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Tag: U19 World Cup

Virat Kohli gives a hilarious reply to Ravi Kumar when he asked about his weakness

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India lifted a record-extending fifth ICC U19 World Cup title after defeating England in the final  att the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. However, former Indian captain Virat Kohli interacted with India’s U19 cricketers ahead of the u-19 World cup final.

BCCI had organized an online session of the team with former Team India captain Virat Kohli. Meanwhile, during the conversation U-19 fast bowler Ravi Kumar engaged in a fun bunter with former Indian captain Virat Kohli.  The young fast bowler Ravi Kumar had asked Virat Kohli about the latter’s weakness during the one-off session over a zoom video call. The former Indian captain Virat Kohli gave a hilarious reply to the question.

During this session, Ravi Kumar asked Virat Kohli , “What is your weakness ?” To which, Virat replied without wasting any time, “kyun abhi se out karne ki training kar raha hai kya (Why? Are you planning to get me out now only ?)”.

Ravi Kumar played a pivotal role in India’s four-wicket win at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday where he picked four wickets for 34 runs in nine overs. The pacer scalped 10 wickets in six games. The young pacer after the U-19 World Cup victory said that the coaches told him to stick to basics and he exactly did that. “Coaches kept telling me to do the basics and not worry about the results. The plan was to maintain tight line and length. The ball was sticking a bit and wanted to bowl full to get some movement,” said Kumar.

‘Tu bas six count karna aaj mere’ – When Dinesh Bana slammed 170 in a Challenger Trophy

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India U19 team created history after lifting the World Cup Trophy for the record fifth time at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. India are the most successful team at U19 World Cups, having won titles in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018 previously.

India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Bana made the winning moment special for India as he completed India’s title win with a six. Coming in to bat after the fall of the 6th wicket, Bana upped the ante and remained unbeaten on 13 off just 5 balls. His cameo included 2 back-to-back sixes. His last six over long-on to give India their fifth title on Saturday. His shot reminded many of former India captain MS Dhoni’s six in the final of the 2011 World Cup final against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium.

However, Bana was not the first-choice keeper for the Indian side. In fact, during a Challenger Trophy match between India B and India F, Bana’s friend and teammate Nishant Sindhu told him that the selectors are coming to see him play. Bana told to Sindhu to just count the sixes that he hits. Interestingly
similar incident had happened with legendary keeper-batter Dhoni .

Bana’s knock of 170 contained 14 sixes and 10 fours and easily convinced the selectors to give him a chance. In hindsight, the move to back him proved out to be the correct one as he played quite a few cameos including in the summit clash where his six to finish off the match 

BCCI announces cash reward for every player India U-19 Team

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Yash Dhull-led Team India defeated England by 4 wickets at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium to win a record fifth U-19 World Cup title. Previously, India had won the U19 World Cup in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Soon after India claimed victory in the final, BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to social media to announce cash rewards for the players and the members of the support staff. Each player will get Rs 40 lakh while the members of the support staff are set to get Rs 20 lakh. “I’m pleased to announce the reward of 40 lacs per player and 25 lacs per support staff for the U19 #TeamIndia contingent for their exemplary performance in #U19CWCFinal. You have made India proud,” Jay Shah said in a twitter post.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly also expressed his wishes to saying the cash reward is a small token as the efforts put in by the under-19 contingent is invaluable. “Congratulations to the under 19 team and the support staff and the selectors for winning the world cup in such a magnificent way…The cash prize announced by us of 40 lakhs is a small token of appreciation but their efforts are beyond value .. magnificent stuff..@bcci,” Ganguly wrote on Twitter.

With this win, Dhull joined the illustrious list of captains — Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand, Prithvi Shaw, who have lifted the U19 trophy for India in the past. Five titles and eight final appearances is a testament to India’s wide pool of talent and cricket structure as well.

U-19 World Cup : India win record-extending fifth U19 World Cup title, beat England by 4 wickets

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India defeated England by four wickets to clinch a record-extending fifth title at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. . Earlier, India had won the U19 World Cup in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2018. 

