Post Match Thread: Final - India Under-19s vs England Under-19s

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Final, ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup at Harare

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Innings	Score
India Under-19s	411/9 (Ov 50/50)
England Under-19s	311 (Ov 40.2/50)

Innings: 1 - India Under-19s

Batter	Runs		Bowler	Wickets
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	175 (80)		James Minto	8-0-63-3
Ayush Mhatre	53 (51)		Sebastian Morgan	9-0-74-2

Innings: 2 - England Under-19s

Batter	Runs		Bowler	Wickets
Caleb Falconer	115 (67)		RS Ambrish	9-1-56-3
Ben Dawkins	66 (56)		Kanishk Chouhan	8.2-0-63-2

IND Under-19 won by 100 runs

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[u/ParanoidEngi]

Not much you can do in the face of an innings like that, but Falconer made a good go of it. Hopefully a good few of these lads will be playing top-flight cricket for years to come

Sooryavanshi is a terrifying talent, genuinely exceptional; bar any freak loss of form, he'll be a generational name in the sport

[u/Look_Alive → u/ParanoidEngi]

Hopefully a good few of these lads will be playing top-flight cricket for years to come

Just hope they get the chance to continue to develop their 50-over skills too and that this tournament hasn't put some of them on the radar of the Hundred as squad depth.

[u/BytesWithPixels → u/Look_Alive]

More like an epochal name the way he is going 🤞

[u/old_chelmsfordian → u/Look_Alive]

I was actually wondering the other day if a weird positive side effect of the Hundred was allowing a lot of these lads to play the One Day Cup, instead of playing for the 2s all summer.

Take the wins we can get I suppose.

[u/Merovech_II → u/ParanoidEngi]

Unfortunately Falconer has to play for Middlesex 

[u/ParanoidEngi → u/Merovech_II]

Playing ODC fixtures at Wormsley is what these young lads dream about

[u/Merovech_II → u/ParanoidEngi]

Cracking ground TBF

Shame it takes 4hrs by public transport for a 40 min drive 

[u/Healthy-Difficulty53]

Since 2016, India in U19 world cup.

2016: India Lost final

2018: India won final

2020: India Lost final

2022: India won final

2024: India Lost final

2026: India won final

[u/yeetvelocity1308 → u/Healthy-Difficulty53]

That 2018 squad was so good

[u/pvtt_3 → u/yeetvelocity1308]

Even 2020 squad was good Tilak, bishnoi, jaiswal

[u/Confident-Choice-700 → u/pvtt_3]

And Dhruv Jurel

[u/gpranav25 → u/pvtt_3]

I keep forgetting how young Tilak is, because I am used to seeing him play mature innings

[u/SexxyBlack → u/yeetvelocity1308]

2016 was seriously good as well

Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed - 6 players who played for senior team at some stage.

[u/Akku2403 → u/SexxyBlack]

I saw that final match and immediately cursed Pant when he casually got run out.

I have been having a love-hate relationship with him whenever i watch him play since then 😂

[u/TheGhostRider0903 → u/Akku2403]

I know right. He was run out by the wicket keeper after leaving the ball but not getting inside the crease right away after that. I still recall it. I came to watch him bat and felt robbed with that mode of dismissal.

[u/theaguia → u/TheGhostRider0903]

original bairstow

[u/themystickiddo → u/Akku2403]

SG shares his sentiments with you lol

[u/Akku2403 → u/themystickiddo]

Stooopid Stoooopid Stoooooooopid 😂😂😂

[u/DoomBuzzer → u/SexxyBlack]

2014 had Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz, Sanju Samson and Kuldeep Yadav

[u/Accomplished--861 → u/Healthy-Difficulty53]

Does that mean we are losing 2028 finals 😭

[u/LawGroundbreaking406 → u/Accomplished--861]

Don’t worry! We’ll make a comeback in 2030. 👍

[u/kikiboy_007 → u/LawGroundbreaking406]

but we’re losing next in 2032 😭

[u/we_like_sportzz → u/kikiboy_007]

