Congratulations to the #BoysinBlue & the complete nation for successful the #U19CWC! Amazing spells by Ravi Kumar & Raj Bawa 👏🏻 👊🏻 The way forward for Indian cricket appears to be like vivid 🇮🇳 Well performed boys. Super proud! @BCCI
    — Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) February 5, 2022

    Congratulations on successful the U19 World Cup 🇮🇳🇮🇳 ! Well performed and totally deserved 👏🏼👏🏼 #U19WorldCup2022 #IndiaU19 pic.twitter.com/RJWAN14pe6
    — Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) February 5, 2022

    Well deserved 👏 What an effort! Congratulations boys 🏆🇮🇳
    — Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) February 5, 2022

    Congratulations to our u-19 staff on a exceptional feat! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Is9KZAMXTY
    — Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) February 5, 2022

    Jalwa hai hamaara yahaan. Many congratulations @BCCI on changing into champions for the fifth time. Fantastic contributions from everybody and a deserved title. Enjoy the second boys #U19CWC pic.twitter.com/E0zqirfIPA
    — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 6, 2022

    Wonderful show of resilience and character! So pleased with the boys, it has been nice spending time with the Under-19 staff and watching them develop. This is just the start, I’m assured they may go on to greater issues in time to come back👍 #U19CWCFinal pic.twitter.com/nt5R8lrHRH
    — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 6, 2022

  • U-19 World Cup: India beat England by 4 wickets to clinch document fifth title

    The two unbeaten sides met on the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda as England went looking for solely their second title, however it was India who prolonged their document of most match wins.
    Raj Bawa took 5 for 31 as England misplaced wickets early of their innings earlier than 95 from James Rew restored hope within the push for a primary trophy since 1998.
    It was to not be as each Shaik Rasheed and Nishant Sindhu made fifties earlier than Dinesh Bana crashed back-to-back sixes to seal the win.

    𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙐19 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 #𝙐19𝘾𝙒𝘾 2022 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎! 🔝 🏆
    A incredible efficiency by #BoysInBlue as they beat England U19 by 4⃣ wickets within the Final! 🙌 🙌 #INDvENG
    This is India’s FIFTH Under 19 World Cup triumph. 👏 👏
    Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/p6jf1AXpsy pic.twitter.com/bQzABDFUpd
    — BCCI (@BCCI) February 5, 2022
    India dominate England so as to add one other trophy to their cabinet
    England received the toss and selected to bat with their second-highest run-scorer Jacob Bethell alongside George Thomas who had made a brave 52 of their semi-final win over Afghanistan.
    It was a shaky begin for Bethell who survived an enchantment for caught behind within the second over however fell three balls later as he was dismissed leg earlier than wicket by Ravi Kumar for 2.
    Captain Tom Prest got here in at quantity three however couldn’t add to his 292 runs as he went for a four-ball duck, England’s first of the match.

    Thomas was not deterred by the lack of two of his aspect’s key wickets as he performed engaging strokes and earned a quick reprieve having been dropped on 26.
    But he too obtained out earlier than he might have any actual affect, caught by Yash Dhull off the bowling of Raj Bawa for 27.

    That #U19CWC successful feeling 💙 pic.twitter.com/wKk7BibxXh
    — ICC (@ICC) February 5, 2022
    James Rew then put his hand as much as be England’s potential saviour, staying put as wickets fell round him, not one of the Young Lions center order ready so as to add greater than ten to the overall as they slipped to 91 for seven.
    It was left to James Sales to work with Rew to placed on England’s highest stand of their innings, including 93 runs to the overall earlier than Rew cruelly missed out on his century.
    He was caught by Kaushal Tambe for 95 from 116 balls having hit 12 sixes and virtually singlehandedly given England a combating probability.
    Sales was left stranded on 34 not out because the tail wagged – England have been all out for 189 from 44.5 overs as Bawa claimed 5 for 31, with Kumar virtually equally as spectacular with 4 for 34.

