On 3rd February 2018 U-19 boys of the Indian Cricket Team won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup (4th title) in New Zealand under the captaincy of Prithvi Shaw. The whole team was under the training with the guidance of Rahul Dravid. They not just won the tournament, they outplayed each and every team they faced to progress to the top place of the tournament.
- 14th January India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 100 runs.
- 16th January India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 10 wickets.
- 19th January India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 10 wickets.
- 26th January India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 131 runs.
- 30th January India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 203 runs.
- 3rd February India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 8 wickets.
Shubman Gill was selected as the Player of the Tournament for his outstanding batting performance at the knock out stage as well as in other matches also. Anukul Roy became the best bowler to take most wickets(14). Captain Prithvi Shaw was also in good touch with the bat. It was exciting to see young Indian bowlers Shivam Mavi, Ishan Porel, Kamlesh Nagarkoti bowling at a superb pace to knockout the batsmen. All those stats described that they have gone through outstanding coaching to become eligible to take home the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup.
Rahul Dravid was an important part of Indian Cricket Team when he was a part of the national team. He has saved his team many times from defeat and that's why people call him "The wall of Indian Cricket". Unfortunately, he was able to win a world cup as a player. But after he took the responsibility of the U-19 boys in 2015, people started dreaming to see him winning world cup as a coach. He was very closed to win the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in 2016. But his boys were defeated by U-19 West Indies boys in a thrilling final by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) in Dhaka. But this time he got the taste of winning a world cup as a coach and we Indians are super happy about that.
While talking about getting the world cup as a coach he said, actually he is not too much disappointed for not getting world cup as a player, but winning a world cup is always special. He gave all the credit to the boys in blue for their amazing performance. But it was the players who told media how Rahul Dravid told them not to think about IPL auction when they were on the list on the day of the auction or Playing against Pakistan in the high voltage semi-final.
We are very much thankful to Rahul Dravid for your contribution in Indian Cricket. Thank you again for making the future stars of our country.
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