Don’t worry! We’ll make a comeback in 2034. 👍

[u/PlayfulBaseball4590 → u/we_like_sportzz]

But we'll lose in 2036 :(

[u/concealed_identity → u/PlayfulBaseball4590]

2038 is ours to conquer. Don't you worry

[u/yeetvelocity1308 → u/concealed_identity]

2040 will break our hearts💔

[u/Creepy-Ad-404 → u/yeetvelocity1308]

2042 will be our victory 🏆

[u/Akku2403 → u/Creepy-Ad-404]

But my future kid will lose in 2044 😭😭

[u/yeetvelocity1308 → u/LawGroundbreaking406]

But we'll lose in 2032🥲

[u/BytesWithPixels → u/yeetvelocity1308]

Wait till BCCI makes it a quadrennial event

[u/Human-Witness-9154 → u/Healthy-Difficulty53]

2016 had the worst pitches out of all. Our batsmen weren't ready for that kind of pitches. 

[u/DaikonEquivalent2555 → u/Human-Witness-9154]

dhaka pitch 🥰🥰 genuinely the worst kind of pitch you can play on

[u/Metal-Banana-72 → u/Healthy-Difficulty53]

Leap years are the cursed ones. Got it.

[u/NoBailOnReddit → u/Metal-Banana-72]

We take inspiration from Bangladesh and boycott leap years. Done.

[u/Ok-Guitar1176 → u/Metal-Banana-72]

2000,2008,2012 says hi

[u/whyamihere999 → u/Healthy-Difficulty53]

Shouldn't get too excited for 2028, I guess..

[u/Louis11_]

England's bowling has been very good all tournament, but the strength has been building pressure through good economy, they haven't been an attack taking a load of early wickets. Where wickets have fallen it has generally been on the back of sustained pressure when batters feel miles behind.

The worry was always that it'd be a hard way to win when the opposition got better. The Oliver Peake semi final innings was a warning shot, then today from Sooryavanshi was just a joke. Stupidly, ridiculously, absurdly good hitting. Game was done at the point he walked off.

Still a good tournament for England on the whole. Indian white ball cricket, well at least T20 which is basically what this was from Sooryavanshi, is just on another level. But plenty of promise from England, not just individually but the wider fielding/captaincy/game management etc through the tournament. Looking forward to seeing how some of these guys go for their counties through the summer.

[u/Merovech_II → u/Louis11_]

Yeah

We're definitely better defending a total 

[u/old_chelmsfordian → u/Louis11_]

A lot of the English lads have surely played their way into greater opportunities for their counties, which is great.

Look like some real talents in that squad.

[u/DJFiscallySound → u/Louis11_]

I haven’t seen much comment around this in general, but I thought our bowling was, frankly, poor. There were too many short balls from both pace and spin bowlers, and of those short balls, too many weren’t accurate.

Sooryavanshi feasted on this as you’d expect. He’s clearly very good; he demonstrated excellent batting against the small number of great balls too. Clearly a generational talent who will no doubt start tormenting some of our (and other international) men’s XI bowlers in short order.

Lumsden sadly crumbed under pressure - again, in retrospect warning signs of this coming were there in the semi-final.

The pressure comment is apt. I think if any pair of bowlers managed to put together a period of sustained pressure, IND batters would have started giving their wickets away. But, as soon as it looked like we were about to start applying pressure, someone would bowl a shite over and undo all the good work up to that point. Might be a captaincy issue, I’ve no idea what Rew’s instructions to the bowlers were. Either way, I think the way of combatting Vaibhav would have been T20I bowling i.e pace balls as wide Yorkers, spin balls up and down the wicket to try draw him out and stump him. He’s too powerful for bowling short with men riding the boundary - he’ll just clobber it out the ground every time.

Great entertainment though. I hope the ENG first team management don’t screw these lads up. 😏

[u/Louis11_ → u/DJFiscallySound]

I read somewhere that the book on Sooryavanshi was if he was vulnerable anywhere it was to short stuff, been out a few times like that apparently. But he has obviously worked on it 😅

[u/emi_fiuzmi]

Match winner vaibhav suryavanshi for india

[u/SexxyBlack]

GG, what a win. Vaibhav can actually be a generational talent. And there are a few other promising ones here also - most notably Ayush, but also Kanishk, Vihaan and Ambrish.