    India’s chase of their modest goal obtained off to the worst potential begin as Angkrish Raghuvanshi was caught behind for a second-ball duck, with the right-hander unable to maneuver previous Prest to the third-highest run-scorer within the competitors.
    The Men in Blue have been capable of rating at a sedate price, with Harnoor Singh including 21 from 46 balls earlier than he too was caught behind.
    Shaik Rasheed and Dhull seemed to repeat their 204-run partnership they placed on towards Australia within the semi-final, as Rasheed introduced up his fifty from 83 balls.

    However, Sales and Rew mixed once more this time to dismiss the right-hander with the very subsequent supply.
    England detected a chink within the Indian armour, and in Sales’ subsequent over Dhull was caught by George Bell who wheeled away in celebration realizing two new batters have been on the crease.
    However, Nishant Sandhu and Bawa, who has the very best particular person rating of the match with 162 not out, moved India to 164 earlier than Bawa grew to become the fifth wicket to fall.
    It was going to take one thing particular to defeat India even now because the required runs ticked right down to 14 from 23 balls.
    And one thing particular did arrive, Rehan Ahmed protruding a hand to cease a near-certain most and dismiss Tambe to depart India on 176 for six.
    But with Sandhu on the crease, England’s activity at all times appeared troublesome, he crashed 4 runs to alleviate the stress England had been constructing earlier than taking a single to convey up his first half-century in worldwide cricket.
    Dinesh Bana was within the temper to get the trophy in his palms as early as potential smashing a six off his toes to convey the scores degree.

    Another six adopted within the subsequent ball as Bana’s teammates raced onto the pitch earlier than the ball had even crossed the rope, realizing victory and the trophy was theirs.

  • U-19 World Cup: Boxer’s son Nishant Sindhu with a lethal left

    Growing up, Sunil Kumar had only one dream: carrying the Indian jersey. The circumstances compelled the then 19-year-old budding boxer to give up the game. Now, 20 years later, he’s lastly residing his dream by means of his son Nishant Sindhu, who’s representing India on the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup.
    The 17-year-old Sindhu has performed a pivotal function in India’s run within the ongoing match. The gifted all-rounder from Haryana has picked up six wickets and has scored 90 runs in 4 matches to date. Sindhu, alongside together with his fellow left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal, has shared 18 wickets within the match and has given India an edge in opposition to the groups within the match. The duo has efficiently choked oppositions run move within the center overs.

    Ostwal and Sindhu are totally different bowlers. One is fast by means of the air, whereas the opposite appears to be like for extra spin, however each are equally efficient on the gradual Caribbean wickets. They dried up runs from each ends, compelled the batters to play photographs, and are rewarded with a bagful of wickets.
    “It gives me so much joy to watch him play for India. My dream was always to don the Indian jersey, which unfortunately I never did,” Sunil Kumar tells Indian Express over the cellphone.
    Kumar, 39, was a state-level boxer for Haryana, however the lack of help from the household compelled him to hold his boxing gloves.
    “I was in 54kg weight category but never got that backing from my family. My father was a government employee. For him, academics was everything. My mother supported me a lot but unfortunately, she passed away when I was 19. There was responsibility, I had two younger sisters, so I started working,” remembers Kumar.
    Kumar, who by no means had any curiosity in cricket, was stunned when he noticed his three-year-old son leaping in pleasure when India, below MS Dhoni, gained the T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007. The following day, he gifted him a plastic bat, which was when he found one other aspect about his son.

