Who will win India vs Australia, U19 World Cup 2020?
Defending champions, and winners of Group A, India face Group B runners-up Australia in the first Super League quarter-final of this year’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The match will take place at the JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom, on January 28 and is scheduled to start at 10:00 local time.
India have made a fine start to their title defence, after dominant wins against Sri Lanka, Japan and New Zealand in the group stage. Ravi Bishnoi took ten wickets in three matches, while opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal already has two half-centuries to his name to help lead the way.
Australia, meanwhile, lost their opening match to West Indies but bounced back to beat Nigeria, as expected, and then book their quarter-final place with a last-ball win against England in their final group game. Jake Fraser-McGurk and Mackenzie Harvey are among their leading players but they start this game as outsiders.
IND vs AUS, U19 World Cup 2020: Where to watch/Live streaming
Live streaming: ICC TV
IND U19 vs AUS U19 Toss Prediction
Australia won the toss and fielded first – the first time they had won the toss in this year’s tournament – in their most recent game, and they may adopt a similar tactic if given the choice.
IND U19 vs AUS U19 Weather Report
Though a little cloudy, Potchefstroom should warm nicely through the day with zero chance of rain on the forecast and humidity at a reasonable level.
IND U19 vs AUS U19 Pitch Condition
Hosts South Africa showed how good a batting pitch the JB Marks Oval can serve up, and both India and Australia are capable of big scores here.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for India vs Australia, U19 World Cup 2020...
India U19 Team News & Playing 11
IND U19 Team News
India reverted back to the team that had beaten Sri Lanka first up for their final group game, having rotated players for the match with Japan. Ten of the team that started the first game also faced New Zealand, with Atharva Ankolekar the only player to come into the team. He took three wickets to prove his worth too.
IND U19 Key Players
Priyam Garg: The India captain is a key top-order batsman, scoring a century in Durban in India’s first YODI of 2020. His only innings at this tournament saw him score 56 against Sri Lanka.
Yashasvi Jaiswal: The Indian opener hit two half-centuries in the group stage, in the wins against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, and has only been dismissed once so far as well.
Ravi Bishnoi: Followed up his 4-5 against Japan with 4-30 against New Zealand and the leg-spinner now has ten wickets in three games at this tournament.
IND U19 Team Form
Victorious in the warm-up tournament, in Durban, India have continued their form at the World Cup too. They beat Sri Lanka by 90 runs first up, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Priyam Garg and Dhruv Jurel all hitting half-centuries, before a crushing ten-wicket win against minnows Japan as Ravi Bishnoi claimed 4-5 with the ball.
Last time out, Jaiwal and Divyaansh Saxena hit unbeaten centuries as India cruised to 115/0 in 23 overs before the rain came down against New Zealand. Ravi Bishnoi then took 4-30 as New Zealand – set a DLS-revised 192 to win in 23 overs, were all out for 147.
India U19 Predicted Playing 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Divyaansh Saxena, Tilak Varma, Priyam Garg (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Siddhesh Veer, Atharva Ankolekar, Sushant Mishra, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi
Australia U19 Team News & Playing 11
AUS U19 Team News
Australia earned a last-ball win against England last time out and that same team, led by Mackenzie Harvey, could be retained to take on defending champions India.
AUS U19 Key Players
Mackenzie Harvey: The Melbourne Renegades batsman and Australia captain hit 65 against England last time out to set Australia on their way to victory.
Jake Fraser-McGurk: The 17-year-old – who also had a Renegades contract this year but was unused – hit 84 in the opening win against West Indies and averaged 59 in the group stage.
Tanveer Sangha: Started the tournament by taking 4-30 against West Indies and then went even better with 5-14 against Nigeria. Another wicket for the leg-spinner against England continued his fine form.
AUS U19 Team Form
Despite Jake Fraser-McGurk hitting 84 in Australia’s opening game, against West Indies, before Tanveer Sangha took 4-30, the Aussies folded for 179 and lost by three wickets. They have bounced back well, however – Sangha taking 5-14 to set up a ten-wicket win against Nigeria before their thrilling last-ball victor against England.
Mackenzie Harvey scored 65 in an excellent start, but it needed Connor Sully’s late flurry to get them over the line – chasing 253 to win by two wickets.
Australia U19 Predicted Playing 11
Sam Fanning, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey (c), Lachlan Hearne, Oliver Davies, Liam Scott, Patrick Rowe (wk), Tanveer Sangha, Connor Sully, Todd Murphy, Brad Simpson
India U19 vs Australia U19 Head to Head
This is the first time these two teams have met in a Youth One-Day International since the final of the 2018 World Cup. India, having already beaten Australia earlier on in that tournament, claimed a dominant eight-wicket victory as Manjot Kalra – later found guilty of age fraud – scored an unbeaten century to lead a chase of 218 to win.
IND U19 vs AUS U19 Head to Head Stats
| Matches Played |
IND U19 Won |
AUS U19 Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| 35 |
21 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
India U19 vs Australia U19 Betting Odds
India are 1.50 favourites to win with Bet365, while Australia are priced as high as 2.62.
Bet365 are offering 3.50 on in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal being India’s top team batsman, while opening partner Divyaansh Saxena is 4.33 and captain Priyam Garg can be backed at 5.00.
For Australia Under-19s, meanwhile, Jake Fraser-McGurk is priced at 4.00 with Bet365 to be their top batsman and opening partner Sam Fanning is 4.33. Mackenzie Harvey is also 4.33 after his crucial half-century last time out.
🏆 India U19 vs Australia U19 Prediction
India have been in dominant form so far, whereas Australia qualified only with a dramatic, narrow victory against England last time out. India can continue their title defence with another win.
Jan 28, 2020
13:30 IST / 8:00 GMT
Senwes Park - Potchefstroom, South Africa
U19 World Cup 2020 
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