The defending champions enter the final of the ICC U19 World Cup 2024 with an impressive record against Australia in the recent youth ODI matches. Both India and Australia remain unbeaten in this tournament with the former winning all of their six matches.
"I shared information that was not confirmed at all so. I am begging everyone out there to respect him and his family and his private time. Hopefully, we will see Virat back, happy and scoring runs," de Villiers said in his latest YouTube video on Sunday.
Indian U19 side pulled off a thrilling two-wicket win against South Africa in the first semifinal game at Benoni's Willowmoore Park while Australia survived a last-over drama against Pakistan in the second semifinal match at the same venue.
The 25-year-old left-arm Australian pacer was signed by Gujarat Giants for a base price of INR 30 lakh during the accelerated round at the WPL player auction 2024 but recently went through a medical procedure on her neck.
"Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) named Shamar Joseph as replacement for pacer Mark Wood for the upcoming edition of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.Joseph will join LSG for INR 3 Crore," IPL media advisory said.
India's left-arm speedster Naman Tiwari will be spearheading the pace attack in the summit clash against Australia on February 11 at Willowmoore Park in Benoni.
Virat Kohli is one of the premier batters in the Indian Test side. He was the leading run-getter for Team India in the away series against South Africa. Virat was the second-leading run-scorer overall in the series with 172 runs behind Dean Elgar.
Australia are heading into the one-off Test on the back of an eight-wicket loss to the Harmanpreet Kaur-led India. The Aussies are set to participate in their second Test since the retirement of Meg Lanning.
After missing the second Test match due to injury, the star wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul is included in India's team for the remaining three matches against England but the likes of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami remain unavailable.
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Durban's Super Giants have met each other thrice in the ongoing edition. While Super Giants won the first contest, Sunrisers made a spirited comeback to win the next two, including Qualifier 1 to advance into the finals.
India and Australia have locked horns with each other in the final of the ICC Men's U19 Cricket World Cup twice, previously in 2012 and 2018. India emerged victorious on both occasions.
Three Indian players Uday Saharan, Musheer Khan and in-form spinner Saumy Pandey are among eight players shortlisted by ICC for the prestigious U19 World Cup 2024 Player of the Tournament award ahead of the final between India and Australia on Sunday.
After spending more than five months on the sidelines due to injury, the young Mumbai opener made a sensational return to competitive cricket by smashing a 159 off 185 against Chhattisgarh in the Ranji Trophy 2024 match on Friday, February 9.
The star opener Pathum Nissanka broke Sanath Jayasuriya's highest individual score of 189 in ODIs for Sri Lanka and then became the first-ever cricketer from the island nation to score a double century in ODI cricket history.
The returning David Warner top-scored with 70 off just 36 balls to help Australia post a total of 213/7 and then in-form Adam Zampa took three wickets to restrict West Indies to 202/8 in the first T20I match in Hobart on Friday.
After announcing his retirement from Tests and ODIs, the veteran Australian opener returned to T20Is by smashing a sensational fifty against West Indies in the first T20 match and achieved a major record at Bellerive Oval at Hobart.
Royal Challengers Bangalore traded in the star Australian all-rounder Cameron Green before the IPL auction and then further boosted their squad for the 2024 season signing Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson and Yash Dayal.
Ravindra Jadeja is currently recovering from his hamstring injury and is at the National Cricket Academy aiming to regain full fitness ahead of the third Test against England. However, he found himself in the middle of a family controversy to which has has now responded.
Team India is already without Virat Kohli and the players like Mohammed Shami and Rishabh Pant are still injured while KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja missed second Test for the same reason. Now yet another cricketer is unlikely to play third Test and even end up missing the series too.
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