Uday Saharan and Hugh Wiebgenau
The final match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2024 will be played between India and Australia on February 11. The title match of the tournament will be played at Willowmoor Park Benoni, South Africa. Both semi-final matches were also played on the same ground. While India defeated South Africa by two wickets, the Australian U19 team won their semi-final match against Pakistan by one wicket. So far, both teams have had an unbeatable journey in this tournament.
Who gets help from the pitch?
The final will be played at Willowmoor Park in Benoni, South Africa, where five games in the tournament have been played so far. While the team that chased the target won in three games, the team that bowled later in the game managed to win the game twice. Although all the games were definitely very exciting. If we talk about the pitch on this ground, we could observe that the fast bowlers got a lot of help due to the grass present on the pitch. For this reason, something similar can be observed in the endgame. In such a situation, it will certainly be a very difficult task for the batsmen to score quick runs.
So far, the team pursuing the goal has won more games.
If we look at the record of 27 ODI matches at Willowmoor Park so far, the team batting first has won only eight times. Apart from that, the team that chased the goal in 17 games won the game. In such a situation, the role of the toss will be very important in the final match of the Under-19 World Cup between India and Australia where the winning team will want to decide to bowl first so that they can take advantage of the first moisture on the pitch.
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