    “I gave him the bat, and his stance was left-handed. I threw the ball toward him and he picked up with his left hand. Then I came to know why he is a southpaw,” laughs Kumar.
    Kumar all the time wished his son to observe in his footstep, however Sindhu by no means confirmed any curiosity in boxing. In 2011, the day after India gained the ODI World Cup, he hesitantly advised his father that he wished to play cricket.
    “I always wanted him to be a sportsperson, be it cricket or boxing. I decided that I would never let anything come between him and his dream. He wanted to play cricket, and I decided to back him with my last penny,” says Kumar.
    Kumar enrolled Nishant into Shri Ram Narain Cricket Academy, run by a former Haryana first-class cricketer and coach, Ashwani Kumar.
    Sant Rathee, a coach on the academy, remembers how he was shocked after watching Sindhu bowls for the primary time. “I saw an 8-year-old kid with a natural loop. It was so natural. The batting was equally good, the hand-eye coordination, the drives, everything was so perfect,” recounts Rathee.
    Nishant Sindhu is representing India on the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup.
    Sindhu got here to the limelight when he scored 290 runs and bagged 24 wickets for Haryana within the U-14 Dhruv Pandove Trophy held in Patiala in 2017. He was instantly fast-tracked into the Haryana U-16 staff, and within the 2017-18 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored 280 runs and took 16 wickets.
    He saved his finest for the 2018-19 Vijay Merchant Trophy, the place Sindhu amassed 572 runs and bagged 23 wickets. It was below his captaincy that Haryana defeated Jharkhand within the remaining to elevate the tile. The Vijay Merchant Trophy success helped him get a call-up from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
    When he returned from the camp in March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic raged on, and Sindhu, like a whole lot of younger aspiring cricketers in India, was left upset.
    Kumar once more got here to his son’s rescue. He made a makeshift health club on his terrace and requested his pal, Anand Mayana, a health coach, to spare a while for his son.
    “For any athlete, fitness should be the top priority. I have learned it from my experience. Anand used to visit us twice a day, and he will look after his fitness routine. There was not much space for him to bowl; we used to do shadow practicing and throwdowns with the wet tennis balls. I managed whatever I could,” remembers Sunil.
    Two years later, Sindhu marshalled his troops to the U-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy triumph. Haryana defeated Maharashtra by six wickets within the finals to cap off a marketing campaign the place the staff didn’t lose a single sport. Sindhu scored 299 runs and took 12 wickets for Haryana within the match.
    His success was rewarded when he was chosen for the India U-19 squad for the Asia Cup and U-19 World Cup. What stunned everybody was that he was not being nominated because the staff’s skipper. But he went on to captain India in two video games in opposition to Ireland and Uganda following a Covid-19 outbreak within the Indian camp. With captain Yash Dhull and vice-captain Shaik Rasheed each in isolation, VVS Laxman and Co. handed the captaincy badge to Sindhu.

    Unfortunately, the Haryana teenager additionally examined constructive and needed to miss the quarter-final conflict in opposition to Bangladesh.
    “He has always been a leader. He has great awareness of the game, and when Yash and Rasheed were tested positive, I knew Nishant would be the leader. He is not even 17 and has won two prestigious tournaments,” says Kumar, who has additionally skilled India ladies’s staff opener, Shafali Verma.
    Pankaj Thakur, Haryana U-19 coach, too, charges Sindhu extremely. He decodes how the teenager has advanced as a cricketer over time.
    “He is a complete package. A solid middle-order batter, a brilliant bowler and a gun outfield fielder. The greatest attribute of his game is his eagerness to improve,” says Thakur, who has performed 57 first-class matches for Haryana. “What has impressed me the most is his bowling. He always tries to play with the batter’s mind. He loves setting up batters; he might get hit in the process, but he will never lose heart. He loves to flight the ball and will always look for the rough patches created by the fast bowlers.”
    He provides: “In his U-16 days, he didn’t have that arm ball. He learned this craft over a period of time. I think being a spinner, he was used to bowl 30-35 overs in a day, and it gave time to add arm ball into his armoury.”
    Thakur liked how his ward cleaned up Australia’s Nivethan Radhakrishnan within the semifinal. “The same ball in the last over, he was hit for a boundary. This time he bowled it slow in the air; it spun, took the inside edge ricochets onto the stumps. His celebration will tell you that he was setting him up from the last over,” says Thakur.
    Back in Rohtak, Nihsant’s mom Vandana is busy cooking Ghewar (a conventional candy), her son’s favorite. “For the past five years, due to his fitness regime and diet, I have never allowed him to eat it. Win or lose, he will have his favourite dish served when he returns,” says Kumar.

