IND vs AUS, U19 World Cup 2024 Final Highlights: India U19 are taking on Australia U19 in the final of Under-19 World Cup 2024 at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni.
India defeated South Africa by two wickets in the semi-final, while Australia handed Pakistan a one-wicket defeat in their semi-final match. Both the teams are unbeaten in the tournament so far.

A mouth-watering contest is on the cards between in-form India batter and the pace trio of Australia. Eyes will also be on India spinner Saumy Pandey who is currently the third-highest wicket-taker in the tournament. India U19 have won each of their last four matches against Australia. (Keep refreshing the page for faster updates)

Australian captain collects the trophy and joins the team for the celebration that will surely go on till late at night! We fold our Live coverage on that note. Keep following myKhel for latest cricket news and more, Good night!

Australian captain Hugh Weibgen: "India are a class side and they dominated the entire tournament but it wasn't their day today! I am sure they have a bright future ahead!"

It's time for Australians to collect their winners medal, followed by captain's talk and the trophy ceremony!

Uday Saharan: 'The preparation was good but the execution didn't go as per plan while chasing. We could have done better with our shot selection as some rash shots cost us the final!"

It's time for Indian team to collect their runners-up medals!

South African pacer Kwena Maphaka wins player of the tournament!

Mahli Beardman wins the Man of the Match award for his spell of 3/15, including the wicket of India captain Uday Saharan for just 8 runs

The presentation ceremony starts with mementos to the match officials first!

Australia U19 close on India with that win! Both nations now have 9 World Cups between them. Let's quickly move to the presentation ceremony as it has begin!
Stay tuned as the post-match presentation ceremony is about to start! In case you have joined the coverage late, Australia have won the final by defeating India by 79 runs

Match Summary! Stay tuned as the presentation ceremony is soon to start

Australian bowling card

India scorecard

OUT! Straker claims the final Indian wicket and Australia are the new ICC U19 World Cup winners! Saumy (2) is the final Indian wicket to fall while Naman remains not out at 14! IND 174 all out (43.5 overs)! Australia U19 win by 79 runs!
Charlie Anderson intimidates Naman Tiwari with a bouncer on the helmet! This Aussie bowling attack has carried the reputation of being the best at this World Cup and it's on display in this final as well!IND U19 173/9 in 43 overs | Target 254; NEED 81 RUNS MORE FROM 42 BALLS
Saumy Kumar Pandey is the last Indian batter in at no. 11 with Naman Tiwari (13*) at the other end!IND U19 171/9 in 42 overs | Target 254; NEED 83 RUNS MORE FROM 48 BALLS
OUT! Murugan Abhishek's 46-ball 42 innings come to an end! It's Vidler, who gets him with a bouncer as the southpaw miscues a pull shot to skipper Hugh Weibgen. Interestingly the wicket comes right after Weibgen dropped Murugan at the same fielding position IND U19 168/9
Naman Tiwari (12*) joins the party as he hammers off-spinner Macmillan for a huge six over the cow corner!IND U19 166/8 in 40 overs | Target 254; NEED 88 RUNS MORE FROM 60 BALLS
Callum Vidler puts a check on the run flow for the time being as he hits Naman (4*) with a bouncer on the helmet!IND U19 158/8 in 39 overs | Target 254; NEED 96 RUNS MORE FROM 66 BALLS
Murugan Abhishek hits Straker for a boundary straight down the ground after his teammate at the other end says 'Muru yaad rakhna, haarenge par kuch sikh k jaenge!'IND U19 156/8 in 38 overs | Target 254; NEED 98 RUNS MORE FROM 72 BALLS
Murugan Abhishek (33*) is not giving up yet as the left-handed batter clobbers Charlie Anderson for back-to-back boundaries in the over to add pace to the chase! A big over for India as 13 runs come off it!IND U19 149/8 in 37 overs | Target 254; NEED 105 RUNS MORE FROM 78 BALLS
Tom Straker returns for another spell and gives away just two runs to keep the pressure on India as Naman Tiwari (2*) is taking his time to settle down.IND U19 136/8 in 36 overs | Target 254
Beardman probes Naman with bouncers and short deliveries while the tailender chooses to show respect to the pacer, who has taken three wickets in the innings! IND U19 134/8 in 35 overs | Target 254
Murugan (22*) finds a boundary to take seven runs off the over by Macmillan. IND U19 134/8 in 34 overs | Target 254
Naman Tiwari is in at No.10 with Murugan Abhishek (17*) at the other end! IND U19 need 127 runs from 102 balls with two wickets in hand!
India lose the eighth wicket! Raj Limbani departs for nought as he falls to a surprise yorker by off-spinner Rafael Macmillan who claims the timber! IND 122/8 in 32 overs | Target 254
Raj Limbani is the new man on the crease as it's all down to the tailenders now to get India through. Can the Boys in Blue pull a rabbit out of the hat twice? IND U19 115/7 (31 overs), Target 254
Australia catch the big fish! Adarsh Singh departs after scoring 47 (77) as the southpaw is beaten by the pace on a bouncer and edges the ball to Ryan Hicks behind the stumps! India U19 115/7 (30.3 overs) chasing 254
Apologies for the delay in our coverage due to a technical issue. The news is not good for India in their chase of 254 as they lost two further wickets to go six down. Opener Adarsh Singh (47*) continue to hold one end with Muruguan Abhishek (10*) on the crease with him. The duo has added 24 runs for the seventh wicket to keep the Indian chase alive!
Anderson concedes 5 runs from his sixth over, but India still struggle to get the scoreboard ticking regularly. IND - 86/4 in 23 overs.
India U19 Squad: Uday Saharan (c), Aravelly Avanish (wk), Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Priyanshu Moliya, Sachin Dhas, Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Saumy Pandey, Aaradhya Shukla, Ansh Gosai, Dhanush Gowda, Rudra Patel, Prem Devkar, Mohamed Amaan, Innesh Mahajan
Australia U19 Squad: Hugh Weibgen (c), Ryan Hicks (wk), Harry Dixon, Sam Konstas, Harjas Singh, Oliver Peake, Tom Campbell, Raf MacMilllan, Tom Straker, Mahli Beardman, Callum Vidler, Lachlan Aitken, Charlie Anderson, Harkirat Bajwa, Corey Wasley, Aidan O Connor