U19 World Cup Final: Australia has made it to the final of the Under-19 World Cup by defeating Pakistan. Three-time champion Australia defeated Pakistan by 1 wicket in a very exciting match. Now there will be a final between India and Australia (India vs Australia Final). Australia’s team has reached the final of the Under-19 World Cup for the sixth time. Out of these, twice it faced India and both times the Kangaroos had to face defeat. The indian cricket team has reached the final of Under-19 World Cup for the ninth time. India is the most successful team in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament. He has won maximum 5 titles.
Australia played on Thursday U19 world cup semi-final won the toss and chose to bowl first. Taking advantage of the initial moisture of the pitch, the Australian bowlers gave several blows to Pakistan one after the other. At one time Pakistan team had lost five wickets for 79 runs. Azan Awais (52) and Arafat Minhas (52) made a partnership of 54 runs for the sixth wicket. But as soon as Ajan Awais was out on the team score of 133, the rest of the batsmen again proved to be Aayaram-Gayaram. As a result, the entire Pakistani team was all out for 179 runs.
Pakistani bowlers performed much better than their batsmen and made Australia yearn for one run each. At one time Australia had lost four wickets for 59 runs. Australian opener Harry Dixon took the innings along with Oliver Peake. Both of them took their team from 59 to 102 runs. Dixon (50) was out on this score. After this, Oliver Peak along with Tom Campbell (25) took the team to 146 runs.
The bowlers made a comeback, but could not save the match
when Australia was just 34 runs away from victory. Then the Pakistani bowlers made a comeback for their team by taking 4 wickets in quick succession. Within no time the score became 164 runs for 9 wickets. However, despite this excellent performance, the bowlers could not defend Pakistan’s small score. Australia’s Raphael McMillan (19) and Callum Wideler (2) made an unbeaten partnership of 17 runs for the 10th wicket, giving Australia victory.
Now the chance to score a title hat-trick against Australia
The final match will be held on Sunday, 11th February. India and Australia will meet in the Under-19 World Cup final for the third time. In both the previous encounters, India had won. The Indian team has defeated Australia in the Under-19 World Cup finals of 2012 and 2018. That means the winning record of the Under-19 Indian team against Australia in the final is 100 percent. India has also won all its matches in the current Under-19 World Cup.
