ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 Final | India defeat Australia by 6 wickets | India wins 2012 Under-19 World Cup

India Under-19 team on Sunday defeated Australia U-19 team by 6 wickets to win final of International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup.

Earlier, India won the toss and invited Australia to bat. Australia’s top order collapsed skipper middle order batsman William Bosisto played  87 runs not out inning to take the Aussies to a total 225 runs.

India’s Sandeep Sharma took 4 wickets for 54 runs.

In reply, India’s skipper and opening batsman Unmukt Chand played a great captain inning  111 runs not out to take his team to a victory stand and win the world title for third time.  Middle order wicketkeeper batsman Smit Patel who also remained not out made 62 runs. India accomplished the target in 48th over.

Australia’s Gurinder Sandhu took 1 wicket for 43 runs.

Man of the Match: Unmukt Chand, India captain

Man of the Tournament: William Bosisto, Australia captain

India: Prashant Chopra, Unmukt Chand (c), Baba Aparajith, Hanuma Vihari, Vijay Zol, Akshdeep Deependra Nath, Smit Kamleshbhai Patel (wk), Kamal Passi, Harmeet Singh, Ravikant Singh, Sandeep Sharma.

Australia: Cameron Timothy Bancroft, James John Peirson (wk), Meyrick John Buchanan, Kurtis Robert Patterson, William Giles Bosisto (c), Travis Michael Head, Ashton James Turner, Alexander James Gregory, Mark Thomas Steketee, Joel Samuel Paris, Gurinder Singh Sandhu

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V.V.S. Laxman retires from international cricket

Indian cricketer V.V.S. Laxman Saturday announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect ahead of the home Test series against New Zealand starting Aug 23.

Laxman 37 made his India debut in 1996. The stylish right-hander played 134 Test matches scoring 8781 runs at an average of 45.97 and scored 23886 runs in 86 One-day internationals.

In his first-class career he played 265 matches and scored 19520 runs at an average of 51.50.

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Olympics 2012: India's 'Iron Lady' Mary Kom to debut tomorrow

Five-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) would be India's lone flag-bearer and a gold medal hope when women's boxing makes its historic Olympic debut in three weight categories on Sunday.

The 29-year-old Manipuri is the lone Indian woman boxer in fray at the mega-event after making the cut in the only qualifying tournament - the World Championships in May earlier this year.

The mother-of-two, who is also a multiple-time Asian champion, will face Poland's Karolina Michalczuk - a former bantamweight (54kg) world champion - in her pre-quarterfinal bout Sunday at 1830 hrs (IST).

The Indian, who was made the face of International Boxing Association's campaign to get women's boxing included in Olympics, needs to win just two bouts to be assured of a medal and first up for her is Michalczuk.

Michalczuk, a 32-year-old, won a bronze medal at the World Championships this year.

"The critics and some of my well wishers still want me to prove myself after 12 years in this sport and after winning five World Championships," Mary Kom has stated.

"I have won my World Championships in 46 and 48kg. These weight categories are not in Asian or Olympic Games. Boxing was introduced in Asian Games only in 2010 and there I got a bronze in 51kg."

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IPL 2012 Points Table

Points Table for IPL 2012 tournament which is being held at India from Apr 4, 2012 to May 27, 2012. In Indian Premier League 2012, total 76 matches will be held. The matches of Indian Premier League 2012 will be played in India till May 27, 2012. Points-Table.com helps Indian Premier

League 2012 fans to embed the code for tournament team Standings and provide information about which teams are qualify for the next round or stage.

The leading teams are Pune warriors, Mumbai Indians Delhi daredevils and Kolkata knight riders updated till 14th April, 2012

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