West Indies skipper Shimron Hetmyer heaped praise on his teammates, stating, the belief on their ability helped them emerge as the champion of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.Fearsome pacers set platform for Windies
Learning lesson for India: Dravid
Sports Reporter
West Indies skipper Shimron Hetmyer heaped praise on his teammates, stating, the belief on their ability helped them emerge as the champion of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
The Caribbean side came to the final game as underdog as usually but stunned India by five wickets, showing an overwhelming performance. It was their first title at this level while India failed to emulate the feat that they achieved in 2000, 2008 and 2012.
I feel good, word cant explain me how good, said captain Hetmyer. The way the guys played showed. We werent supposed to be champions but we came up to top. We kept belief on our ability.
West Indies went by their strength by unleashing their fearsome fast bowlers who took the mighty Indian batsmen in disdain to script the victory. If the fast bowlers performance was expected, the batsmen showed an unbelievable stubbornness to sail the side home from a precarious 77 for five.
The pacers used the pitch to their advantage, they stood out for us. Carter and Paul are aggressive players, they made the adjustment. They kept a calm head, he said.
In a bowlers dominated game, Keacy Carty made the difference by playing an unbeaten 52 runs knock. He combined for a 69-run with Keemo Paul to frustrate India who also didnt help their cause by putting down some catches.
Carty who was adjudged man of the match for his match turning performance said, It was very enjoyable. We performed very well. It is a very good feeling. I told myself that I cant leave the Under-19 World Cup without a landmark. We work together, we hope to take West Indies back on top where we were.
After Keemo Paul hit the winning run, Shamar Springer who helped West Indies win the semi-final against Bangladesh broke down a jig which he called Chestrolling, a dance that caught the attention of world cricket.
Springer also praised the effort of Carty saying, That was my signature dance. He (Carty) showed a lot of character. It was a very patient knock and it was worth it. More chest-rolling for sure.
Meanwhile, Indian head coach Rahul Dravid described the loss as disappointing for them and stated that it will be lesson for them and help them in the long run in their long journey as professional.
Obviously Im disappointed for them. Its tough for these young kids. But its right now a journey for them. Every experience is learning. We tasted a lot of success as a team. This is the only match we lost in the tournament. As a team, actually and unfortunately for us its a biggest game they would play, said Rahul Dravid.
But its a learning. Learning can be from everything. In a long journey as a cricketer I faced a lot of ups and downs. I faced a lot of success. Hopefully faced disappointment as well. And this is learning. Hopefully we can learn lot of it and we can learn message from it, Dravid told media at post-match briefing.
Giving the credit to West Indies, Indian coach said that they have bowled with line and length from the very onset of the important final match.
Yeah we should give the credit due. I like to give credit to the West Indies bowlers today. I thought they bowled really well. They bowled very good line and length. The main thing is pressure right time in the match. At moment, they give us easy bowls to hit. The main team was in the pressure. I think we lost too many wickets in the initial 15-20 overs, the former legendry batsman reckoned.
On the other hand, Indian captain Ishan Kishan said they played some rash shots, missed to build partnership and spilling catches cost them much.
Wickets fell early again when we batted first again, there was a difference that there was an unusual run-out and there was a wrong decision. Sometimes you also play the wrong shots and we bowled well, if we had fielded well and taken our catches, the result would have been in our favour, Ishan Kishan said.
Expressing his sadness for losing the final, the skipper said, Ill obviously be sad because there were a lot of expectations and trust on me that I would score well but such phases come for a batsman where you are under pressure, you get a bit too nervous. But I have learnt a lot so if another such opportunity arises then Ill try to do better.
SCOREBOARD
India U-19 innings:
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, 2-8, 3-27, 4-41, 5-50, 6-87, 7-116, 8-120, 9-123,10-145.
BOWLING O M R W
A Joseph 10 0 39 3
C Holder 10 2 20 1
R John 10 0 38 3
Springer 9 1 24 1
Paul 6.1 0 17 2
West Indies U-19 innings:
G Pope c Ahmed b Khan 3
Imlach c Lomror b Ahmed 15
Hetmyer c Jaffer b Dagar 23
K Carty not out 52
S Springer c Jaffer b Dagar 3
J Goolie c b Dagar 3
K Paul not out 40
Extras (lb1 w6) 7
Total (for 5; 49.3 overs) 146
Did not bat: M. Frew, R. John, A. Joseph, C. Holder
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-28, 3-67, 4-71, 5-77.
BOWLING O M R W
S Khan 10 1 29 1
K Ahmed 9.3 2 32 1
W Sundar 9 1 18 0
R Batham 3 0 12 0
M Lomror 8 0 29 0
M Dagar 10 1 25 3
Result: West Indies win by five wickets
