Barbados, First Published Feb 5, 2022, 10:07 PM IST
Barbados: England set a 190-run target for victory against England (Team India) in the U19 World Cup final, and England were all out for 189 in 44.5 overs with James Rew leading the way. Medium pacer Raj Bawa took five wickets for India and Kaiyan pacer Ravi Kumar (Ravi Kumar) took four wickets for India. .
It started with Ravikumar’s double strike
Luck in the toss did not help England in batting. In the second over, Ravikumar’s wicket was taken by Raj Bawa and England collapsed. In the second over of the innings, Ravi Kumar struck opener Jacob Bethel (2) in front of the wicket. England had four runs on the scoreboard then. In his second over, Ravikumar bowled Tom Prest (0) to give England the lead, but Rajbawak collapsed.
Raj Bawa in the middle
England’s score doubled as opener George Thomas smashed. Raj Bawa won the toss and elected to field, but lost the toss and elected to field. This time England’s score was 37-3. Soon after, Raj Bawa accelerated England’s collapse by knocking down William Luxton (4), George Bell (0) and Rehan Ahmed (10) in the first over.
James Rew
It seemed at one point that England, who had collapsed to 61-6 and 91-7, would not cross the 100 mark, but it was James Dew’s struggle with the Waltons that led England to a better score. Rowe Ahmed (10) and Alex Horton (10) put on a fine partnership with James Sales, who reached the crease in the ninth over, to put England ahead with a 93-run stand. Dew, who scored 95 off 116 balls, fell just five runs short of a deserved century.
Kaushal Tambek caught an easy four off Ravi Kumar’s boundary, but Pandey caught the ball again and made sure England did not cross the 200 mark. Raj Bawa took five wickets in the next over, knocking out Joshua Boydon. Raj Bawa took five wickets for 31 runs in 9.5 overs. Ravi Kumarda took four wickets for 34 runs in nine overs. Kaushal Tambe took one wicket.
Earlier, England won the toss and elected to bat. India remain unbeaten in the squad that defeated Australia in the semi-finals. No change in the England squad that beat Afghanistan in the semi-finals. India and England reached the final unbeaten. .
India U19 (Playing XI): Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Yash Dhull (c), Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dinesh Bana (w), Kaushal Tambe, Raj Bawa, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar.
England U19 (Playing XI): George Thomas, Jacob Bethell, Tom Prest(c), James Rew, William Luxton, George Bell, Rehan Ahmed, Alex Horton(w), James Sales, Thomas Aspinwall, Joshua Boyden.
Last Updated Feb 5, 2022, 10:07 PM IST