Australia became the champion of the Under-19 World Cup 2024 by defeating India in the final by 79 runs. Australia lifted their fourth Under-19 World Cup title and created a massive record of winning World Cups in various formats of the game.
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Recently, the senior team of Australia won the World Cup by defeating India in the final. Now, the same story was carried forward as the Under-19 side also emerged victorious in the World Cup Final against India. Prior to the ODI World Cup, Australia also became the champion of the ICC World Test Championship by defeating India in the final.
Australia made a Challenging total of 253 runs in the First Innings
Australian opener, Harry Dixon played a pivotal inning of 42 runs in 56 deliveries with a strike rate of 75.00 while Hugh Weibgen also scored 48 runs in 66 deliveries with a strike rate of 72.72 to help the side reach a record total in the final of the tournament. Harjas Singh also made a wonderful half-century for the side and scored 55 runs in 64 deliveries at a strike rate of 85.93.
Oliver Peake stayed on the crease till the end and played a very crucial innings for the side by scoring 46 runs in just 43 deliveries and maintaining the run rate of the side in the death overs.
Indian Innings lagged Partnerships, Murugan Abhishek gave a tough fight to the Aussies
India lost their first wicket at the score of just 3 runs and half of the side was inside the pavilion at the total score of 90 runs in 24.5 overs. The situation became extremely adverse for the side as all the in-form batters of the team returned to the pavilion and still the target was very far away.
Murugan Abhishek played an impressive knock of 42 runs in 46 deliveries with a strike rate of 91.30 and made a partnership of 46 runs with Naman Tiwari for the 9th wicket but could not help the side reach the required total.
Indian fans showed their disappointment on social media handles since everyone was hoping a revenge against Australia as they emerged Victorious in the World Cup 2023. Australia has maintained great consistency in winning the cups and now they will look for the same performance in the upcoming T20 World Cup too.
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