On this present day: Virat Kohli-led India U-19 lifted World Cup in 2008

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On this present day, 13 years in the past, in 2008, underneath the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian Under-19 staff gained the World Cup. India gained the World Cup for the second time by defeating South Africa by 12 runs underneath Duckworth-Louis rule within the ultimate performed in Kuala Lumpur on March 2, 2008. Ajitesh Argal was the person of the match who took 2 wickets for 7 runs in 5 overs. 
While batting first, India scored 159 runs in 45.4 overs shedding 10 wickets. After this it began to rain and underneath Duckworth Louis rule South Africa bought a goal of 116 runs to win in 25 overs nevertheless it may solely handle 103 runs for 8 wickets in 25 overs and India gained by 12 runs.   

After shedding the toss, the Indian staff landed for the primary batting couldn’t present something particular and captain Virat Kohli flopped and will rating solely 19 runs. Tanmay Srivastava scored the very best 46 runs for India, whereas Saurabh Tiwari and Manish Pandey scored 20 every. Apart from these, Pradeep Sangwan scored 13 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 11 runs.
Although the Indian batsmen couldn’t play within the finals however the Indian bowlers had carried out amazingly. Ajitesh Argal, Ravindra Jadeja and Siddharth Kaul took 2–2 wickets and Iqbal Abdulla took 1 wicket and restricted South Africa to 103 for 8 wickets. In this fashion, India gained the Under-19 World Cup for the second time, successful an thrilling win by 12 runs.
Apart from captain Virat Kohli, opener batsman Taruwar Kohli additionally performed on this match. However, Taruwar Kohli was not capable of present superb and was out after scoring simply 1 run. Taruwar, who performed for Punjab, by no means performed for India. He scored 1477 runs in 29 first-class matches and 646 runs in 42 List-A matches. He has additionally performed for Kings XI Punjab within the IPL.