Indian U-19 Cricket Team Defeated Oz to Win U-19 World Cup 2012

A Better Future In The Making

Indian U-19 cricket team defeated Australian cricket team in U-19 world cup final and became world champion. This was third time that Indian juniors have won this title and Indian cricket team has become second team after Australia to win the world cup in both categories at same time.

The final match proved to be real test of Indian team's bating order as it had already been below its level throughout the world cup.The Indian captain and undoubtedly best batsman in the junior level team, Unmukt played on of his best innings to get the team out of a precarious situation. Indian cricket team was once at 97 runs for loss of four wicket when the captain and the wicket keeping batsman Sumit formed a match winning partnership and won the match by six wickets. 

This victory is also important in the sense that Indian U-19 team has won the cup in away from home conditions and defeated Australians at their home.Because of the way these youngsters have performed in the tournament, some cricket experts have already started discussions about their possible inclusion in the senior team. Especially the captain Unmukt has shown a lot of promise and could soon be following footsteps of cricketers like M. Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli.The left handed young spinner has also won himself a few followers because of his flight and trajectory and he is already being referred to as next Bishan Singh Bedi by a few experts.

Indian Under-19 Cricket Team Reaches World Cup Final against OZ.

 Indian under-19 cricket team today defeated New Zealand  team in the semifinals of world cup 2012 being held in Australia to fix a clash with host Australia for the world cup. India while batting first set target of 210 runs with the help of Prashant Chopra's 52 runs innings in fifty overs.New Zealand in reply fell short by 9 runs on completion of 50 overs.

 This is fourth time that Indian team has reached the finals and they have already won it two times.The team has so far not been up to its levels and batsmen including the captain of team have shown average performances. This could be a drawback as team will take on hosts Australia on Sunday. The bowlers have so far been getting team through tough situations. We wish Best of luck to our young heroes for the last battle.

 When we compare India U-19 team's this performance with the senior team's recent world cup victory; the U-19 team has done some great in reaching finals as they are playing on tough Australian pitches and lacked the crowd support.The performance of the bowling unit has been instrumental throughout and could come out with someone needed at the senior levels. 

 Indian cricket got a few big names from this format in the past. In current team names like Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli have come through U-19 level and we must hope the current world cup will also produce some useful cricketers for the future.

 

Indian Cricket's lone Star-Virat Kohli-Nominated in 2 ICC Award Categories

 The Future Of Indian Cricket

 Indian cricket team has been struggling for last one year both in the one days and the test cricket and we have lost almost everything we had. Our big names faded away and even had to retire while struggling with the form.

Virat Kohli celebrates his hundred

However during all this chaos and difficulty there is a name that stood out and performed above expectations and he is Virat Kohli. This Delhi lad scored back to back hundreds, played in tough situations and held one end up when it was really needed.During cricket 2012, For once he did score four hundreds out off five consecutive outings.

Virat finally got his good work recognized as he has been nominated for 2 ICC player award categories for the current year. He is only Indian cricketer this year to have been nominated for any awards  categories. He has been nominated as best one-day player of the year and best batsman of the year. Whether he gets the awards will depend on the kind of competition he will face from the likes of Hashim  Alma and A.B. Devilliars.

Indian cricket team had been going through tough time for last one year since we won the cricket world cup. With all big names of Indian cricket approaching their respective retirements and there being no real proven replacements ready; this young batsman has provided India with some hope for the future of Indian cricket.

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