U19 World Cup 2024: Australia broke the 26-year-old record of this team, made the highest score in the Under-19 World Cup final.
U19 World Cup 2024 Final, Ind vs Aus: In the final match of Under-19 World Cup 2024, Australia Under-19 team won the toss against India Under-19 team and decided to bat first. Batting in the first innings, the Kangaroo team scored 257 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs on a difficult pitch to bat on the basis of Harjas Singh’s half-century and gave India a target of 258 runs to win. The Australian team made this big record by scoring 257 runs and broke the 26 year old record made by the England team.
Australia made the biggest score
In the first innings of this match against India, the Australian team scored 257 runs under the captaincy of Hugh Webgen and now this team also became the team making the highest score in the Under-19 World Cup final. The Australian team also broke the 26-year-old record made by England in this match. The English team had scored 242 runs for 3 wickets in the final match against New Zealand in the year 1998 i.e. 26 years ago, which was the highest score in the final, but now the Kangaroo team has left England behind.
Highest score in Under-19 World Cup final
Australia vs India in 2024 – 253/7
England vs New Zealand in 1998 – 242/3
New Zealand vs England in 1998 – 241/6
Harjas Singh played the biggest innings for Australia
In this match against India, Harjas Singh played the biggest innings for Australia and scored 55 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours while facing a total of 64 balls. Whereas captain Hugh Webgen scored 44 runs in 66 balls with the help of 5 fours. Oliver Peak remained unbeaten in this match and played an unbeaten inning of 46 runs in 43 balls with the help of one six and 2 fours. Opener batsman Harry Dixon also contributed 42 runs for the team. In the first innings for India, Raj Limbani took 3 wickets while Naman Tiwari took 2 wickets while Saumya Pandey and Mushir Khan got one wicket each.
