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PM Modi Congratulated Young Indian Cricketers on Twitter For Winning the ICC Under 19 World Cup 2018 and how other cricketers Congratulated

“PM Modi” Congratulated Young Indian Cricketers on Twitter

“Absolutely thrilled by the stupendous achievement of our young cricketers. Congratulations to them on winning the Under-19 World Cup. This triumph makes every Indian extremely proud”.

India has become the world champion for the fourth time by defeating Australia by 8 wickets. Manjot Kalra (101 *) scored a brilliant hundred by India in this match. Apart from Manjot, there were also the Indian bowlers in this match, who put the Australian innings on 216 runs.

Manjot was given the player of the match for his brilliant unbeaten knock of 101 runs. Shubhaman Gill was given the Player of the Series title for his fantastic performance in the tournament. Shubhaman played a total of 5 innings in this tournament, in which he made 3 fifties including a century. In the entire tournament, Gill scored a total of 372 runs.

With this fourth crown, India bettered Australia in the chase of most U-19 World Cup titles. Prior to the final, India and Australia were locked at three titles each. 

India’s Under 19 World Cup Triumph

Year Skipper Winner Runner up Host
2000 Mohammad Kaif  IND SL SL
2008 Virat Kohli IND SA MAL
2012 Unmukt Chand IND AUS AUS
2018 Prithvi Shaw IND AUS NZ

Previous Under 19 World Cup Winners

Year Winner Runner up Host
1988 AUS PAK AUS
1998 ENG NZ SA
2000 IND SL SL
2002 AUS SA NZ
2004 PAK WI BAN
2006 PAK IND SL
2008 IND SA MAL
2010 AUS PAK NZ
2012 IND AUS AUS
2014 SA PAK UAE
2016 WI IND BAN
2018 IND AUS NZ

 At the end of this historic day, here’s how Twitter and the world reacted to India’s fantastic performance. 

Sachin Tendulkar Tweeted: 

WITH GREAT TEAM WORK, BIG DREAMS WORK. Congratulations to our WORLD CHAMPIONS!! We are proud of you. A big congratulations to Rahul and Paras for their guidance.

 
 

Team India’s Former Coach :

Here’s what Skipper Kohli Twitted: What a win for the U19 boys, take it as a stepping stone; Long long way to go! Enjoy the moment!

Yuvraj Singh
 

Ashwin Tweeted: Congrats to the Indian team on winning the ICC Inder 19 World Cup, they have been ruthless and professional through the tournament.

Zaheer Khan:

Here’s what Team India’s Coach Ravi Shastri Tweeted: 

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