India beat Australia to set up U19 World Cup final with England

India Under-19 captain Yash Dhull who scored a brilliant century in the U19 World Cup semi-final leads his team off the field after the victory over Australia

ICC: India advanced to their eighth ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final with a comprehensive 96-run defeat of Australia and will face England in the showpiece.

India’s victory means the two undefeated sides will face off as they take on England at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua and Barbuda on 5 February.

Shaik Rasheed and Yash Dhull put on the second biggest partnership of the tournament, adding 204 runs for the third wicket after a shaky start for the Men in Blue.

Australia never got going in their reply to 290 as leading wicket-taker Vicky Ostwal took three for 42 with Australia eventually bowled out for 194.

They will now face Afghanistan in the third/fourth place play-off today before the grand finale between England and India tomorrow.

Scores

India (U19) 290-5 (50) (Shaik Rasheed 94, Yash Dhull 110, Dinesh Bana 20*, Jack Nisbet 2/41, William Salzman 2/57)

Australia (U19) 194 (41.5) (Campbell Kellaway 30, Corey Miller 38, Lachlan Shaw 51, Jack Sinfield 20, Ravi Kumar 2/37, Vicky Ostwal 3/42, Nishant Sindhu 2/25)