With the wicket of Harjas Singh in the Under-19 World Cup 2024 final, left-arm spinner Saumy Pandey became the bowler with most wickets for India in a single edition of an Under-19 World Cup.
He returned with figures of 1/41 in the final, which included the wicket of Harjas, who was Australia’s top-scorer of the innings. This scalp took his wickets tally in the tournament to 18, and he finished as the joint-second-highest in the competition, behind South Africa’s Kwena Maphaka.
India and Australia met in the Under-19 World Cup 2024 final on Sunday at Willowmoore Park in Benoni. India has been unbeaten in the tournament and left-arm spinner Pandey has been a major reason for that. Pandya nipped out 18 wickets in 7 games at an average of only 10.27 and an economy of 2.68, simply jaw-dropping numbers.
Saumy Pandey breaks Ravi Bishnoi’s record in under-19 World Cup:
These 18 wickets for Saumy Pandey means that he surpassed Ravi Bishnoi’s tally of 17 wickets from the 2020 Under-19 World Cup.
Most wickets by an Indian bowler in a single U19 World Cup:
18 – Saumy Pandey in 2024
17 – Ravi Bishnoi in 2020
Pandey has not gone wicketless in any game in the tournament. He took three four-wicket hauls – against Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Nepal – and one three-wicket haul, against Ireland.
Saumy Pandey performances in the U-19 World Cup 2024:
9.5-1-24-4 vs Bangladesh
9-0-21-3 vs Ireland
10-2-13-1 vs USA
10-2-19-4 vs New Zealand
10-1-29-4 vs Nepal
10-0-38-1 in Semi-Final
10-0-41-1 in Final
Meanwhile, Australia have finished with a score of 253 in the final. Harjas Singh top-scored with 55 while three other batters scored crucial 40s. For India, pacers Raj Limbani and Naman Tiwari shared 5 wickets between them.
Teams:
Australia U19 (Playing XI): Harry Dixon, Sam Konstas, Hugh Weibgen(c), Harjas Singh, Ryan Hicks(w), Oliver Peake, Raf MacMilllan, Charlie Anderson, Tom Straker, Mahli Beardman, Callum Vidler
India U19 (Playing XI): Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan(c), Priyanshu Moliya, Sachin Dhas, Aravelly Avanish(w), Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Saumy Pandey
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