  • Skipper Dhull leads India to fourth consecutive U-19 World Cup closing

    Skipper Yash Dhull gave a glimpse of his uncommon expertise with a well-paced hundred as powerhouse India reached their fourth consecutive U-19 World Cup closing with an emphatic 96-run win over Australia right here on Wednesday.
    Dhull struck a chic 110 in as many balls and shared a game- altering 204-run stand along with his deputy Shaik Rasheed (94 off 108 balls) to fireside India to a formidable 290 for 5 after opting to bat.
    Indian bowlers then carried out their roles to perfection to bowl Australia out for 194 in 41.5 overs. Lachlan Shaw’s positive 51 got here too late within the day for Australia.
    Pacers Rajvardhan Hangargekar (0/26) and Ravi Kumar (2/37) have been spectacular within the first powerplay earlier than spinners Nishant Sindhu (2/25), Vicky Ostwal (3/42) and Kaushal Tambe (1/32) dominated the opposition within the center overs.
    The skilled bowling efficiency got here after a remarkably mature knocks from Dhulll and Rasheed who was unlucky to overlook out on 100.
    Dhull turned the third Indian captain to hit 100 within the match historical past after the illustrious Virat Kohli (2008) and the prodigious Unmukt Chand (2012), who additionally hail from Delhi. (Twitter/BCCI)
    Record four-time champions India face England within the closing on Saturday and will likely be aiming to increase their dominance within the competitors.
    Dhull turned the third Indian captain to hit 100 within the match historical past after the illustrious Virat Kohli (2008) and the prodigious Unmukt Chand (2012), who additionally hail from Delhi.
    India, probably the most profitable staff in match historical past, have been hit by COVID-19 at first of the competitors, shedding the likes of Dhull and Rasheed for 2 video games however the depth within the squad ensured that they sailed to the knock-outs.

    A captain’s knock from Yash dhull🔥#U19CWC2022 #U19CWC #INDvsAUS #yashdhull pic.twitter.com/4K1e1NDQAq
    — CrickUpdates (@UpdateCricket_) February 2, 2022
    Chasing a file goal, Australia misplaced their in-form opener Teague Wyllie cheaply with Ravi Kumar trapping him in entrance off his first reputable ball with a late inswinger into the right-hander.
    Campbell Kellaway (30) and Corey Miller (38) solid a fluent 68-run stand earlier than perishing in an area of six balls, leaving Australia at 73 for 3.
    Left-arm spinner Ostwal took a return catch for his second wicket to make it 119 for six in 30 overs, shutting the door on the opposition.

    WHAT. A. PERFORMANCE! 💪 👌
    India U19 beat Australia U19 by 9⃣6⃣ runs & march into the #U19CWC 2022 Final. 👏 👏 #BoysInBlue #INDvAUS
    This is India U19’s 4th successive & eighth total look within the U19 World Cup finals. 🔝
    Scorecard ➡️ https://t.co/tpXk8p6Uw6 pic.twitter.com/tapbrYrIMg
    — BCCI (@BCCI) February 2, 2022
    Dhull was not simply spectacular with the bat but additionally his captaincy. He launched part-time offie Raghuvanshi forward of left-arm spinners. Raghuvanshi delivered the breakthrough by trapping Miller.
    Earlier, India opted to place runs on the board after wining the toss, realizing it wasn’t the simplest of pitches to bat on.
    Australian pacers bowled nicely within the opening powerplay and the truth that Indian openers Angkrish Raghuvanshi (6 off 30) and Harnoor Singh (16 off 30) have been additionally overtly cautious, helped them construct stress.

    William Salzmann rocked Raghuvanshi’s off-stump with a magnificence that straightened after pitching.
    Harnoor, who has not met the excessive expectations he set for himself, tried to drag a rising ball on leg stump from Tobia Snell solely to glove it again to the wicketkeeper, leaving India at 37 for 2 within the thirteenth over.
    India’s two greatest batters, Dhull and Rasheed, then acquired collectively to carry the staff out of a spot of hassle.
    Playing solely their third sport of the match after lacking two because of COVID-19, Rasheed and Dhull confirmed maturity past their age to construct the innings.

