ICC U-19 World Cup Final Highlights: India beat Australia by 8 wickets, Centurion Manjot Kalra stars in 4th title win

India beat Australia by eight wickets to win record fourth U-19 World Cup.

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Harvik Desai scores the winning runs. INDIA HAVE WON THE ICC U19 WORLD CUP.  

India have won the match by 8 wickets. It was an easy win in the end. Manjot Kalra leads with the bat after bowlers had resticted Australia to just 216.

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Hundred for Manjot Kalra.

He become only the second India after Unmukt Chand to score a hundred in the final of the ICC U19 World Cup.

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India need 21 runs of 90 balls now. Manjot is just 3 runs shy of a hundred.

IND- 196/2 after 35 overs

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India need 46 runs off 120 ball now. 

The highest score in a ICC U19 World Cup is Unmukt Chand's 111 not out. Manjot Kalra is batting on 85 off just 75 balls. Australian bowlers have not been able to extract anything from the pitch.

IND- 170/2 after 30 overs 

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25 overs gone. India have done really well here. Though, high-profile faces like Shaw and Gill have departed, Kalra looks set to lead India to a win.  

IND- 144/2 after 25 overs

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Shubman Gill falls. His run of 50+ scores ends. Gill is bowled by Param Uppal for 31. India are 131/2 after 21.2 overs

IND- 131/2 after 21.2 overs

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DRINKS

Manjot Kalra is looking good here. He has just completed his fifty(51*). India's best batsman of the tournament, Shubman Gill is at the other end. India should not have any problems getting there. 

IND- 116/1 after 18 overs 

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Big wicket for Australia. Prithvi Shaw is Bowled. 

He played inside the line and missed a straight one from Will Sutherland. Australia break this opening stand. 

IND- 71/1 after 11.4 overs 

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India have made a solid start here. The rain interruption had not seem have any effect on the concentrations of the Indian openers. 

IND- 55/0 after 10 overs 

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CHANCE!

Prithvi Shaw is luck there. He calls Kalra for a quick single, but he doesn't drag his bat inside the crease. Dangerous!

Shaw was out run-out last game as well.

IND- 31/0 after 6 overs

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It has stopped raining. It was, as predicted, just a passing shower. The game should resume will resume at 1105 IST. 

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It's raining here. The players are off and the field has been covered. It is not much threatening to the match. 

Four overs into the India chase and rain has sadly arrived in Tauranga. The covers come on with India 23/0 #U19CWC#AUSvIND LIVE https://t.co/BU9XqVZ41U pic.twitter.com/sQfSgzEM6x

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Good start by Indian openers so far- there has been one or two balls that have troubled the batsmen but Shaw and Kalra have handled them well. 

IND- 23/0 after 4 overs

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India's regular openers Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra are the crease. Ryan Headley will begin for Australia.

Fans cheer for Team India:

India are applauded off the field by their fans after a top combined bowling effort restricted Australia to 216! #AUSvIND #U19CWC pic.twitter.com/ZnawbAjb0Y

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The Australian innings has ended in a blink of an eye! Excellent bowling performance from India. Australia lose 6 wickets for 33 runs as they end with 216.

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Another wicket. A superb throw from deep square leg from Shiva Singh has caught Baxter Holt short of his crease. Australia have gone from 183 for 4 to 216 for 9, with Shiva Singh's involvement in four out of those five scalps.

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Nagarkoti sees a tailender and fires in a full ball at over 140ks! Zak Evans is cleaned up. Eight down! 

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MERLO IS GONE!

It is a big wicket- Jonathan Merlo falls with five overs remaining. Merlo was trying to score some big runs- attempting a reverse hit off Anukul Roy. It went high and not long. Shivam Singh takes the catch. 

Merlo goes after scoring 76 of 102 runs.

AUS- 212/7 after 45.3 overs

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Shiva Singh get one more. Will Sutherland is caught by Harvik Desai. It come off the inside edge and it was a good catch. 

AUS- 191-6  after 41.3 overs 

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Shiva Singh strikes. Another caught & bowled!! Nathan McSweeney (23) looks to play across the line, the ball takes the leading edge and pops back to the bowler. 

The wicketkeeper gives a send-off. Another partnership fails to flourish. 

AUS- 183/5 after 39.2 overs

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Australia have done really well here. Jonathan Merlo has completed his fifty. He had a important partnership with Uppal. 

AUS- 163/4 after 35 overs

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Anukul Roy gets the breakthrough. Param Uppal (34) caught and bowled. The partnership has been broken. A slower ball, quicker ball and now another slower ball. It was flighted around the leg-stump line and Uppal was back in his crease to work it through the leg-side. Was a touch early to close his bat-face and the ball popped back to the bowler off the leading edge. A simple return catch for Anukul Roy. 

AUS- 134/4 after 28.5 overs

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Param Uppal (29*)  and Jonathan Merlo (27*) have done well to steady the innings. It has been an important partnership for Australia and they have handled the spinners quite well. 

