Cricket U19 World Cup: India Target Win Over Bangladesh in Today's Final

Cricket U19 World Cup: India Target Win Over Bangladesh in Today's Final

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Cricket World Cup 2020 will be finished with the Super League final between India U19 and Bangladesh U19 at JB Marks Oval (Potchefstroom).

South Africa is hosting the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 from 17th January. We have already experienced 47 matches of this tournament as we have only left to find out the champions and runners-up of this tournament.

In the final match of this tournament, the defending champions India U19 will face the Bangladesh U19. Both teams are unbeaten in this tournament, and so we will get another unbeaten champion in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup history.

In the ongoing tournament, while the India U19 have won all their five matches, Bangladesh U19 have won four games, and the other one had no result due to the rain-interruption. On Sunday, both sides will come on the field to create a new history in U19 cricket.

A brief look in the performances of India U19 and Bangladesh U19 in this Tournament
Matches India (began from Group A) Bangladesh (began from Group C)
Group Stage 1 Beat Sri Lanka by 90 runs Beat Zimbabwe by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Group Stage 2 Beat Japan by 10 wickets Beat Scotland by 7 wickets
Group Stage 3 Beat New Zealand by 44 runs (DLS method) No result against Pakistan
Quarter-Final Beat Australia by 74 runs Beat South Africa by 104 runs
Semi-Final Beat Pakistan by 10 wickets Beat New Zealand by 6 wickets
Some stats preview before this final:
i) It will be the seventh ICC U19 CWC final for India U19 which is a new record in ICC U19 CWC history.

ii) India U19 have won this ICC U19 CWC trophy for the four times, and it is a record for a team. If they win the ongoing edition, they will stretch their record.

iv) It will the first ICC CWC U19 final for Bangladesh U19. Their previous best was finishing in the third position in 2016 edition when they hosted this tournament for the second time. If Bangladesh U19 win the upcoming final, they will be the seventh different team to win this trophy.

v) India U19 and Bangladesh U19 have played 22 youth ODIs till the date, where the India U19 won 18 matches, and Bangladesh U19 achieved victory in three games (one had no result).

vi) In U19 World Cup history, they have met four times where the India U19 won three games, and Bangladesh U19 won the other one game.

vii) They have met in five youth ODI finals, and India U19 have won all those finals.

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