Even if at the U-19 level, the enormity of an India versus Pakistan contest always sizes to fade away amongst the general public.
The moment India went on to beat Bangladesh and Pakistan went pass Southafrica in their respective quarterfinals of the ongoing ICC U-19 Cricket world cup in NewZealand, the expectations started to raise and everyone awaited the semi-final between India & Pakistan.
And when India beat Pakistan today in the game, not only the team jubilated beating Pakistan but the Indian fans all over the world did as well.
Rahul Dravid as a coach of this Indian U-19 side believes this that U19 cricket is all about the talent getting the exposure & the opportunity to different conditions, opponents and the enormity of a world event really adds to it.
And so young batsmen like Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill as well as fast bowlers like Mavi & Kamlesh Nagarkoti have really caught the eyeballs of many around India alongside many others and hence were purchased in the IPL auctions recently by the franchisees. Which will be another wonder of the U-19 providing stepping stone for higher things and a great learning curve.
The twitter after this one really went abuzz with tweets coming in from all corners congratulating the Indian team and appreciating this wonderful one-sided win over the arch-rivals.
Shubman Gill the Indian right-handed batsmen has really become famous amongst the Twitterati after his hundred versus Pakistan today and went on to become the man of the match too. Many tweets came in about him and also the leadership of the Indian Captain Prithvi Shaw.
Overall this has been a fantastic team effort that shows the depth of talent in Indian Cricket across all level and the credit of it goes to the governing body that is BCCI for successfully running the largest domestic scene in world cricket.
With only the final hurdle of playing the final versus Australia to go the Twitterati hopes for the title now and expect this buzz that we saw today to continue.
Well done #IndiaU19 boys. One more to go. Give it all that you have . Consistent cricket by the boys has been the highlight of their #WorldCup campaign. #ShubmanGill in roaring form. Keep it up young man ! #TeamEffort
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) January 30, 2018
Gave up the fat paycheck of the IPL coaching stint to coach the U-19 boys. And now they just destroyed Pakistan & are in the World cup Finals.
Rahul Dravid. #Jammysir #MassiveRespect
— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) January 30, 2018
Congratulations to the India U19 team. What a win against Pakistan they've played like real champions. Win the final now! #INDvPAK #U19WC
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) January 30, 2018
– before the harsh criticism on U19 bunch, former Pakistan greats must note that Rahul Dravid chose to work with India U19. How many from Pakistan would opt to serve at this level?
— Asif Khan (@mak_asif) January 30, 2018
India U19 🇮🇳 now first side to reach the final of #U19CWC for the 6th time!
Pakistan and Australia have done so on five occasions!#U19CricketWorldCup#IndvPak#ICCU19WorldCup— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 30, 2018
Kudos to the #IndiaU19. Great efforts! What a whooping 203 runs victory!#U19WC #ICCU19WorldCup #INDvPAK
— Arun Pandey (@ArunPandey99) January 30, 2018
Comprehensive thrashing of Pakistan by India U19! What a lovely way to start the day! 😄🇮🇳
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) January 30, 2018
Congrats to india u19 team for spectacular win against pak in World Cup Guru Dravid is shaping them well @Im_Dravid
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/FazeelaSaba1/status/958188393690746881
Shubman Gill's 102 not out is the first ever century in India-Pakistan contests in the U19 World Cups. Previous highest: 85* by Salman Butt at Lincoln in 2002. #U19CWC
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) January 30, 2018
Congratulations India U19, India’s preparation, approach and dedication was evident on the field. Pakistan played poor and they were bound to lose regardless.
Nevertheless Pakistan found three solid pacers to look forward Shaheen Shah, Arshad & Musa.
— Sawera Pasha (@sawerapasha) January 30, 2018
Congratulations team india 🇮🇳 U19 #INDvsPAK #TeamBlue #ICCU19WorldCup & all the best for final👍🏻👍🏻
— Bollywood World (@bwoodworld) January 30, 2018
Again I thought I will wake up at 3AM to see India play Pakistan in U19, but couldn’t wake up. Though got good news ..India is in #U19WorldCup final now after winning over Pakistan by 203 runs. Go India.🇮🇳
— Rj Harshil (@RjHarshil) January 30, 2018
Rahul Dravid Factor. When our legend agree to work at U19 level? Or board appoint them?
— Abdul Ghaffar 🇵🇰 (@GhaffarDawnNews) January 30, 2018
Quality play with great dominance in all departments. Splendid display! Good luck for the finals. #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/xdttwr8Y8K
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 30, 2018
Congratulations team India on wonderful performance against Pakistan in semi-finals @ICC U19 World Cup 2018 #U19CWC #IndVSPak #U19WorldCup
— Diya Kumari (Modi Ka Parivar) (@KumariDiya) January 30, 2018
Indian Cricket has a 2 year plan to prepare their every U-19 bunch to win this tournament. This U-19 batch whitewashed England in England across both 4 days & List A games and now in U-19 final. Clue there when India sees a overseas tour an year away at the senior level.
— KASHISH (@crickashish217) January 30, 2018
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
WOW!!! What A Performance By India U19 Team In Semi-Final….. Congratulations @Shaw_Prithvi & #TeamIndia 👏🇮🇳 #U19CWC
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) January 30, 2018
When you try to cross LOC Chupke Chupke!😂 #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/OmGkXsk7kv
— BitterSweetSymphony (@PluviophilePoet) January 30, 2018