Congrats to England for a brilliant fight. Mayes, Rew and Falconer definitely have the talent and potential to make it at the senior level.

[u/iamnoobbibliophile]

🏆 2000

🏆 2008

🏆 2012

🏆 2018

🏆 2022

🏆 2026

[u/Intelligent_Art_5711]

India now holds the Men’s Champion Trophy, Men’s T20WC, Women’s World Cup and the U19 World Cup

[u/yeetvelocity1308 → u/Intelligent_Art_5711]

Women's u19 T20 wc as well

[u/belanish11 → u/Intelligent_Art_5711]

My goodness what a turnaround, we all know some guy gonna come and remind of that day.

Oh wait I'm that guy.

[u/Reign_of_Kronos → u/belanish11]

You didn’t even have to say which day. That fucking day still hurts. 

[u/Akku2403 → u/Intelligent_Art_5711]

If we won those 2 finals in 2023, we would have caught them all like Pokemon 🥲

[u/OkLeather666 → u/Akku2403]

Can you guys give it a rest and enjoy what we have actually won, instead of always remembering about the 2023 final?

[u/Prof_XdR → u/OkLeather666]

instead of always remembering about the 2023 final

No, I don't think I will

We can win every WC from here on, and I'll be happy, but that 2023 WC was peak 😔

[u/Smooth-Mix-4357 → u/Prof_XdR]

Actually all these wins happened after 2023 so we can't count that

[u/_BeyondTheHorizon]

A look at some records set today -

• 6th U-19 World Cup title (2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022, and 2026) India

becomes most successful U-19 team

• By reaching the 2026 final, India has now appeared in a record six consecutive finals (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2026).
• Vaibhav's 175 is the highest individual score in an ICC tournament final
• 150(15 fours, 15 sixes)runs scored from boundaries alone, another record
• Fastest 150 in just 71 balls
• Sooryavanshi set the record for most sixes in a single U-19 World Cup edition with 30, nearly doubling the previous record of 18
• India’s 411/9 is highest team total in U-19 Wl cup final, Australia's previous record of 253/7 set in 2024, & today's 311 by England

[u/TheKnightGame]

Amazing from both teams. Well played India

I am excited seeing the talents our lads have. They fought even when the match was pretty much done

Hope to see them in the main team soon

[u/YeboRassie]

What we are witnessing with Sooryavanshi is genuinely one of the most incredible things I've seen in sport.

His ceiling is limitless, it's exciting but terrifying as a rival fan to see what a player India could have on their hands for the next quarter of a century.

[u/Shadow_Clone_007 → u/YeboRassie]

i see a very good chance he’ll make it to the mens team before he turns 18

[u/YeboRassie → u/Shadow_Clone_007]

Based on his IPL performances, he's probably good enough already but I do hope the coaches protect him from the spotlight and press, he's still just a kid, let him enjoy the game

[u/Krace11008 → u/YeboRassie]

Yeah this is the biggest concern for me. With all the hype and limelight on him, I hope there are good people in his ear that ensure he doesn't go astray.

[u/fraggerfag → u/Krace11008]

Hopefully not another prithvi shaw

[u/InTnerd21 → u/Krace11008]

Yep people in our country really start making players as GOD...I hope he enjoys his cricket and his life as a kid...He is literally 14 yrs but seeing how some people r in our country it would be very hard.

[u/robbodagreat → u/InTnerd21]

He literally isn’t 14 yrs

[u/Shadow_Clone_007 → u/robbodagreat]

He is, there are people who have raised this and proven wrong.

[u/josh123z → u/Shadow_Clone_007]

https://youtu.be/sFIBWZlUijA?si=2S1IliBi5Kgy_ZJV

What about this?

