U-19 final preview: India's young turks take on mighty Aussies to clinch World Cup glory

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When they take on Australia in this Sunday's summit match, all those brash 18- and 19-year-old Indian boys will spare no effort to win an unprecedented sixth ICC U-19 World Cup..

A win over an Australian team would be more than just remarkable for the likes of Uday Saharans, Sachin Dhas, Musheer Khans, and Saumykumar Pandeys..

On November 19, last year, an Australian squad broke the hearts of millions of Indians after trouncing a Rohit Sharma-led team on a worldwide platform...

The U-19 World Cup has presented stars like Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal to name a few, who have risen through the ranks...

Truth be told, the current team led by Saharan, didn't initially look like a great outfit as it even failed to enter the final of the U-19 Asia Cup a couple of months back..

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