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On Tuesday morning, Indian cricket fans went into a tizzy after India defeated Pakistan in a thrilling semi final match of the U-19 World Cup held at the Christ Church stadium in New Zealand.
Updated : Jan 30, 2018, 10:18 AM IST
On Tuesday morning, Indian cricket fans went into a tizzy after India defeated Pakistan in a thrilling semi final match of the U-19 World Cup held at the Christ Church stadium in New Zealand.
Shubham Gill emerged as star of the match with a brilliant knock of 102 against Pakistan.
Rahul Dravid’s young guns would now meet Australia in the grand finale on February 3. Australia had beaten Afghanistan by six wickets in the first semi-finals yesterday.
The Twitter went crazy with fans flooding the micro-blogging site with congratulatory messages. Here are some of the best ones that we saw moments after India’s victory:
Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushasan.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) January 30, 2018
Pakistan U-19 boys following the footsteps of their seniors. #INDvsPAK
That was brutal. What a win for our boys, thoroughly out playing Pakistan. Best wishes for the finals #INDvsPAK #U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/Ij4HWfAJnk
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 30, 2018
This is Rahul Dravid's team. No nonsense and no arrogance. Simply Silent killers. #INDvPAK
— Prashant (@Pacific098) January 30, 2018
Congratulations India U-19s on the commendable semi-final win! Kill it in the final as well! INDvPAK #U19CWC
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) January 30, 2018
We are proud of the great performance of Rahul Dravid & his team. We are sure they will return with the World Cup trophy: CK Khanna. BCCI Acting President #U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/XT2FlhEZb7
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2018
Looking at Pakistan's performance today #U19WorldCup #INDvsPAK #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/5rdMVbvr6v
— PhD in Sarcasm !! (@I_Atheist_) January 30, 2018
There Are Two Types Of People In #Pakistan:
— DAKOO (@DAK0OO) January 30, 2018
1. People Who'll Break The TV & Sleep
2. People Who'll Wake Up & Break The TV
#INDvPAK #IndvsPak #PakvInd #PakvsInd #U19CWC
“Abey meri batting to aayi nahi !!” #U19CWC #IndvPak pic.twitter.com/lNQBvLW9WE
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) January 30, 2018
Shubman Gill beat Pakistan by 33 runs. #INDvPAK #U19CWC
— Abhishek (@Sajjanlaunda) January 30, 2018
In case you missed it, here's what happened during the match: The summary
Opting to bat first, India rod on Shubman Gill's 102 not out of 94 balls to pile on 272/9 in their allotted 50 overs and then bowled Pakistan out for a mere 69 in just 29.3 overs.
Gill, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.8 crore in the Indian Premier League players' auction, had hit a match-winning 86 in the quarterfinals against Bangladesh. He is the team's leading scorer with 341 runs.
The defeat was Pakistan's heaviest (in terms of runs) in a U-19 World Cup match.
For three-time champions India, seamer Ishan Porel grabbed four wickets for 17 runs while spinners Shiva Singh and Riyan Parag took two wickets apiece to rock the Pakistan run chase.
Pakistan were reduced to 20 for 3 in the eighth over with Porel removing their top three batsmen and they could not recover from there under a relentless attack from an Indian pace battery and a spin troika.
Only three Pakistani players could reach double-digit scores with Rohail Nazir hitting 18.
The Indians also fielded superbly with Shivam Mavi and Prithvi Shaw pulling off outstanding catches at fine leg and slip respectively.