Australia also defeated India in the final of the U-19 World Cup

Australia’s under-19 cricket team won the World Cup for the fourth time after defeating India in the final on Sunday.

Australia beat India by 79 runs in the final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup played in Benoni on Sunday.

Earlier, Australia’s senior team defeated India in the finals of ICC World Test Championship and Cricket World Cup 2023.

In the ICC U-19 World Cup final, Australia batted first and scored 253 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 50 overs.

On behalf of Australia, Harjes Singh scored 55, captain Hugh 48, opener Harry Dixon 42 and Oliver Peck not out with 46 runs.

For India, Raj Lambani managed to take three wickets, Naman Tiwari two, Somi Pandey and Mushir Khan one wicket each.

Only two batsmen of the Indian U-19 team could spend more time at the crease in Australia’s chase of 254 runs. One of them was the opener Adarsh ​​Singh who played an innings of 47 runs and the other was Murugan Abhishek who scored 42 runs.

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Even after losing early wickets in the semi-final against South Africa, the match-winning Indian team looked helpless against the Australian bowling and could score only 174 runs.

For Australia, Raf McMillan and Mahali Beardman took three wickets each.

The Australian team, who reached the final of the ICC U-19, defeated Pakistan in the second semi-final of the tournament after a tough contest.

Pakistan’s U-19 team, which had lost a match in the tournament and reached the semi-finals, was just one wicket away from a win against Australia.