U19 World Cup 2022: India’s Raj Bawa registered the best figures by a bowler in a World Cup final after scoring 5/31 in the summit clash against England in Antigua on Saturday.
Raj Bawa becomes first Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in U19 World Cup final (courtesy of BCCI)
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- Raj Bawa has 5/31 best bowling figures in U19 World Cup final
- He became the first Indian to take 5 wickets in the ICC Men’s Event final
- Raj has been performing all-rounder in West Indies
19-year-old Raj Bawa created history on Saturday as he became the first India bowler to take a 5-wicket haul in the final of an International Cricket Council tournament for men. Raj helped bowl out England for 189 for 189 in the final of the U19 World Cup 2022 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.
Raj Bawa has topped the list of Indian bowlers with most wickets in U19 World Cup finals, surpassing veteran spinner Piyush Chawla’s figures of 4/8 in 2006.
Raj’s 5/31 is also the best figure for a bowler in a U19 World Cup final.
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Raj Bawa, the grandson of Tarlochan Bawa, a member of the 1948 Olympic gold medal-winning hockey team, had set England’s batting unit on fire after coming on as the first change bowler. The Punjab all-rounder took two wickets in the same number of balls, dismissing middle-order batsmen Will Luxton and George Bell cheaply. He took the wicket of opener George Thomas in his third over, who was putting England on show despite losing opener Jacob Bethel and captain Tom Perst to left-arm pacer Ravi Kumar.
He then dismissed all-rounder Rehan Ahmed for 10 and then came back for the final spell and dropped the last English wicket on Sunday. Notably, India became the first side to bowl out England in the U19 World Cup 2022 as Raj and Ravi shared 9 wickets between them.
Best bowling figures by India bowlers in U19 World Cup final
5/31 – Raj Bawa in 2022
Piyush Chawla in 4/8 – 2006
4/30 – Ravi Bishnoi in 2020
4/34 – Ravi Kumar 2022c. In
4/54 – Sandeep Sharma in 2012
England posted 189 for 7 despite a struggling 91 for 7 as James Ray played a solid 95, missing out on a deserved century by just 5 runs.
Meanwhile, Raj Bawa has a dream run in the ongoing U19 World Cup in West Indies. Sukhwinder Bawa’s son, who coached the likes of Yuvraj Singh and VRV Singh, took 4 wickets in their win over South Africa.
Raj then scored 162 runs in just 108 balls in his group-stage match against Uganda.
Raj has become only the second Indian man after Kapal Dev to score over 150 and take 5 wickets in an ICC tournament.
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