Rahul Dravid gesture wows Pakistan's U-19 coach Nadeem Khan

India’s U19 team led by the Mumbaikar Prithvi Shaw, under the tutelage of the Indian legend Rahul Dravid won the World Cup, in some fashion. The U-19 team began the tournament against the heavyweights Australia in the group stage, where they bulldozed over them with magical spells from Kamlesh Nagarkoti. The right-arm pacer found express pace in the game against Australia, with the Aussie batsmen finding it tough to play the right-arm seamer.

However, following that India had a considerably easier fixture against PNG, where they cruised and crushed the opponents to a ten-wicket victory. In the following game, India faced the African opponents Zimbabwe, who were dismissed for a score of 154 with Anukul Roy picking up four wickets for 20 runs.

Shubman Gill finds form:

India’s openers got off to a flyer and chased the target in less than half of the overs given to them. Shubman Gill led the way for the Indians as he ended up on 90* in just 59 balls. Bangladesh and South Africa were in the way of India meeting Pakistan in the semi-finals of the tournament.

India and Pakistan both dismissed their quarter-finals opponents in prime fashion to set up a date in the second semi-finals of the tournament. In the semi-finals, it was Shubman Gill who came up with a breathtaking century, ending up on 102* off just 94 deliveries.

Pakistan’s humiliating loss and Dravid’s heart-warming gesture:

Pakistan in reply was dismissed to a total of under 70 runs, as their dreams of reaching the finals of the tournament vanished into thin air. Pakistan’s head coach Nadeem Khan was quick to appreciate the efforts of the Indian coach Rahul Dravid following their humiliating loss.

Pakistan’s coach revealed that the former Indian batsman walked out to the Pakistan dressing room to boost the morale of the opponent players. “It was a very nice gesture only confirming Dravid’s stature in our eyes,” Nadeem said to PTI before he admitted that a lot of work needed to be done to improve youth cricket in Pakistan.