India U19 World Cup journey: Unmukt Chand's 2012 squad vs Priyam Garg's 2020 squad

India U19 squad is on brink of making ar addition to its overfilled trophy cabinet when y take on Bangladesh in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Final on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Priyam Garg-led side has been unbeaten through tournament and young batting superstars like Yashasvi Jaiswal have gotten fans excited for future of Indian cricket. Looking back at history of tournament, 2012 edition of U19 World Cup was also won by a bright Indian squad led by Unmukt Chand. Let us compare performances of two captains.

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Unmukt Chand vs Priyam Garg in U19 World Cup

India U19 2012 World Cup squad journey

Indian U19 World Cup team was led by Unmukt Chand in 2012 and captain ended up scoring 246 runs in six matches and was India's best batsmen during tournament. His highest score was 111* which came in Final against Australia. India's or consistent batsman in tournament was Smit Patel with 178 runs. Ravikant Singh and Sandeep Sharma from squad took 12 wickets each and were India's best bowlers. On ir road to lifting U19 World Cup, India beat likes of Zimbabwe U19, Papua New Guinea U19, Pakistan U19, New Zealand U19, and Australia U19.

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India U19 2020 World Cup squad journey

team is currently led by Priyam Garg and captain has scored 61 runs in two innings that he has played in five matches. India's best batsman has been Yashasvi Jaiswal who scored 105* against Pakistan in semi-final and is leading run-getter (312 runs in five matches) in tournament. Divyaansh Saxena has been India's second-best batsman with 148 runs. On bowling front, Ravi Bishi has taken 13 wickets while Kartik Tyagi has taken 11 wickets. On journey to final, India have beaten Sri Lanka U19, Japan U19, New Zealand U19, Australia U19, and Pakistan U19.

India will w face Bangladesh in ICC U19 World Cup final at Potchefstroom on Sunday, February 9, 2020.

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