Unmukt Chand confident of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 doing well in the U-19 World Cup – Cricket News Update
India’s Under-19 cricket captain, Unmukt Chand, is upbeat about his side’s chances of lifting the World Cup trophy for a third time, at the youth extravaganza, beginning in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834, Australia, next month.
The 19-year-old top-order batsman from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, on Sunday expressed satisfaction over his team’s pre-tournament preparation, and was hopeful his boys will do everything necessary to win the esteemed event.
"We have been doing well. We have won all the three tournaments we have played since September," said Chand, who recently led the young Indian side successfully in the U-19 Asia Cup, where they finished as joint winners with Pakistan.
Chand, who was appointed as Indian U-19 skipper in September last year, has not lost a series as skipper. Recently he led the side to the Asia Cup title, which they shared with arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. The opener said that the Asia Cup triumph
has considerably boosted the morale of the side, and hoped the side to take that winning momentum into the World Cup, next month.
The emerging Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Anthony-Hibbert-c81005 has received praise from various cricketing quarters for his good show, not only as an astute leader, but also for his impressive showings with the bat. Chand said that being praised by fans and the pundits feels
really good and vowed to add another emphatic triumph to his captaincy records by winning next month’s esteemed tournament Down Under.
The upcoming Under-19 World Cup will be in all probability be Chand’s last stint with the young team, so he is eager to finish U-19 career on a victorious note.
"The team has spent almost a year together and after the World Cup there won't be any under-19 cricket for me. It has given so much to us," he said.
India, who have won two U-19 World Champ titles in the past (2000 and 2008), have been drafted in Group C of the latest edition of the mega event. Total 16 teams, divided into four groups, will contest in the high-profile tournament. The
other three teams that have been drawn in Group C include, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002.
The Men in Blue will play open up campaign against the men from Caribbean, on August 12, at Tony http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
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