India Defeated Australia To Qualify For Their Fourth Consecutive Final At The Under-19 World Cup

India will next take on England in the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

India has done it again! Yash Dull led team India defeated Australia by 96 runs to reach the finals of the Under-19 World Cup for the fourth consecutive time.

Yash Dull and Shaik Rasheed batted well. The Indian captain scored his century and Rasheed fell short by 6 runs. They both added 204 runs for the third wicket partnership helping India to set a target of 291 runs with a loss of 5 wickets.

Australia began well by taking out the India openers for cheap by the 13th over but that brought the third-wicket pair together. Between them, they had 18 fours and two sixes and played out 200 deliveries to build the Indian innings up from scratch.

Both were cautious, to begin with, but grew into the innings as Australia tried different bowling options in futility. Dhull got to his half-century first - off 65 balls - and upped his scoring rate a notch since that point on without taking too many risks.

India's ruthlessness continued in the second half of the fixture. Australia built a brisk second-wicket partnership with Campbell Kellaway and Corey Miller, only for India's left-arm spin trio of Hangargekar, Sindhu and Vicky Ostwal to step in and derail the chase. Once Hangargekar broke the stand with Miller's wicket, Sindhu and Ostwal ripped into Australia's middle-order.

Australia went from 71 for 1 in the 17th over to 125 for 7, with all the six wickets falling to the spinners. Ostwal finished with 3 for 42 - India's best in the game - taking his World Cup tally to 12 wickets.

His and Sindhu's effectiveness through the middle-overs meant Lachlan Shaw's fighting 50 was a mere consolation for Australia as they were bundled out for 194 in the 42nd over.

India will now face England in the finals of the Under-19 World Cup at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.