India wish to seal a record-extending fifth ICC U19 International Cup name once they tackle England within the last of the 2022 version on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua on Saturday, February 5.
In 14 editions of the event, India have made 8 finals and received the trophy 4 occasions in an resentful list that displays the energy of the meeting line of younger cricketers within the nation. Then again, England, who received the name for the one time of their historical past again in 1998, have displayed steely self assurance all the way through their marketing campaign within the West Indies.
The India U19 gamers interacted with Virat Kohli, former India captain and the winner of the U19 International Cup in 2008, on Thursday, receiving some “precious guidelines” forward of the large last.
India received the name in 2000 underneath Mohammad Kaif’s captaincy. They received their 2d name in 2008 underneath Kohli whilst Unmukt Chand led the group to glory in 2012. India ultimate received the name in 2018 underneath Prithvi Shaw’s captaincy. In 2020, India reached the general most effective to lose to Bangladesh.
ALL EYES ON YASH DHULL, SHAIKH RASHEED
India had been hampered by way of Covid-19 circumstances of their camp as skipper Yash Dhull and vice-captain Shaikh Rasheed overlooked 2 of the three league suits. However the 4-time champions have steamrolled oppositions regardless of the setbacks to make it to their 4th successive last within the premier age-group event.
Each the captain and the vice-captain lived as much as the hype round them once they got here up with a the most important stand of their large win over Australia within the semi-final. India had been in some bother after dropping early wickets however Yash and Rasheed stitched 204-run stand for the third wicket with the captain hitting a 110 and the vice-captain lacking out on a 3-figure rating by way of simply 6 runs.
It was once implausible to look the adulthood with which Yash and Rasheed treated the disaster state of affairs after openers Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Harnoor Singh departed early.
Captain Yash Dhull hit a match-winning hundred within the semi-final towards Australia (Courtesy of BCCI)
Whilst the batters have post particular person performances, the bowling division has fired in unison.
The additional tempo of Rajvardhan Hangargekar and swing of left-arm speedy bowler Ravi Kumar has rattled the highest order batters whilst the Vicky Ostwal-led spin assault has stifled the opposition within the center overs. He’s India’s main wicket-taker with 12 scalps at 10.75.
DETERMINED ENGLAND LOOK TO END TITLE DROUGHT
After a anxious end within the semifinal towards Afghanistan, England can be greater than prepared to finish their name drought of the ultimate 24 years.
Like India, England too stay unbeaten within the event. Captain Tom Prest has led from the entrance with 292 runs at a median of 73 whilst left-arm pacer Joshua Boyden has taken 13 wickets at a stellar reasonable of 9.53.
India batters may even want to be cautious of wrist-spinner Rehan Ahmed who’s tasked with offering breakthroughs within the center overs.
INDIA VS ENGLAND, U19 International Cup Ultimate – Squads
India: Yash Dhull (captain), Harnoor Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Siddarth Yadav, Aneeshwar Gautam, Manav Parakh, Kaushal Tambe, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Garv Sangwan, Dinesh Bana, Aaradhya Yadav, Raj Bawa, Vasu Vats, Ravi Kumar.
England: Tom Prest (captain), George Bell, Joshua Boyden, Alex Horton, Rehan Ahmed, James Gross sales, George Thomas, Thomas Aspinwall, Nathan Barnwell, Jacob Bethell , James Coles, William Luxton, James Rew, Fateh Singh, Benjamin Cliff.
