ICC U19 World Cup 2022: India crush Australia by 96 runs to set-up final clash against England
India Today
India rode on captain's Yash Dhull's terrific hundred to beat Australia by 96 runs in their ICC U-19 World Cup semi-final match in Antigua. India will now face England in the final.
Skipper Yash Dhull's well-paced hundred was aided by some fine bowling performance by his bowlers as India stormed into their fourth consecutive U-19 World Cup final on the back of an emphatic 96-run win over Australia in Antigua on Wednesday.
Record four-time champions India face England in the final on Saturday and will be aiming to extend their dominance in the competition.
Dhull struck a sublime 110 in as many balls and shared a game-changing 204-run stand with his deputy Shaik Rasheed (94 off 108 balls) to fire India to a formidable 290 for five after opting to bat. The Indian bowlers then performed their roles to perfection to bowl Australia out for 194 in 41.5 overs. Lachlan Shaw's fine 51 came too late in the day for Australia.
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Pacers Rajvardhan Hangargekar (0/26) and Ravi Kumar (2/37) were impressive in the first powerplay before spinners Nishant Sindhu (2/25), Vicky Ostwal (3/42) and Kaushal Tambe (1/32) dominated the opposition in the middle overs.
The professional bowling performance came after remarkably mature knocks from Dhulll and Rasheed who was unfortunate to miss out on a hundred. Dhull became the third Indian captain to hit a hundred in the tournament history after the illustrious Virat Kohli (2008) and the prodigious Unmukt Chand (2012), who also hail from Delhi.
