Sunday 26 August 2012

India win Under-19 World Cup


India win by 6 wickets and are the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Champions, the Indian players rush onto the field and they are very much excited and so are the fans. Chand is draped with the Indian flag, who has played an excellent knock
 Unmukt Chand led from the front with a magnificent hundred as India Under-19 lifted their third World Cup title after beating formidable defending champions Australia by six wickets in the final in Townsville on August 26.

This was India U-19s first triumph after Mohammed Kaif and Virat Kohli led their respective teams to victory in 2000 and 2008 editions respectively.
Courtesy a magnificent unbeaten 111 by Unmukt and his unbroken partnership of 130 runs with glovesman Smit Patel, India overhauled a competitive target of 226 on a bouncy strip with 14 balls to spare.
It was one of the best centuries one could have witnessed at the junior level as Unmukt hit seven fours and as many as six sixes during his 130-ball knock.
He completed his century with a six over extra cover off Alex Gregory but the celebrations were very muted. The skipper knew that the job was only half done.

                                               Winners

Year Venue Winner Runners up Plate Champion Format Final Venue
1988  Australia  Australia  Pakistan Not Played Round Robin Adelaide Oval
1998  South Africa  England  New Zealand  Pakistan Knockout The Wanderers
2000  Sri Lanka  India  Sri Lanka  South Africa Knockout Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
2002  New Zealand  Australia  South Africa  Zimbabwe Knockout Bert Sutcliffe Oval
2004  Bangladesh  Pakistan  West Indies  Bangladesh Round Robin Bangabandhu National Stadium
2006  Sri Lanka  Pakistan  India  Nepal
R. Premadasa Stadium
2008  Malaysia  India  South Africa  West Indies Round Robin Kinrara Academy Oval
2010  New Zealand  Australia  Pakistan  Bangladesh Round Robin Bert Sutcliffe Oval
2012  Australia  India  Australia  Sri Lanka Round Robin & Knock Out Tony Ireland Stadium

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