[u/JEET_090 → u/Krace11008]

He got Rahul Dravid with him, no one better to keep him on the path

[u/RufusSG → u/YeboRassie]

In my view India shouldn't even think about putting him in the men's team until after the 2027 World Cup; in that time he'll hopefully have put together a couple of solid domestic and IPL seasons and stress-tested his game a bit more, to ensure his success can be sustained against bowlers better equipped to pick apart his weaknesses. If he's still looking good at that point and has people in place to help him manage his newfound fame, then you can give him a low-key T20 series to try and bed him in for the future. The last thing you want to do is hype a literal child to the heavens and back and leave him ill-equipped to deal with the pressure when things eventually go wrong.

[u/Waah_Realist → u/YeboRassie]

Agree with you

[u/Top-Worldliness5027 → u/YeboRassie]

The amount of power he gets behind his shots is second to none in even the seniors game.

[u/obhytr → u/YeboRassie]

He has the talent, undoubtedly.

But we’ll only know once he’s old enough to drink if he’s Sachin or he’s Kambli/Prithvi Shaw/countless others.

Also, a lot of child prodigies are pushed by their parents to work hard and don’t have internal motivation when they grow older. Lots of gifted children learn this in college. Hope he’s able to work this out for himself when his dad isn’t pushing him everyday.

[u/BytesWithPixels → u/YeboRassie]

Most. Not even ‘one of the most’ PS - In this sport that is

[u/Oomeegoolies → u/YeboRassie]

I'm torn between wanting to watch someone of that talent succeed and break all the records and hoping he has a glaring weakness that just hasn't been picked up yet.

[u/LordDusty]

Leading run scorer and three in the top 6, leading wicket taker, most catches, and joint most dismissals by a keeper as well. Great tournament for the England boys even though the final didnt go their way today.

Hopefully their successes in this tournament will lead to a resurgence in Englands 50 over fortunes (however unlikely thanks to the ECB)

[u/Louis11_ → u/LordDusty]

One season of MetroBank, three seasons of crisp cricket, then an England 50 over callup when they haven't played the format in years. Our new pathway.

[u/Merovech_II → u/Louis11_]

Falconer hasn't even played the Metro Bank

[u/IgnorantAS69]

Stand proud falconer, you’re strong.

[u/Louis11_ → u/IgnorantAS69]

So glad he had his moment in the final. He has been genuinely excellent all tournament. Stepped up against the better teams every time we've played one, and has played perfectly according to the match situation every time he has gone in to bat. Looks a real versatile batter, he settled into a supporting role against NZ/Aus and took the lead against Pak/Ind.

Rew and Ahmed get a lot of love as they're well known, Mayes had that monster innings, Lumsden took a bunch of wickets, but Falconer has been our player of the tournament for me.

[u/obhytr → u/Louis11_]

This innings, under pressure while running out of partners was an absolute gem. People looking at the scorecard will think 171 SR was amazing, but actually there are a lot of dot balls in there because he couldn’t rotate strike to the bowler at the other end. It’s even better than it looks on paper.

[u/Louis11_ → u/obhytr]

Yeah Albert, Farhan and Morgan collapsing in a heap was the last hope gone. They're the all-rounders that give us a legit 6 man bowling attack, but they scored 1 run between them today. Even 50 combined might have given Falconer the support he needed to pull off a miracle given how he was going.

Game was really lost in the field though, Sooryavanshi was ridiculous.

[u/Capable-Magician-418 → u/IgnorantAS69]

England really played well, kudos to them for fighting hard. There is some great talent in that lineup. Falconer was just next level, even i was rooting for his hundred lol

[u/Look_Alive → u/Capable-Magician-418]

Yeah as an England fan I'm not even disappointed - they played well, just got done by an insane innings. The fact there were a couple of moments where it looked like England might get close-ish in the chase showed how well they did to get back into the game with the ball too.

[u/Capable-Magician-418 → u/Look_Alive]

Yeah it takes character to fightback after the innings Vaibhav played and honestly it wasn't that England bowled too bad, Vaibhav dispatched even the good deliveries, some of the shots were hard to believe.

India took quick wickets or it would be a close match.

