New Delhi, 2/2:The legendary teams of India and Australia will face each other in the semi-finals of the Under 19 World Cup on Wednesday. 4-time champion Indian team started the tournament by defeating South Africa by 45 runs. After this, however, barely 11 players could gather against Ireland after many players were found to be corona infected. Six reserve players were fielded against Uganda. The Indian team, however, defeated both Ireland and Uganda and defeated Bangladesh in the quarter-finals. Now India has a strong team and Nishant Sindhu has also recovered from the infection.
Now there is a strong team like Australia in front. India’s morale must have been boosted by the fact that despite battling Corona, it has reached the last four by winning all the matches. India will play the semi-finals for the fourth time in a row. India has batsmen like Harnoor Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Raj Bawa apart from captain Yash Dhul and Rashid. Dhul had scored 82 runs in the first match. In the bowling, Ravi Kumar took three wickets for 14 runs in five overs against Bangladesh. Along with fast bowler Rajvardhan Hungergekar, spinner Vicky Ostwal and Kaushal Tambe, medium pacer Bawa will be eyeing the match.
Two-time champions Australia defeated Pakistan in the quarter-finals. They have a great opener, Tig Wealey, who has done well so far. He scored 97 runs in 71 balls against Pakistan and India will have to curb his bat. The team winning this match will face England in the final. England defeated Afghanistan to enter the final.