ICC under 19 cricket World Cup is just a month away and we are ready to witness the future stars of each nation. ICC under 19 cricket World Cup is one of the most anticipated tournaments because in this tournament, some future cricketers showed up their skills and it also has various domestic franchises.
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Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Yuvraj Singh, and many other cricketers are the fruit of this tournament. India won the ICC under 19 cricket World Cup three times.
In 2000 India won the first, second in 2012, and third in 2018. India is runner-up in the last under 18 cricket World Cup which was held in 2020. India lost to Bangladesh in the finals. Australian team announces the squad for under 19 CWC World Cup.
AUSTRALIA SQUAD FOR U-19 CWC
Harkirat Bajwa, Aidan Cahill, Cooper Connolly, Joshua Garner, Isaac Higgins, Campbell Kellaway, Corey Miller, Jack Nisbet, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, William Salzmann, Lachlan Shaw, Jackson Sinfield, Tobias Snell, Tom Whitney, Teague Wyllie.
Nivethan Radhakrishnan selected in Australia under 19 cricket squad
The most interesting name in this is Nivethan Radhakrishnan. Nivetha and Radhakrishnan belong from China and played for the Tamil Nadu premier league back in 2016 and 17. He’s just 19 years old and is one of the rarest all rounds and ever who can ball both rights of Sweden’s left-arm spin. This makes him special and he’s also a part of Delhi capitals as a net bowler.
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He represents Australians under 19 in Dubai against Pakistan. His family shifts from India to Sydney back in 2013 and since then he’s shown his capabilities in Australian cricket. His hard work pays him and now he selected 400 and cricket World Cup Australia. In an interview, he said, “There was no one bowling with both hands on TV or in league cricket in Chennai. No one had heard of it back then. I was like: ‘well, why not?’ There’s no fear of failure in my game. If I don’t care what people think about me and don’t care about failing, what limit is there to what I can achieve?” It is a special moment for both India and the family of Radhakrishnan that Indian origin players represent Australia because it is not easy for an outsider to make his impact in another cricketing nation.
Harkirat Bajwa is the another name from India selected in Australia
Another interesting name is Harkirat Bajwa who is also the presenting Australian upcoming under 19 cricket World Cup. He is a bowler and in the current domestic season, it took 14 wickets in just six matches. Harkirat played for the Melbourne cricket club.
It is the first time when two Indian religions play selected under any cricket World Cup team of Australia because it is not easy to make space in the Australian dressing room. World Cup is all set to start from 13 January 2022 in West Indies. Bangladesh is the current champion and they will definitely look upon clinching another tournament.