Heavyweights India and Australia will face off in a blockbuster semifinal of the Below-19 World Cup on Wednesday, having overwhelmed their opponents on the sector and COVID-19 off it, on method to the final 4 stage.
India’s preparations for the age-group showpiece had been impacted closely by the virus, with hardly any nationwide camps or tournaments within the final two years besides the latest Asia Cup.
The four-time champions began the event on the appropriate word, overcoming a very good South Africa facet by 45 runs, however quickly ran right into a scenario the place they had been struggling to area a taking part in XI after a number of gamers had been discovered to have contracted COVID-19 hours earlier than their match towards Eire.
5 members of the squad had been unavailable for his or her second group conflict towards Eire on January 19 after a COVID outbreak.
Captain Yash Dhull, his deputy Shaik Rasheed, Aaradhya Yadav, Manav Parakh and Siddarth Yadav had been a part of that group and missed each the Eire and Uganda fixtures, forcing the BCCI to fly in reinforcements.
India was with out many gamers for his or her match with Uganda and needed to name in six reserves to play with the non-infected members of their squad.
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However a spirited India acquired the higher of all of the challenges thrown at them and soundly defeated Eire and Uganda earlier than prevailing over Bangladesh by 5 wickets in a difficult chase of their quarterfinal match on a floor that was not conducive for enjoying strokes.
India is now again to full power, and in one other excellent news, Nishant Sindhu has recovered from COVID-19 and shall be accessible for choice for the all-important semifinal.
But when the match towards Bangladesh was any indication, India wish to enhance their ending with the bat.
Nevertheless, earlier than that, regardless of lacking many first XI gamers, India put up enormous totals towards Eire (307) and Uganda (405) and registered their greatest ever victory when it comes to runs towards the African crew.
Now up towards a formidable Australian facet, India will take confidence from the truth that they made the semifinals with wins on the trot regardless of the challenges posed by the virus.
That is the fourth time in a row that India shall be showing within the last-four stage of the competitors.
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India has a robust batting presence with the likes of Harnoor Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Raj Bawa, who broke Shikhar Dhawan’s report for the best particular person rating by an Indian batter on the U-19 World Cup together with his 162 not out towards Uganda, shouldering the accountability, apart from skipper Dhull and Rasheed.
It was Dhull, who set the tone for the crew together with his stable 82 towards South Africa of their event opener.
The bowling division is taken care of by left-arm pacer Ravi Kumar, who wreaked havoc in a five-over spell to depart Bangladesh struggling at 14/3, right-arm seamer Rajvardhan Hangargekar, spinners Vicky Ostwal and Kaushal Tambe, apart from medium-pacer Bawa.
So far as Australia are involved, the two-time champions shall be on a excessive after their convincing win over Pakistan within the quarters.
Australia has a famous person within the making in opener Teague Wyllie.
The 17-year-old has been one of many stars of the World Cup to date, showcasing his spectacular array of pictures and an attacking but managed temperament. And the Western Australian teenager has no scarcity of self-confidence both, making him an all-round package deal with each likelihood of creating it within the worldwide recreation.
Wyllie was at his fluent greatest towards Pakistan, serving to his facet get off to a terrific begin as he stroked eight fours in a powerful 97-ball 71. India shall be cautious of him.
Tom Whitney (2/31) and William Salzmann (3/37) had been the stand-out performers with the ball towards Pakistan, and there is hardly any apparent weak hyperlink for India to use.
India had overwhelmed Australia within the warm-up recreation. The match begins at 6.30 PM IST.
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Groups (from): India possible XI: Yash Dhull (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Raj Bawa, Kaushal Tambe, Dinesh Bana, Nishant Sindhu, Vicky Ostwal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vasu Vats and Ravi Kumar. Australia possible XI: Cooper Connolly (c), Campbell Kellaway, Teague Wyllie, Aidan Cahill, Corey Miller, Jack Sinfield, Tobias Snell, William Salzmann, Jack Nisbet, Lachlan Shaw and Tom Whitney. |