    1⃣1⃣0⃣ Off 1⃣1⃣0⃣ With 1⃣0⃣ Fours & 1⃣ Six! 🔥 🔥
    How good was that knock from India U19 captain Yash Dhull! 👏 👏 #BoysInBlue #U19CWC #INDvAUS
    Scorecard ➡️ https://t.co/tpXk8p6Uw6 pic.twitter.com/KysgCXvV96
    — BCCI (@BCCI) February 2, 2022
    Dhull acquired a variety of runs sq. and behind the sq. with deft late-cuts off spinners being certainly one of his pet photographs.
    Rasheed, whose first boundary was an aerial straight drive, ended up with eight fours and a six.
    The straight six he hit late in his innings off Jack Nisbet took him into the 90s. His punch shot by means of the quilt off Salzmann was probably the most engaging shot he performed.
    The extremely rated Dhull performed one other chic knock. The pitch was on the slower facet however he rotated the strike comfortable earlier than accelerating to choose boundaries at will, accumulating 10 fours and a six in complete.
    He acquired to a few figures with a two within the forty fifth over and subsequent ball was a pull shot off Tom Whitney for the second six of the innings.
    After Dhull’s departure, Rasheed couldn’t get to a deserving hundred after being caught at backward level off Nisbet.
    Australia have been sloppy within the subject by means of the innings. Rasheed was dropped on 24 and missed a simple run out likelihood of Dhull who was batting on 74.

    With two set batters gone in fast succession, the movement of the innings was barely disrupted earlier than Nishant Sindhu (12 not out off 10), Dinesh Bana (20 not out off 4 balls) and Rajvardhan Hangagekar (13 off 10) got here up with the large photographs within the dying overs.
    Australia leaked as many as 108 runs within the final 10 overs with the fiftieth over bowled by Tom Whitney going for 27.

  • India vs Bangladesh, ICC U-19 World Cup dwell streaming: When and the place to observe?

    India vs Bangladesh Live Streaming, ICC U-19 World Cup: Covid-hit India shall be bolstered by the return of key gamers together with captain Yash Dhull and vice-captain Shaik Rasheed when the document four-time champions meet holders Bangladesh within the third quarterfinal of the U-19 Cricket World Cup at Osbourn (Antigua) on Saturday.
    Six gamers, together with skipper Yash Dhull, had gone into isolation forward of India’s second league fixture in opposition to Ireland, dealing a giant blow to the document four-time champions.
    However, the depth within the squad ensured India gained each these video games comfortably and certified for the quarterfinals as group toppers.
    Nishant Sindhu led the aspect in Dhull’s absence as India struggled to discipline 11 match gamers on the park within the recreation in opposition to Ireland.

    Opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi and all-rounder Raj Bawa’s confidence have to be sky excessive after they scored match-winning tons in opposition to Uganda.
    Left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal has been India’s stand out bowler within the event with seven wickets.
    Another left-arm spinner Sindhu has been tidy with the ball, taking 4 wickets at an economic system price of two.76 runs per over.
    The Bangladesh batters may also not have a straightforward time negotiating the additional tempo of Rajvardhan Hangargekar.

    The recreation shall be a rematch of the earlier version’s last in 2020 when Bangladesh had shocked the favourites to win their maiden title. Current Bangladesh skipper Rakibul Hasan was a part of that memorable last.
    In the not too long ago held Asia Cup semifinal within the UAE, India had outplayed Bangaldesh and gone on to win the title.
    Squads
    India U-19: Yash Dhull (c), Harnoor Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Siddarth Yadav, Aneeshwar Gautam, Manav Parakh, Kaushal Tambe, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Garv Sangwan, Dinesh Bana, Aaradhya Yadav, Raj Bawa, Vasu Vats, Ravi Kumar.

    Bangladesh: Rakibul Hasan (c), Abdullah Al Mamun, Ariful Islam, Md Fahim, Mahfijul Islam, Ripon Mondol, Naimur Rohman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Prantik Nawrose Nabil, Aich Mollah, Ashiqur Zaman, Iftakher Hossain Ifti, SM Meherob, Musfik Hasan, Tahjibul Islam.
    Where is India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match happening?
    The India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match will happen on the Providence Stadium in Antigua.
    At what time does the India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match start?
    The India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match begins at 6:30 PM IST on Saturday, January 29.
    Where to observe the dwell protection of the India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match?
    The India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 shall be aired dwell on Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select HD 2.

