Yash Dhull
India U19 skipper Yash Dhull lifting the ICC U19 World Cup.

India U19 skipper Yash Dhull said he wants to continue playing cricket without thinking much about his future. India claimed the fifth title after they eked out the England U19 team by four wickets in the final of ICC U19 World Cup 2022 on Saturday in Antigua.

India U19 Cricket Team
India U19 Cricket Team crowned champions of ICC U19 World Cup 2022. Credits: BCCI.

India bags fifth U19 World Cup title

All-rounder Raj Bawa starred in the most important match of his life with both bat and ball. After England won the toss and opted to bat first, Bawa and Ravi Kumar ran through England’s batting order.

Ravi picked two wickets in his first two overs, including that of England skipper Tom Prest for a duck.

Bawa sent back England opener George Thomas on the first ball of the 11th over as skipper Yash Dhull took a dolly at the covers.

Bawa got successive wickets of Will Luxton and George Bell in the 13th over before he got Rehan Ahmed in the 17th.

Raj Bawa
Raj Bawa.

As Bawa kept chipping wickets at regular intervals, England were tattered at 91 for seven in 25 overs. Left-handed batter James Rew helped his side to escape a shambolic total in the final.

Rew joined forces with James Sales and the duo put up 93 runs for the eighth-wicket stand, the latter’s contribution was 31 in that alliance. Rew was dismissed in the 44th over by Ravi Kumar, thanks to an excellent catch by Kaushal Tambe.

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England were bowled out for 189 in the first innings as Bawa completed his match-winning bowling figures with 5/31.

India lost opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi for a second-ball duck but the fifties by Shaik Rasheed and Nishant Sandhu set the track for them.

Bawa scored 35 off 54 balls in his 67-run stand with Nishant, Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Bana launched consecutive sixes to Sales as India chased the tricky score in 47.4 overs.

I will take it match-by-match: Yash Dhull

Dhull, who amassed 229 from four matches at an average of 76.33, will take each game at once and not stress much about further plans.

Yash Dhull
Yash Dhull. Credits: Twitter

“I want to play cricket only. The focus will be in the game, the rest of the things will take care of themselves. I will take it match-by-match. Let’s see what happens,” Dhull said at the post-match press conference when asked about his future plans.

South Africa U19 team batter Dewald Brevis, who accumulated 506 runs from six innings at an impressive average of 84.33, bagged the player of the tournament award.

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