Mumbai: India defeated Australia by 96 runs to reach the final and the talented boys of team India will play against England in the Final. India reached their fourth consecutive U-19 World Cup final with an emphatic 96-run win over Australia on Wednesday.
Dhull struck a sublime 110 in as many balls and shared a game-changing 204-run stand with his deputy Shaik Rasheed (94 off 108 balls) to fire India to a formidable 290 for five after opting to bat.
Ravi Kumar (2/37) was impressive in the first powerplay before spinners Nishant Sindhu (2/25), Vicky Ostwal (3/42), and Kaushal Tambe (1/32) dominated the opposition in the middle overs.
Dhull became the third Indian captain to hit a hundred in the tournament history after the illustrious Virat Kohli (2008) and the prodigious Unmukt Chand (2012), who also hail from Delhi.
Earlier, India opted to put runs on the board after winning the toss, knowing it wasn’t the easiest of pitches to bat on.
Australian pacers bowled well in the opening powerplay and the fact that Indian openers Angkrish Raghuvanshi (6 off 30) and Harnoor Singh (16 off 30) were also overtly cautious, helped them build pressure.