IND U19 vs ENG U19 Live: When Yash Dhull steps out to lead India in the final against England on Saturday, he will be in a unique position. The young Dhull will be the third U19 captain from Delhi to lead India in the final after Virat Kohli (2008) and Unmukt Chand (2012) and will be eying a unique record. Follow U19 World Cup Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
For India, it will be their fourth consecutive U19 World Cup final. India won the 2018 edition under Prithvi Shaw’s captaincy and lost the other two. Yash Dhull will be aiming to set the record straight, winning the title.
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U19 captains to lead in the U19 World Cup Final:
- Mohammed Kaif (2000) – Winner
- Ravikanth Shukla (2006) – Final
- Virat Kohli (2008) – Winner
- Unmukt Chand (2012) – Winner
- Ishan Kishan (2016) – Final
- Prithvi Shaw (2018) – Winner
- Priyam Garg (2020) – Final
- Yash Dhull (2022) – ?
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With Dhull is in fantastic form and tips from none other than Virat Kohli, who won the trophy in 2008, India will be upbeat about the final against England. Yash Dhull led Indian team was up for a surprise on Thursday evening as they got a call from Virat Kohli. The former India captain interacted with the members of the Indian squad.
Virat Kohli’s Special Call: Members of the current India U19 team, Kaushal Tambe and Rajvardhan Hangargekar posted Instagram stories of Kohli interacting with the side. “It was really good to interact with you @virat.kohli bhaiyaa. Learnt some important things about life and cricket from you which will help us in getting better in upcoming times,” Hangargekar wrote in his Instagram story.
WHAT. A. PERFORMANCE! 💪 👌
India U19 beat Australia U19 by 9⃣6⃣ runs & march into the #U19CWC 2022 Final. 👏 👏 #BoysInBlue #INDvAUS
This is India U19’s 4th successive & 8th overall appearance in the U19 World Cup finals. 🔝
Scorecard ➡️ https://t.co/tpXk8p6Uw6 pic.twitter.com/tapbrYrIMg
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 2, 2022
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Such has been the depth of the squad that despite six players testing positive, India cruised to easy victories against Ireland and Uganda. In the quarterfinals, they thumped Bangladesh while eased past Australia in the semifinals to enter the finals.
It was in the semifinals where Yash Dhull led from the front with a fantastic century and made heads turn. As Virat Kohli went on to lead the senior men in all three formats, his statemate Yash Dhull will be eager to put up a good show and repeat his feat.
Furthermore, win in U19 World Cup final can also open up lucrative offers from IPL franchises like Yashasvi Jaiswal and the youngsters will be eager to give their best.
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Road to Finals
India:
- Beat SA by 45 runs
- Beat Ireland by 174 runs
- Beat Uganda by 326 runs
- Beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets
- Beat Australia by 96 runs
India squad: Yash Dhull (c), 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
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