IND U19 vs ENG U19 Match LIVE Score.IND U19 vs ENG U19 Final Live Score: India were all over England before a gritty 95 by James Rew saved his team the blushes, almost singlehandedly lifting them to 189 all out in the final of the U-19 World Cup on Saturday. Bowling his medium pacers to deadly effect, Raj Bawa (5/31) ran through the English middle-order after the in-from left-arm seamer Ravi Kumar (4/34) laid their opponents low with two early blows. India kept taking wickets at regular intervals but not for once did the intensity of the team dropped. But Rew and James Sales (34 not out) defied India with their 93-run eight-wicket stand.
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)
What a start to the 2nd innings! Left-arm pacer Joshua Boyden strikes, gets Angkrish Raghuvanshi second ball of the chase after he walks out to the crease with Harnoor Singh. IND are 0/1 after 1 over.
England U-19 post 189 from 61/6 after a 93-run partnership between James Rew And James Sales. A fighting 95 gfrom James Rew has kept England in the match! India first team to bowl England out in this tournament. Raj Bawa gets a five-wicket haul. England set a target of 190 runs for India in the final.
That's two wickets in the over for Ravi Kumar. That was a straightforward catch to begin with but Kaushal Tambe nearly drops it before recovering brilliant. He holds on and Ravi has Rew for a brilliant knock of 95. His best this World Cup before today was only 29, but stepped up when it mattered the most. This is followed by a 2-ball duck for Thomas Aspinwall. The batter tried to cut him but got a faint edge that the keeper pouched with ease. ENG are 185/9 after 44 overs.
Wicketkeeper Dinesh Bana with some quick reflexes behind the stumps, but James Sales survives. However, James Rew is flying, he moves in to the 90s. ENG are 184/7 after 42 overs.
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