India U-19 Triumph

The Indian under-19 team are world champions!!!
It was a brilliant performance from the young Indians right through the 2 week tournament. That they did not lose even a single match shows how well they played. There were some outstanding individual performances and a few surely have a bright future ahead.

The captain Virat Kohli led from the front with good runs. His hundred against the Windies was the innings of the tournament. Opener Taruwar Kohli gave the team solid starts in most of the matches which laid the platform for the others to build on. He seems to have modelled his game on Rahul Dravid so let us hope India get another wall for the future. Tanmay Srivastava at number 3 is a tall upright batsman and a clean striker of the cricket ball. He played some cracking shots and was India's highest run getter of the series. Suresh Tiwary played a few responsible knocks and Manish Pandey in the few opportunities he got in the middle showed a lot of style and class and is a big hope for Karnataka and possibly India. Pradeep Sangwan led the bowling attack well and the spinners Abdullah and Jadeja took wickets in the middle overs. In the final it was Argal who bowled beautifully to achieve the victory against the proteas.

Lets celebrate the triumph and wish these youngsters a great future ahead!!!