    How to observe the India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match on-line?
    The on-line streaming of the India U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19 match shall be obtainable on the Hotstar app and the web site.

  • India vs Uganda, ICC U-19 World Cup dwell streaming: When and the place to look at?

    India vs Uganda Live Streaming, ICC U19 World Cup: India could have simply 12 gamers to select from of their remaining Under-19 World Cup group B conflict in opposition to Uganda on Saturday as 5 of their six remoted squad members returned optimistic for COVID-19 in RT-PCR checks, right here.
    Only Vasu Vats got here out adverse however it’s probably that the crew administration will area the identical enjoying XI that thumped Ireland by 174 runs on Wednesday and secured a spot within the quarterfinals.
    Skipper Yash Dhull, his deputy Shaik Rasheed, and Aaradhya Yadav, all of who examined optimistic within the Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT), have been confirmed optimistic within the newest RT-PCR studies together with Manav Parakh, who had examined adverse in RAT. Sidharth Yadav had already examined optimistic within the RT-PCR check earlier than the Ireland sport.
    Fortunately, India have already got two victories in pocket and a straightforward opponent to deal with within the remaining Group sport on Saturday.
    Squads:
    India: Yash Dhull (c), Shaik Rasheed (vc), Aaradhya Yadav, Dinesh Bana, Raj Bawa, Aneeshwar Gautam, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Harnoor Singh, Manav Parakh, Vicky Ostwal, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ravi Kumar, Garv Sangwan, Siddarth Yadav, Nishant Sindhu, Kaushal Tambe and Vasu Vats.Uganda: Pascal Murungi (c), Munir Ismail (vc), Brian Asaba, Isaac Ategeka, Joseph Baguma, Cyrus Kakuru, Christopher Kidega, Ronald Lutaaya, Juma Miyaji, Matthew Musinguzi, Akram Nsubuga, Edwin Nuwagaba, Pius Oloka, Ronald Omara and Ronald Opio.

    Where is India U19 vs Uganda U19 match going down?
    The India U19 vs Uganda U19 match will happen on the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad.
    At what time does the India U19 vs Uganda U19 match start?
    The India U19 vs Uganda U19 match begins at 6:30 PM IST on Saturday, January 22.
    Where to look at the dwell protection of the India U19 vs Uganda U19 match?
    The India U19 vs Uganda U19 will probably be aired dwell on Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select HD 2.
    How to look at the India U19 vs Uganda U19 match on-line?
    The on-line streaming of the India U19 vs Uganda U19 match will probably be accessible on the Hotstar app and the web site.

  • Step in proper path, most of them carried out: Hrishikesh Kanitkar on U-19 Asia Cup win

    Head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar has mentioned the Indian workforce’s triumph within the U-19 Asia Cup is a step in proper path with not only one however many gamers excelling earlier than the ICC World Cup begins within the West Indies later this month.
    India reaffirmed their supremacy within the event with a document eighth title as they hammered Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in a rain-hit summit showdown in Dubai on Friday.
    “I think it’s a step in the right direction. What I felt is, like you said, quite a number of people performed and we won games,” Kanitkar advised PTI over cellphone from Dubai after the India Colts received the event.
    India’s solely loss within the competitors got here in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan who misplaced to Sri Lanka within the semifinals.
    “We didn’t must depend upon sure gamers solely and from the teaching viewpoint, that’s at all times signal, when extra folks contribute to a win and we don’t depend upon only a few gamers.
    “So, from that time I’m glad (and) it’s been excellent high-level matches additionally, and we have now been challenged in three out of 4 video games or 5 video games.
    “It’s been so far great preparation in terms of match practise, now the big goal is the World Cup,” Kanitkar, who has performed 2 Tests and 34 ODIs, added.
    The India workforce will now head to the West Indies for the World Cup, which is to be performed from January 14 to February 5, and in line with Kanitkar, who has 10,400 runs from 146 first-class matches, the Yash Dhull-led workforce is taking one step at a time.
    “We are planning to take one step at a time, not (think) too far ahead into the future, so once the quarantine is over in the West Indies, we will start practicing and focus on the practise games first and take it forward like that,” mentioned Kanitkar.
    The U-19 boys hadn’t performed any cricket for an extended time period because of the COVID-19 pandemic and in that backdrop, Kanitkar termed the Asia Cup win as “significant”.
    “It’s very vital, it’s a really optimistic factor and one other problem was that, they haven’t performed as a workforce as nicely, so you realize combining collectively and taking part in as a workforce additionally was a purpose and I feel we have now achieved that very nicely.

