IND U19 vs ENG U19 Match LIVE Score.IND U19 vs ENG U19 Final Live Score: England captain Tom Prest won an important toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the U-19 World Cup on Saturday. Both India and England are playing an unchanged side in the title clash at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The two finalists set up the summit showdown without losing a match. After early loss of wickets and almost staring down the barrel with seven wickets down, England have recovered with James Rew playing an important inning. It is his knock which has kept England in the game.
The India team is the most successful side in the Under-19 World Cup history with four titles and will now aim for unprecedented glory as they eye a record-extending fifth title and given the depth of talent and form the goal looks well insight. But standing in the way is a driven English team, chasing its own piece of history in what promises to be an enthralling summit clash. England, last reached the title clash way back in 1998 when it won its sole trophy to date. After a tense finish in the semifinal against Afghanistan, England will be more than keen to end their title drought of the last 24 years.
India U19 (Playing XI): Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Yash Dhull(c), Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dinesh Bana(w), Kaushal Tambe, Raj Bawa, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar
England U19 (Playing XI): George Thomas, Jacob Bethell, Tom Prest(c), James Rew, William Luxton, George Bell, Rehan Ahmed, Alex Horton(w), James Sales, Thomas Aspinwall, Joshua Boyden
Yash Dhull led-team outplayed the dominating Kangaroos in the semifinal on Wednesday. (Twitter)
This is a brilliant partnership between Rew and Sales! England are fighting back. With runs on board in a big game on pitch with some assistance, this chase could get trickier for Ind. Super knocks from two in the middle with Rew bossing it. The deck also appears more settled and truer now and there is value for strokeplay. India did well to make the most of the morning freshness after overnight rain. Now can they clean up the tail quickly? ENG: 159/7 after 38 overs
50-run stand up for the eight-wicket between James Rew (72) and James Sales (19) –These two are keeping England alive in this final. ENG: 147/5 after 35 overs
Lone Ranger Rew is taking England towards 150! Indian fans are getting a bit iffy at the moment. 'Some of the bowling changes by Yash Dhull are very baffling to me.Why Nishant Sindhu is bowling ahead of Vicky Ostwal?When James Rew is playing spin well, why wasn't a pacer brought on earlier?When it was done, why Hangargekar & not Ravi Kumar?, ' asks Vipul on Twitter
James Rew has spent considerable time in the middle and is now finding the gaps with ease. Nishant Sindhu pitches it up and the batter slogs it over the mid-wicket region. ENG: 107/7 after 28 overs
"Contrary to what most people would say I think that while Ostwal and Nishant have nice steady actions, Tambe has more promise. Tambe puts more energy on ball. Last bit of action reminds of Powar or Herath trying to get drop on ball. His arm is slightly high though," says Harsh on social media.
Kaushal Tambe breaks the partnership with the wicket of Horton! He tried to go big and hit it hard but straight to Dhull who did brilliantly to hold on to it. England in danger of getting bowled out under 100. ENG: 91/7 after 24.3 overs
Good execution from James Rew to a fullish delivery outside off stump. Rew plays the aggressive hit and gets it very fine to beat the short third man fielder. Tambe returns in his next over and this time Alex Horton dabs it down to fine-leg for a four. ENG: 87/6 after 23 overs
FOUR, full and wide, driven off the front foot. Horton can bat and he got a fifty last game, informs the on-air comms. Gives the full face of the bat to this one and sends it wide of mid-off. ENG: 70/6 after 20 overs
Raj Bawa snares Rehan Ahmed who edges it straight to the slips and this time Kaushal Tambe makes no mistake. Bawa had to come good after a couple of ordinary games and boy what a spell to send England into dumps in a huge game. He is single-handedly turning the game on it's head. That’s six down for England. ENG: 61/6 after 17 overs
Raj Bawa is on fire. He removes William Luxton and George Bell off successive deliveries! It was a brilliant bouncer to George Bell first up and Bell, who was fantastic in the semifinal, is gone for a first-ball duck today. In the words of Samuel Badree, “Pitch is a batting paradise”. And England are 5 down for 47. That’s some effort by India's bowlers.
A sustained period of pressure has brought about a wicket. It was some time since the last boundary had come and Thomas goes for the big hit but a leading-edge means a simple catch to Yash Dhull. Raj Bawa picks up the wicket. Thomas is gone for 27 off 30 balls.Superb start from India in this final. ENG: 38/3 after 10.2 overs
There is no such thing as an easy slip catch but this is as close as you can get. Kaushal Tambe drops a straightforward catch. What makes it even worse is that the ball went pretty slowly to Tambe but somehow he has managed to spill it. Raj Bawa, the first change bowler, is denied a wicket. George Thomas survives. ENG: 31/2 after 7 overs
George Thomas counter-attacking with a shuffle down the pitch and gets to the pitch off the ball and hits it past extra cover. Ravi Kumar gives him a slight staredown. Aggression from the Indians from the start but they need to sustain it. ENG: 30/2 after 6 overs
Ravi Kumar snares Tom Prest for a duck. England probably didn't want that. First Bethell to a corker that trapped him on the crease, then the skipper Prest chopping on to Ravi very early. 2/18 needs to stabilise now. Superb jinx by the commentator though. ENG: 18/2 after 4 overs
Commentator: No England batter has a duck in this World Cup. It’s a good stat to have isn’t it.
Next ball: Tom Prest England Captain bowled for a duck.
Dragged short and well wide of off, Thomas swivels a fraction and smacks the pull flat over the deep mid-wicket fence. What a shot by the English opener. England get a move on. ENG: 18/1 after 3 overs
Ravi gets the breakthrough for India with a beauty. Pitches in line and comes back just enough to hit in front of middle and off. That would have crashed in the off. Bethell is trapped LBW for just 2 runs. ENGU19: 4/1 after 2 overs
Time for the national anthems and once it is complete, players are ready for action. A blustery day at Antigua. There was also some overnight rain and a fine breeze across the ground. Hangargekar, who is ready to open the attack will not mind this as this might help his inswingers. George Thomas and Bethell are at the crease for England. Let's Play.