Published: Feb 11, 2020, 07:56 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 11, 2020, 07:59 AM (IST)
Dashing batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal and legspinner Ravi Bishnoi were among three Indians named in the ICC U19 World Cup Team of the Tournament on Monday.
Besides Jaiswal and Bishnoi, right-arm pacer Kartik Tyagi was the other Indian to feature in the 12-member team, led by World Cup-winning Bangladesh skipper Akbar Ali.
Jaiswal claimed the Player of the Tournament award after he played a crucial role in guiding India to the final. With 400 runs to his name in six innings at an astounding average of 133, he topped the scoring chart comfortably, finishing 114 runs ahead of closest competitor Ravindu Rasantha of Sri Lanka.
Bishnoi emerged as the highest wicket-taker of the tournament claiming 17 in six matches with a miserly average of 10.64. Tyagi, on the other hand, terrorised opposing batsmen throughout the tournament with his swing and scalped 11 wickets at an average of 13.90.
India, however, could not defend their title as Bangladesh claimed their first ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup title with a three-wicket victory under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-affected final in Potchefstroom on Sunday.
The official team of the tournament features representatives from six sides with the likes of Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran and West Indies’ Nyeem Young in it.
Canada’s Akil Kumar has been included as the 12th man.
The team was selected by an adjudication panel of five, which included commentators Ian Bishop, Rohan Gavaskar and Natalie Germanos joined by ESPN Cricinfo correspondent Sreshth Shah and ICC representative Mary Godbeer.
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup team of the tournament (in batting order):
Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)
Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan)
Ravindu Rasantha (Sri Lanka)
Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Bangladesh)
Shahadat Hossain (Bangladesh)
Nyeem Young (West Indies)
Akbar Ali (Bangladesh) (WK, Captain)
Shafiqullah Ghafari (Afghanistan)
Ravi Bishnoi (India)
Kartik Tyagi (India)
Jayden Seales (West Indies)
12th man: Akil Kumar (Canada)