    “And so that way it is very significant that, you know, a group of players coming together, having not played together before, are gelling so well and combining so well.” Kanitkar has been related to the Bengaluru-based National Cricket Academy (NCA) and his first main task was with the U-19 workforce.
    “It is difficult as a result of it exams all of your skills as a coach, your communication expertise with U19, youthful boys, the way you clarify to them, you realize your choices that you should use with them, if choice A doesn’t work, you then go to choice B, C, no matter it might be.
    “There is scope to work on their method as nicely, you’ll be able to work on participant’s method at this age if it isn’t right but.
    “So all these things matter and they are challenging but the role is also satisfying because the player develops right in front of your eyes and it is possible for you to make a difference to a player and a team in a major way,” the previous left-handed batter elaborated.
    There are three Maharashtra gamers — Kaushal Tambe, Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Vicky Ostwal — who had been a part of the Asia Cup-winning workforce and likewise characteristic in a 17-member squad introduced for the World Cup.
    Asked whether or not the trio can carry ahead the legacy of Maharashtra gamers like Chandu Borde, the 47-year-old mentioned, “Yes they’ve what it takes for positive. All three of them have carried out in varied matches over right here.
    “I think they have a good future, they need to just keep working hard and be focussed, that’s all. They will do well.”

  • U19 Asia Cup: India beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets to enter semi-final

    A match-winning 65-run seventh wicket stand between Raj Bawa and Kaushal Tambe ensured a combating four-wicket victory for India over a gritty Afghanistan as they entered the semi-final of the U-19 Asia Cup match right here on Monday.)
    Bawa (43 not out) and Tambe (35 not out) joined compelled when India have been in hassle at 197 for six however they stored calm to take the ‘Boys in Blue’ to their required 260-run goal with 10 balls to spare.
    This was after in-form opener Harnoor Pannu (65) and his accomplice Angkrish Raghuvanshi (35) added 104 for the opening stand. However, the center order caved in with skipper Yash Dull (26) and Nishant Sindhu (19) failing to transform begins. It was left to Bawa and Tambe to take the workforce house.
    With this win, India have been positioned second within the group behind Pakistan workforce, which received all its matches.

    A 4-wicket win over Afghanistan U19 has ensured India U19’s qualification for the semi-final of #U19AsiaCup to be performed on Thursday.
    Details – https://t.co/dJGeSLsmuF
    📸 – ACC pic.twitter.com/wiRagZf79M
    — BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2021
    India will face the winners between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who’re pitted in opposition to one another within the final group league encounter.
    With India ending second, they might meet the topper of the opposite group.
    It was a sport the place India returned to successful methods.
    Put into bat on the ICC Academy Oval 2 right here, Afghanistan skipper Suliman Safi’s affected person 73 coupled with a blistering unbeaten 86 off 68 balls by Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai propelled Afghanistan to respectable 259/4.
    Chasing 260, Harnoor, who hit 9 boundaries and Angkrish have been off to a flyer as India raced to 44 for no loss in six overs.
    It was raining boundaries on the floor, with the 2 openers hammering the Afghan assault with utmost ease.