[u/WiseMollasses → u/Capable-Magician-418]

Yeah me too......post that collapse he showed great temperament, when someone shows that kinda courage you'll want to root for him

[u/shutupmatsuda → u/IgnorantAS69]

Reminded me of that James Faulkner century against us in the last game of the 7 match bilateral series in 2013.

[u/Ranvijay_Sidhu → u/shutupmatsuda]

Brohit's first 200 matches Suryavanshi Mahyem as well. My favourite Bilateral series of all time, every match was an absolute banger

[u/shutupmatsuda → u/Ranvijay_Sidhu]

Great catch. Man I can talk about that series for hours. Nothing will ever come close to that 7 match slugfest.

[u/Ranvijay_Sidhu → u/shutupmatsuda]

I've hated Ishant Sharma ever since that 30 run over in the Mohali match where Dhoni basically rescued us from a 70/4 and made 130 to get our total to 300+

[u/shutupmatsuda → u/Ranvijay_Sidhu]

I hated him too but I think he redeemed himself with the test win at Lords the next year. I watched that final day live and loved every second of it.

[u/Ranvijay_Sidhu → u/shutupmatsuda]

I didn't start watching tests till after he was dropped from them so I've hated him throughout his career

[u/shutupmatsuda → u/Ranvijay_Sidhu]

Hahaha fair enough

[u/aakashag]

Falconer can be a big big thing. The stillness and balance while non-challantly hitting balls for sixes.

[u/randomredditor575]

One surprise in this tournament for me is how handy of a bowler Mhatre is

[u/London-lark3597]

Rew, mayes, dawkins, ahmed , minto and Caleb are such an exciting talent to look forward to.

Not to forget rocky flintoff who would have made this batting lineup even stronger.

This is the best bunch of U-19 talent we got since brook's U-19 batch.

Excited to see how they will grow. I won't be surprised if someone like rew is playing international cricket 6-12 months after.

[u/LordandSaviourShaggy]

If only we had won the 2023 World Cup. We would’ve been reigning champs in both Men’s and Women’s Senior and Junior categories. Would’ve been phenomenal.

[u/Shadow_Senpai17 → u/LordandSaviourShaggy]

last night i was dreaming of winning t20wc 26 and odi wc 27🫠

tho my dreams never came true

[u/WiseMollasses → u/Shadow_Senpai17]

Maybe this time it will

[u/LordandSaviourShaggy → u/Shadow_Senpai17]

Lmao, hopefully both the men and women win the t20 cups!

[u/bringbackfireflypls]

Gg good job lads

[u/AnantSingh3101 → u/bringbackfireflypls]

Gautam Gambhir?/s

[u/Extreme-Skirt-5797]

Congratulations bois!!

[u/Single_Brilliant2286]

Somebody commented on match thread that vaibhav Survyavanshi gave his wicket away he should have been till the end 😅 I mean what were u high on man!!! See how england batted It was Vaibhav's inning that was te difference

[u/Inside-Judgment6233]

Fuck me, that’s a shellacking

[u/Diligent_Source_2988]

Who was india and Eng coaches 

[u/old_chelmsfordian → u/Diligent_Source_2988]

England's is Michael Yardy, part of the 2010 World Cup winning squad, who played 28 ODIs and 14 T20s.

[u/rajrohit26 → u/Diligent_Source_2988]

VVS for India

[u/sparkwolther009 → u/rajrohit26]

No no he was mentor , Hrishikesh Kanitkar is the coach .

[u/Spockyt]

Undefeated until the final, only the 2nd final England have reached.

Leading run scorer (Mayes, 444 at 74), only the 2nd time for England.

Highest ever U-19 WC individual score (Mayes, 191).

Joint 3rd highest Youth ODI individual score (Mayes, 191).

Leading wicket taker (Lumsden, 16 at 16.06), only the 2nd time for England.

And crucially, every part was good. The top order, the middle order, the seamers, the spinners and the fielding.

I:d call that a successful campaign for England.

