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Kuala Lumpur: India won cricket's under-19 World Cup with a 12-run victory over South Africa in a rain-hit final at the Kinrara Oval here on Sunday.
South Africa, set a revised target of 116 in 25 overs following a rain interruption of two hours, were restricted to 103-8 by the Indians.
Heavy thunderstorms forced the players off the Kinrara Oval for two hours.
The Proteas, already struggling at 17-3 before the rain break, finished with 103-8, with Reeza Hendricks making 35 and captain Wayne Parnell contributing a valiant 29.
Ajitesh Argal, Siddarth Kaul and Ravindra Jadeja picked up two wickets each to hand India their second title after winning the premier junior event for the first time in Sri Lanka in 2000.
South Africa were left to chase 99 runs from the remaining 98 deliveries after the rain break.
Before the enforced break, seamer Argal had removed the in-form Pieter Malan and Rilee Rossouw while Jon Smuts ran himself out in a mix-up with his partner Hendricks. Left-arm spinner Jadeja struck in the second over after the resumption when Jonathan Vandiar edged a faster delivery to wicketkeeper Sreevats Goswami, reducing South Africa to 22-4. Hendricks and Parnell put on 50 for the fifth wicket to revive the Proteas, but the fired-up Indians kept the runs in check by picking up wickets at regular intervals.
The victory ceremony was disrupted when about 500 fans rushed on to the ground after the match, and as soon as security men stepped in to clear the field, heavy rain hit the ground for a second time.
India:
T. Kohli c Malan b Parnell 1
S. Goswami c Hendricks b Arnold 6
T. Srivastava c Engelbrecht b Adams 46
V. Kohli c Engelbrecht b Malan 19
S. Tiwary st Barnes b Vallie 20
M. Pandey c Barnes b Arnold 20
R. Jadeja c Vandiar b Vallie 11
Iqbal Abdullah run out 9
P. Sangwan c Barnes b Adams 13
A. Argal c Barnes b Parnell 1
S. Kaul not out 1
Extras: (lb2, w10) 12
Total: 159
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (T. Kohli), 2-27 (Goswami), 3-74 (V. Kohli), 4-83 (Srivastava), 5-120 (Tiwary), 6-122 (Pandey), 7-137 (Iqbal), 8-150 (Jadeja), 9-158 (Sangwan), 10-159 (Argal).
Bowling: Parnell 7.4-2-21-2 (w2), Arnold 10-0-30-2 (w5), Malan 9-1-23-1 (w2), Adams 8-0-38-2, Vallie 9-0-33-2 (w1), Engelbrecht 2-0-12-0
Overs: 45.4
South Africa:
P. Malan c Goswami b Argal 2
J. Smuts run out 5
R. Rossouw c Jadeja b Argal 0
R. Hendricks c Goswami b Jadeja 35
J. Vandiar c Goswami b Jadeja 3
W. Parnell c Pandey b Kaul 29
R. Adams lbw Abdullah 1
B. Barnes b Kaul 19
M. Arnold not out 1
Extras: (lb5, w3) 8
Total: (for eight wickets) 103
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Malan), 2-6 (Roussouw), 3-11 (Smuts), 4-22 (Vandiar), 5-72 (Hendricks), 6-75 (Adams), 7-102 (Parnell), 8-103 (Barnes)
Bowling: Sangwan 5-2-14-0, Argal 5-2-7-2 (w3), Jadeja 5-0-25-2, Kaul 5-0-25-2, Abdullah 5-0-27-1
Overs: 25
India won by 12 runs (Duckworth-Lewis method - South Africa's target revised to 116 in 25 overs due to rain)
Toss: South Africa
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