England skipper Tom Prest won the toss and chose to bat first. However Indian team performed exceedingly well. Indian pacers Ravi Kumar (34/4) and Raj Bawa (31/5) dismantled England’s batting order by sharing nine wickets between themselves. England were wobbling at 91/7 at one stage after which James Rew and James Sales stitched a valuable 93-run stand for the eighth wicket to help their team reach a much better total of 189 runs.

Chasing 190, India got off to the worst start possible as Joshua Boyden dismissed Angkrish Raghuvanshi (0) on the third ball of the innings.  After that Harnoor Singh (21 off 46) and Shaik Rasheed (50 off 84) added valuable runs for the second wicket to bring India back in the game. skipper Yash Dhull fell for 17, but the duo of Nishant Sindhu and Raj Bawa took the team within striking distance of victory with a 67-run partnership for the fifth wicket. In the end, India registered a four-wicket win to lift the U19 World Cup for the fifth time.

“It is a big moment, everyone was supporting was so it is a big moment for us to win the tournament. It is a team effort, backing players is a sign of a good team. We kept moving ahead with a positive mindset. Medium pacers have been doing well for us since the Asia Cup, Ravi Kumar gave us a good start and Raj Bawa was exceptional,” Dhull said in the post-match presentation.

Virat Kohli interacts with Yash Dhull-led side ahead of ICC U-19 World Cup final

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Indian batsman Virat Kohli interacted with India’s U-19 team ahead of the upcoming U-19 ICC World Cup 2022 final. The Yash Dhull-led India U-19 cricket team will take on their English counterparts in the title clash at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Kohli knows a thing or two about winning high pressure final at the junior level, he guided Team India to U-19 World Cup glory in 2008 .His team beat South Africa in 2008 U-19 World Cup. Experienced Kohli spoke to Indian Under-19 team captains Yash Dhul, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, and Kaushal Tambe sitting at Antigua hotel on a Zoom call. India U19 off-spinner Kaushal Tambe took to social media to share a screenshot of their virtual interaction with Virat Kohli. “Some valuable tips from the GOAT ahead of the finals,” Tambe wrote.

Not just him but several other U19 cricketers took to Instagram to share the moment “It was really good to interact with you @virat.kohli bhaiyaa. Learnt some important things about life and cricket from you which will help us in getting better in upcoming times,” Rajvardhan Hangargekar wrote in his post.”

India U-19 led by Yash Dhull will take on England in what will be the fourth successive final at this level since 2016. India’s U19 team reached the final after some impressive performances despite Covid-19 concerns in the camp in the West Indies. Dhull, who recovered from Covid-19, hit a match-winning hundred against Australia in the semi-final on Wednesday.

Michael Vaughan has been impressed by the performance of India’s Under-19 team

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India U19 team who entered the final of the U-19 World Cup which is being currently held in the West Indies. The India U19 team defeated Australia U19 by 96 runs on Wednesday to set up the final clash against the strong England team.

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has praised captain Yash Dhull after India beat Australia to reach the final of the current U19 World Cup on Wednesday. Dhull marked a breathtaking century as India reached the tournament final. The skipper Yash Dhull struck a sublime run a ball 110 and stitched a game-changing 204-run partnership with his deputy Rasheed (94 off 108 balls) to post a formidable 290 for five. With his knock against Australia, Dhull joined an elite list of India U19 captains with a century in the tournament. Before him, Virat Kohli and Unmukt Chanda had achieved the same feat at the U19 World Cup. 

“The plan from me and Rasheed was to bat till the end, and it worked. The idea was to bat steadily, not to try too many shots, and to bat past the 40th over. Myself and Rasheed bat well together, we combine well and it showed. Rasheed and me had a good partnership and we had good partnerships lower down as well,” Dhull said at the post match presentation.

India reached its fourth consecutive U-19 World Cup final on Wednesday. And This is the eighth time that four-time champions India have made it to the final of the U-19 World Cup, the most by any team. They will now face England in the final, who defeated Afghanistan in their semi-final clash.