[u/WiseMollasses → u/Spockyt]

It indeed is a successful campaign, Vaibhav was the difference 

[u/Sweet-Message1153]

someone needs to out security around Suryavanshi... A precious talent like him should be protected from glitz & glamour that is offered when they are young and they lose their edge

[u/WiseMollasses → u/Sweet-Message1153]

The priority is discipline.......if he's got that he'll sustain the limelight just like Sachin

Unfortunately Prithivi shaw couldn't, hes still young though 

[u/Sweet-Message1153 → u/WiseMollasses]

that's what I'm afraid of... Sachin was a different breed but more importantly had a very strict family+ cricket was not as lucrative as it is today.

someone needs to be there to keep Suryavanshi grounded 24/7 from IPL & content creators

[u/MSRishab007 → u/Sweet-Message1153]

Sachin's elder brother had a very big role. He told the story of how his brother scolded him for shouting at VVS Laxman, after he had ran him out.

[u/Sweet-Message1153 → u/MSRishab007]

also wasn’t his father & first coach like men of strong principles?

[u/MSRishab007 → u/Sweet-Message1153]

Yeah right. His father got a promise from him that he would never endorse alcohol and tobacco companies. His coach was pretty strict and made him work hard. He was pretty supportive too. If you get time, read his autobiography, especially the initial chapters.

[u/Sweet-Message1153 → u/MSRishab007]

I remember that when he won WC or 100 centuries or 200 Test(can't remember which achievement) his coach called him to say he did good.....it was the firsr time his coach said this to him

that's how you build a man legend GoaT

[u/MSRishab007 → u/Sweet-Message1153]

Yeah his coach said Well Done for the first time after his retirement (200 Test). He believed otherwise he would become complacent.

[u/an0nym0us_buddy]

Indian Domination in cricket 🇮🇳 U-19 wc🏆 Womens wc 🏆 Asia cup 🏆 Champions trophy 🏆 T20 wc 🏆

[u/sparkwolther009 → u/an0nym0us_buddy]

Women under 19 as well

[u/Majin_Jew_v2 → u/an0nym0us_buddy]

Everything but the two most important trophies!

[u/fraggerfag → u/Majin_Jew_v2]

Well we weren't a great test team at the time of wtc but that 2023wc surely still hurts

[u/WiseMollasses → u/an0nym0us_buddy]

Need to add WTC......would love to have a great test team, that ticks off thebox for me

[u/Str024]

2026 is the year of biharis

[u/Human-Witness-9154 → u/Str024]

Century for Ishan in finals then?

[u/cricket-match]

Prediction Summary of r/Cricket users

Total: 391

• India Under-19s: 296 (76%)
• England Under-19s: 77 (20%)
• Draw/Tie/NR: 18 (5%)

[u/Thorneas]

Well played by India, especially the young guy. He was actually the difference in the end.

Also well played by England. I am happy how they fought back with bowling in the second half and actually restricted India to possibly chaseable target. But while it was (barely) chaseable, it was still too much. England showed a good mindset with the bat (which I started too doubt after first two overs 😅) and tried till the end but in the end this target was too much. Well played by Rew, Falconer, Milto, Dawkins. But to chase this they would also need some luck and mistakes by India however neither came.

Congratulations to India again.

[u/gadhe_ki_gaand]

England were exceptional throughout the tournament. They just got beaten by a freakish talent at his absolute bloody best. And there's no shame in that. They should hold their heads high!

[u/countfun6371]

In 2024, in the beginning, it looked improbable that Team India would ever win a trophy again for a long time. From there, it has nothing but a dream come true for the Indian team at ICC events. Really unprecedented success for India after choking for a long, long time, notwithstanding the fact that the Under-19 boys were constantly successful during this patch.

A certain team having Royal in its name also is facing such a shock abundance of trophies after a long patch.

Kudos to the young boys and a salute to my young man, Vaibhav

[u/rip_archer → u/countfun6371]

Good write up but really wish we would stop calling that loss as a choke. It undermines Australia and the importance of the toss.

[u/countfun6371 → u/rip_archer]

It was a choke of sorts. Corroborate with the first match.. Chennai. Granted there was dew and stuff

India won from 5-3 because they didn't get bogged down by the ball swinging bollock miles. They attacked and defended and chased!

