India vs Windies U19 World Cup Final : West Indies win by 5 wickets

Fired-up paceman Alzarri Joseph grabbed three wickets as the West Indies bowled out three-time champions India for 145 runs in the ICC Under-19 World Cup final in Dhaka on Sunday.
 
Joseph, who finished with 3 for 39, led the attack for the West Indies after captain Shimron Hetmyer won the toss and elected to bowl first.  

Hard-hitting batsman Rishabh Pant was stumped in the first over by wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach, leaving the Indians unsettled early.

Joseph, arguably the fastest bowler in the competition, with deliveries of more than 145kph (90 mph), then forced an edge from Anmolpreet Singh with a vicious short ball, before trapping skipper Ishan Kishan in front, to leave India struggling at 27-3.  

Sarfaraz Khan staged a lone crusade for India, notching up 51 off 89 balls, but wickets continued to tumble at the other end, with India all out after only 45.1 overs of their allotted 50.  

Medium-pacers Ryan John and Keemo Paul took 3 for 38 and 2 for 17 respectively.

India, playing in their fifth final, are three-time winners of the U19 tournament, while the West Indies, appearing in their second final, are chasing their first title.

Scoreboard:

India
R. Pant st Imlach b Joseph 1
I. Kishan lbw b Joseph 4
A. Singh c Imlach b Joseph 3
W. Sundar c Joseph b John 7
S. Khan lbw b John 51
A. Jaffer c Paul b Springer 5
M. Lomror c Imlach b Holder 19
M. Dagar c Carty b John 8
R. Batham c Imlach b Paul 21
A. Khan c John b Paul 1
K. Ahmed not out 2
Extras (b2 lb5 w16) 23
Total (all out, 45.1 overs) 145
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Pant), 2-8 (Singh), 3-27 (Kishan), 4-41 (Sundar), 5-50 (Jaffer), 6-87 (Lomror), 7-116 (Dagar), 8-120 (S. Khan), 9-123 (A. Khan), 10-145 (Batham)
Bowling: Joseph 10-0-39-3 (w5), Holder 10-2-20-1 (w6), John 10-0-38-3, Springer 9-1-24-1(w1), Paul 6.1-0-17-2 (w4)
Toss: West Indies
Umpires - Rob Bailey (ENG) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)
TV umpire - Mick Martell (AUS)
Match referee - Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

West Indies captain Shimron Hetmyer won the toss and elected to  bowl in the ICC Under-19 World Cup final against India at the Sher-e-National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.  

India Under-19s: Khaleel Ahmed, Anmolpreet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Avesh Khan, Rahul Batham, Mayank Dagar, Ishan Kishan (capt), Sarfaraz Khan,  Mahipal Lomror, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar.

West Indies Under-19s: Keacy Carty, Michael Frew, Jyd Goolie, Shimron Hetmyer (Capt), Chemar Holder, Tevin Imlach, Ryan John, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Gidron Pope, Shamar Springer,

Umpires - Rob Bailey (ENG) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)
TV umpire - Mick Martell (AUS)
Match referee - Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)