Australia have lifted their 4th ICC U19 World Cup title. In the U19 World Cup final, Australia beat India by 79 runs to secure the title. It’s third in a row for India men’s or boys as Australia trumped India in the WTC Final 2023, ODI World Cup 2023 and U19 World Cup final.
Batting first, Australia put up a record 253-run total for India to chase. And India were bowled out for 172.
U19 World Cup Final: Who said what?
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Player of the Match: Mahli Beardman: Pretty surreal, hasn’t sunk it yet. It is something that we have been working for a long time, happy it paid off. They (India) have been incredible, we knew it would be a good battle. I backed my short balls and tried to smash it into the wicket. Through DK, I’ve learnt a lot of mental stuff. Thinking about my bowling, thinking about field settings. He’s been incredible, always a pleasure to bowl alongside him. Future goals will be probably the Big Bash, and going back home and try to play some cricket for my state.
Sam Konstas: Lost for words. Been an amazing journey. India were so good, they are the benchmark. To get the win, I’m so proud of the boys. Was a great team effort. Credit to our coaches. They’ve been amazing. We just stuck to our plans and processes.
Tom Straker: Great feeling. We’ve worked for a year on this. We’ve been in Brisbane, and been to England, all for this moment, and it’s finally come. We’re all good mates (fast bowlers). We all want to play with each other. Love the four quicks playing. I won’t be leading the celebrations but I’ll be joining in.
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Callum Vidler: A memory I’ll definitely remember for the rest of my life. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Doesn’t matter, we’ve won the World Cup.
Charlie Anderson: It’s awesome, what a feeling! You don’t get to play in the World Cup final every day, so it is awesome. Who plans for these sorts of things (talking about the plans for celebration), we will see where the night takes us I guess.
Australia captain Hugh Weibgen: So proud of the boys and our coaches. Everyone was open to batting first, our plan was to get a few runs and back ourselves. He (Harjas Singh) is a quality player, class is permanent. Full credit to the coaches for sticking with him. India are a class side, they dominated the whole tournament, just came the wrong side. I’m sure these guys will do a lot of great things in their career. They (pacers) can go so far, as a unit they know their roles so well. I’ll be surprised if the four of them don’t go a long way in their careers.
Player of the Tournament: Kwena Maphaka: It means a lot to me. I will remember about this for the rest of the tournament. I worked on my inswing a lot, that’s what helped me in this tournament. Super eager for the future, will be amazing if I can make it happen (play for South Africa). Lot of hard work to do.
India captain Uday Saharan: I’m proud of the boys, they played really well. Showed good fighting spirit throughout the tournament. We played a few rash shots today, didn’t spend time in the middle. We were prepared but couldn’t execute the plans. Lots of learnings from this tournament. I have learnt a lot from the support staff and even during the games. We will try to keep learning and getting better.