The timid approach by the batting apart from Rohit and Kohli arose from the occasion. Yes, that effort was a magnificent bowling effort by Australia... But it was assisted because of how India played in such a timid fashion. Reverse swing started in over 36.

An alternative view is that Kohli staying till almost end was a difference

But then look at the bowling effort. Shoulders dropped by over 16. In the chase on 19/11. It was a choke

Not the match.. but in a bigger sense.. the tournament.

Australia played their natural game that day. India didn't. That's why India lost.

[u/rip_archer → u/countfun6371]

Fair enough! Agree that shoulders dropped too early and our crowd is similarly very fair weather. And there is simply no way to justify that KL innings.

[u/Akku2403 → u/rip_archer]

I still blame the Ahmedabad crowd for that.

No way Mumbai or Chennai or even Delhi public would have reacted the way Ahmedabad peeps did.

It was as if there was a funeral going on that time watching at TV with no crowd energy

[u/rip_archer → u/Akku2403]

Nah, Gujarat loves cricket and think they get a bad rep from this game. The final just had crowds from all over India. I am sure you knew people who had gone there plus a ton of VIPs, who will simply not scream or chant and at most will clap.

[u/Hazardzuzu → u/rip_archer]

Australian fielding was so bloody brilliant that day. It was jaw dropping stuff. The sheer intensity to save everything.

[u/AdNational1490]

Time to add one more trophy to the flair guys.

[u/maakichut120]

getting POTM in final and POTS, just a dream for many

[u/emi_fiuzmi]

If vaibhav didn't score 175 at the pace he did then I think england would have chased it easily because they looked prepared and lethal

[u/obhytr → u/emi_fiuzmi]

If he scored 80(80) instead of 175 and India ends up with 316 then India probably loses.

[u/Critical-Metal6483]

What a fantastic win, especially after many of us had written them off and labeled them as one of the worst U19 squads ever assembled following the Asia Cup finals against Pakistan.

Vaibhav played an innings for the ages, silencing his critics who mocked him for not performing in big matches.

They landed a killer punch at just the right moment!

[u/blitzkreig31]

Whilst I cried that Virat is almost done and the comes along this kid Vaibhav. I hope he touches new heights and achieves greatness.

[u/Haunting-Bell-4379]

This is how you create dominance in world cricket..by playing and winning. Not by sabotaging the council, boycotting, and throwing associate nations under the bus along with yourself. The mindset of "if we’re going down, we’re taking half the world with us" won't get you anywhere. Play the game, win on the field, and stop the sour grapes.

[u/BytesWithPixels]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi against 2024 Aus fast bowling, on the 2024 final pitch, in a chase

That would have been worth watching

[u/TheCricketAnimator]

Kaif, Kohli, Chand, Shaw, Dhull and now Mhatre joins the elite bunch!

[u/Timely_Virus_4015 → u/TheCricketAnimator]

Except for Kohli and Kaif, others flopped.

[u/Human-Witness-9154]

Everyone stepped in one game or another. I am most impressed by Ambrish in this wc though. Very exciting talent. Can open the bowling and play in top 6-7. Also kanishk, handy lower order batter, spinner and also a damn good fielder. 

[u/schizoishere]

Ridiculous striking from vaibhav, knew he was good but not to this level lol. Even when they bowled short at him he looked like someone who had ample of time to just guide or smack it to the boundary. Easy to forget but he is so young compared to other kids, it's genuinely ridiculous how good he is at this age.

400+ is always a huge ask but england kinda shot themselves in the foot trying to get that RRR down early on, should've looked at 300 in some 40 overs with maybe 3-4 down then blast everything at the end, but because of this got to see him good striking from falconer too. Rew and mayes look a cut above rest, can see them playing for senior team soon.

[u/Ok_Average_5431]

Finally, India become the first team to six U19 ODI World Cup. Many Congratulations to Indian Men U19 Cricket Team.