    India was cruising at 74/0 after 12 overs. However, Raghuvanshi was trapped within the entrance by left-arm unorthodox spinner Noor Ahmad (4/43) as he broke the 104-run opening stand.
    India slipped to 116/3, as Afghanistan eliminated Harnoor and Shaik Rasheed (6) cheaply. Then skipper Dhull and Sindhu tried to take the sport deep, however Khalel Khalel pegged again India by eradicating Sindhu with India reeling at 162/4.
    Then Noor Ahmad bought his third, after Ishaq stumped Dhull within the thirty sixth over, as India misplaced half its aspect for 183. Noor then trapped Aaradhya Yadav (12) to depart India teetering at 197/6.
    Bawa and Tambe had an infinite process at hand however they cast a match-winning stand to take their aspect to the final 4 stage with Tambe fittingly ending the sport with a boundary.
    Brief Scores: Afghanistan U19 259/4 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai 86 not out, Suliman Safi 73; Kaushal Tambe 1/25) misplaced to India U19 262/6 (Harnoor Singh 65; R Bawa 43 not out; Noor Ahmad 4/43) by 4 wickets.

  • U-19 Asia Cup: Pakistan beat India by 2 wickets in thriller

    Pakistan edged out a mediocre Indian aspect by two wickets in a last-ball thriller within the U-19 Asia Cup right here on Saturday.
    Pakistan rode on a stroke-filled 81 by one-down Muhammad Shehzad and a late cameo by Ahmad Khan (29 not out) to chase down a goal of 238.
    Ahmad hit Ravi Kumar for a boundary within the sport’s ultimate supply to seal the sport for his aspect.
    Earlier within the day, the Pakistan U-19 bowlers, led by right-arm medium pacer Zeeshan Zameer (5/60), wreaked havoc as they bundled out the opposition for a sub-par 237.

    After a spirited fightback that noticed them recuperate from 14/3 to publish 237, India U19 misplaced to Pakistan U19 on the ultimate ball of the match by 2 wickets. #BoysInBlue #ACC #U19AsiaCup #INDvPAK
    Up subsequent: Afghanistan U19 on Monday.
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    Details ▶️ https://t.co/BKDyB2lSAp pic.twitter.com/OtYSxckSBu
    — BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2021
    India misplaced opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi (0), Shaik Rasheed (6) and skipper Yash Dhull (0) cheaply, with Zameer accounting for all of the wickets to depart the batting aspect reeling at 14/3.
    Nishant Sindhu (8) turned Awais Ali’s first sufferer as India slipped to 41/4.
    Harnoor made a affected person 59-ball 46, hanging six boundaries. When it seemed like he would rating massive, Ali dismissed him within the nineteenth over to depart India at 96/5.
    However, wicket-keeper Aaradhya Yadav’s 83-ball 50, during which he hit three fours, coupled with Kaushal Tambe’s 32 and Rajvardhan Hangargekar’s brisk 33 off 20 balls, took India previous the 230-run mark.

    Chasing 238, Pakistan misplaced opener Abdul Wahid (0) early as Hangargekar castled him. Then, Maaz Sadaqat (29) and Shehzad (81) rallied the innings with a 64-run stand for the second wicket.
    Shehzad, who hammered 4 boundaries and 5 towering sixes, was in belligerent temper as Sadaqat performed second fiddle. Left-arm medium pacer Raj Bawa (4/56) broke the stand by eradicating Sadaqat.

    Congratulations Pakistan! pic.twitter.com/GEzWUa9GeN
    — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 25, 2021
    Bawa struck once more by dismissing Haseebullah (3) as Pakistan slipped to 69/3. Skipper Qasim Akram (22) additionally fell cheaply as Pakistan discovered themselves in a spot of hassle at 115/4, at the same time as Shehzad continued to tore aside the opposition assault.
    Hangargekar ran out Shehzad within the thirty seventh over to deliver India again into the competition as Pakistan misplaced half its aspect for 159.
    However, Irfan Khan (32) and Rizwan Mehmood (29) took the sport deep by including 47 runs for the sixth wicket.
    Then, Bawa pegged again Pakistan by eradicating Mehmood and Irfan Khan, however a composed Ahmad Khan, who hammered three boundaries and a six, accomplished the job for his group.
    Brief scores: India U-19 237 all out (Aaradhya Yadav 50, Harnoor Singh 46; Zeeshan Zamir 5/60, Awais Ali 2/43) misplaced to Pakistan U-19 240/8 (Muhammad Shehzad 81, Irfan Khan 32; Raj Bawa 4/56) by two wickets.