AUS- 117/3 after 25 overs

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15 overs gone, Australia are 72/3. 

All Australian batsmen have had starts but failed to capitalise. Indian pacers have used the conditions and the bounce well. India-born Param Uppal and Jonathan Merlo at the crease.   

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Kamlesh Nagarkoti strikes in his first over. The Australian captain Jason Sangha (13) is caught behind the wicket. 

It was bowled at a good pace with back of length outside off. It drew Sangha into a loose shot away from the body. Harvik Desai takes a brilliant catch- diving to his right. 

Big one for India.

AUS- 59/3 after 11.4 overs

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Ishan Porel has sent back the dangerous-looking Jack Edwards (28). 

This one climbed on the batsman as Edwards was looking to punch it away. It hits him high on the bat and goes to cover for simple catch for Nagarkoti.

AUS- 52/2 after 10 overs

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Ishan Porel gets the breakthrough for India. Max Bryant (14) is caught by Abhishek Sharma. 

It was short and a liitle wide from Porel. Bryant slaps it off the front foot but it flies straight to cover-point. Sharma moves across to his right for a diving catch.

AUS- 32/1 after 5.1 overs 

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Good signs for the Aussies so far. Max Bryant and Jack Edwards are looking here. They have managed to negotiate four overs of good pace bowling from India. 

AUS- 20/0 after 4 overs 

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CHANCE!

It would have been a great catch. The ball from Ishan takes Bryant's under edge. Harvik Desai manages to reach the ball that was dying on him and going away as well, but couldn't hold on.   

AUS- 6/0 after 1.2 overs 

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Good luck to the Australian U/19 team playing in the World Cup final against India today!! Soak it all up, enjoy the moment

— Aaron Finch (@AaronFinch5) February 3, 2018

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The anthems are done and it's time for the action. 

Jack Edwards and Bryant are at the crease. Shivam Mavi will open the attack.

Teams imminent... #AUSvIND #U19CWC pic.twitter.com/6mvayGTQRX

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) February 3, 2018

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Simon Doull reckons that 'this pitch is an absolute belter.' There is a nice coverage of grass. Doull predicts plenty of runs. ​

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Australia U19 have won the toss and have opted to bat.

Both teams unchanged.

India U19 (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw(c), Manjot Kalra, Shubman Gill, Harvik Desai(w), Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Anukul Roy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh, Ishan Porel

Australia U19 (Playing XI): Jack Edwards, Max Bryant, Jason Sangha(c), Jonathan Merlo, Param Uppal, Nathan McSweeney, Will Sutherland, Baxter J Holt(w), Zak Evans, Ryan Hadley, Lloyd Pope

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Preview

Six years ago, India took on Australia in the final of the Under 19 World Cup. On that occasion in 2012, Unmukt Chand led India to glory, winning their third title. India have faced Australia five times in the tournament so far, with Australia winning the first two while India emerging triumphs in the recent three encounters. 

While India have remained dominant thoroughout the tournament and won all their matches, Australia have recovered well from their group stage loss to India to make it to the final.

What the captains said

Prithvi Shaw: 

"Whenever the team's needed them, they (fast bowlers) have provided the breakthroughs. They're ready whenever I ask them to bowl. They've good intensity as well, their fitness is great as well." 

"All of them -- Kamlesh (Nagarkoti), (Ishan) Porel, (Shivam) Mavi. It helps us all to have a good attitude in the field, we're all really pumped up when our fast bowlers do well." 

"I have confidence that even if we get one partnership, we can take charge of the match and take the score to 250-300."

"If you look at our match against Australia too, we put up a good total, even though we lost a couple of wickets after an early partnership. The middle order also controlled the innings well.".

"They (Australia) are a good side, it will be challenging for us even though they have lost against us in the first game. They have got a better side right now. We will stick to our process and will try to execute it on the field." 

"If you see the results, the batting and bowling and the intensity on the pitch and the attitude how the boys are behaving, it's a good sign till now."

Jason Sangha: 

"The 100-run loss (in group stage) does not bother me at all. A grand final is a different contest. It's a different pitch, different nerves. They've played good cricket but if we get a couple of early wickets and put pressure on their players, anything can happen." 

"We wouldn't say we are underdogs. We are not the favourites, but at the end of the day we are Australia, we are our own team, India are their own team." 

"We are a side that can beat any team if we play well. We've grown by leaps and bounds since our first match." 

Teams

India U19 (From): Prithvi Shaw (c), Manjot Kalra, Shubman Gill, Harvik Desai(wk), Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Anukul Roy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh, Ishan Porel, Himanshu Rana, Aryan Juyal, Arshdeep Singh, Pankaj Yadav, Aditya Thakare

Australia U19 (From): Jack Edwards, Max Bryant, Jason Sangha (c), Jonathan Merlo, Param Uppal, Nathan McSweeney, Will Sutherland, Baxter J Holt (wk), Zak Evans, Ryan Hadley, Lloyd Pope, Xavier Bartlett, Jarrod Freeman, Aaron Hardie, Austin Waugh