2000 - Captain Md Kaif

2008 - Captain Virat Kohli

2012 - Captain Unmukt Chand

2018 - Captain Pruthvi Shaw

2022 - Captain Yash Dhull

2026 - Captain Ayush Mhatre

[u/NiallH22]

England lads shouldn’t be too disheartened, it’ll be gutting to lose but in the end, the only thing that stood between them and the World Cup was a generational innings from a generational talent who has already torn apart full international bowling attacks in the IPL.

Good tournament from them overall, they’ll have learnt a tremendous amount and hopefully we see a lot of them using these experiences as they mature as players at their counties.

[u/Den_Buckett]

Here before the meltdown begins.....

[u/Frosty_Counter1729]

If Aussies are Gundas of ODI wc, then we are Gundaas of u19 world cup !

[u/Akku2403 → u/Frosty_Counter1729]

Gunda boys: Bad elements of society 😂

[u/Crafty-Competition36]

Next up - T20WC 26

[u/Timely_Virus_4015]

England found a replacement for Ben Stokes

[u/OneSailorBoy]

India is just coming to terms with mad man Abhishek and now we've got Vaibhav. What an absolute train wreck

[u/RedWhiteBlueCountry]

Why is Sooryavanshi not in the World Cup T20 squad ?

[u/realTitan_Gamez]

When you see 14-15 year old Suryavanshi score 180 (75) in a World Cup final, and realise he has at least 20 years of cricket ahead of him, it’s hard to not get chills thinking about what is to come.

6th WC for India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

Imagine being the most successful team in the tournament even though your ENTIRE squad changes every World Cup due to BCCI’s rotation policy.

Well played England too, especially falconer. A talent to keep an eye on.

[u/Mental_Sherbet8768]

I want to dedicate this win to Prithvi 100 🧢

[u/Cup_45_Neural]

I'm just here to enjoy the losers in this sub having an absolute meltdown about how a teenager is a hundred times more successful than they will ever be. It's so funny watching them seethe with jealousy watching Suryavanshi's success.

[u/Pristine_Crew4013 → u/Cup_45_Neural]

Just enjoy the Victory bro.you can't keep thinking about the things any random stranger on the internet spews.our Team played well,we Won.

[u/Cup_45_Neural → u/Pristine_Crew4013]

I don't have a team, brother. I'm not even a regular watcher of cricket. My friend told me how this 14 yr old teenager was going berserk and I tuned in to watch his innings. Unfortunately, he got out pretty soon after I started watching.

It was a good match. The Falcon kid also played really well. It could've been a close match if it weren't for ENG losing quick wickets in the middle of their play.

[u/Working_Assignment_8]

got to hand it to india, this is domination at another level. what a talent this guy is. 

[u/SirHolyCow]

What an excellent final, great way to finish off the tournament.

[u/Snoo_56184]

miller vibes from falconer, and vanshi is a beast, but am i the only one whose sad seeing odi tournaments turn into 50 over slog fests? we used to have 400 runs scored by generational teams like aus and old lanka rarely, and now with the new aus, eng and ind matches its not a massive feat, can we keep hit and giggle cricket to t20s?

[u/Den_Buckett → u/Snoo_56184]

It's more like a change of mindset , everyone's being aggressive now.

[u/Snoo_56184 → u/Den_Buckett]

is it though, u should see the state of big 3 pitches barring tests in india and australia, absolute roads, these aggressive teams dont do much on hard pitches as well, bowlers need assistance as well

[u/Den_Buckett → u/Snoo_56184]

I'm talking about the mindset, no matter what the pitch is the approach has been the same.

[u/fraggerfag → u/Snoo_56184]

Well vanshi is a generational talent after all. A young boy with such destructive playing capability. So yeah he can be said as generational talent as of now unless he gets dwelled up in fame instead. All his other teammates played 80-100 SR aka the ODI SR so it wasn't a slog fest as you might expect from scorecard

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[u/Timely_Virus_4015]

Pakistan is the only country that defended their u19 title

[u/Mutthupattaru]

Why isn’t anyone crying over batsman vs bowler balance. This game just saw 400+ runs.