Under the captaincy of Yash Dhull, India’s Under-19 team is locking horns with Australia U-19 in the all important second semi-final of the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup, with the clash taking place at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda. The boys in blue are yet to lose a match in the tournament and look in good shape to make it to the summit clash for the fourth consecutive time in this tournament.
India has reached the final of the U-19 World Cup 6 times in the last 8 editions and it won’t be wrong to term them as hot favorites for the game. However, Australia’s U-19 is also in tremendous form. Ahead of the game, both the teams hit the nets ahead of the big clash, looking to sharpen their skills. India’s big-hitting fast bowling all-rounder Rajvardhan Hangargekar was seen practicing some big hits in the nets. The ICC posted a video of him trying to hit the long ball.
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In a couple of those shots, it seemed that Rajvardhan Hangargekar was trying to emulate MS Dhoni’s famous ‘helicopter’ shot. ICC was quick to point this out in the caption and wrote: “Is Rajvardhan Hangargekar practicing the helicopter shot? #U19CWC.”
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India will be depending on its in-form batters, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, captain Dhull, and Raj Bawa to score big runs on the board. While the likes of spinner Vicky Ostwal and pacers Ravi Kumar and Hangargekar will have to do the job with the ball.
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Australia-U19 Playing XI: Campbell Kellaway, Teague Wyllie, Corey Miller, Cooper Connolly(c), Lachlan Shaw, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, William Salzmann, Tobias Snell(w), Jack Sinfield, Tom Whitney, Jack Nisbet
India-U19 Playing XI: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Yash Dhull(c), Nishant Sindhu, Raj Bawa, Kaushal Tambe, Dinesh Bana(w), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar
