ICC unveiled the shortlist for the U19 World Cup 2024 Player of the Tournament award on Friday. As anticipated Indian gamers dominate the shortlist forward of their upcoming closing showdown towards mighty Australia on Sunday, February 11.
Three Indians Uday Saharan, Musheer Khan and Saumy Pandey are included in the eight-player shortlist. Australian captain Hugh Weibgen, Pakistan’s rising wonderkid Ubaid Shah, West Indies batter Jewel Andrew and two South African kids Kwena Maphaka and Steve Stolk additionally made the shortlist for the prestigious award.
Despite failing to make the closing, South Africa’s Maphaka left a big effect on this event. He tops the leaderboard with record-breaking 21 wickets in simply 6 innings with the assist of three five-wicket hauls. Maphaka additionally picked three wickets towards India in the semifinal as he maintained a 3.81 economic system fee all through the event.
Apart from Maphaka, Indian captain Uday Saharan and in-form all-rounder Musheer Khan are high favourites to clinch the Player of the Tournament award. Saharan claimed the Player of the Match award for his match-winning 81-run knock in the semifinal which got here after his century towards Nepal. Saharan is main the scoring chart in the event with 389 runs in six innings at a mean of 64.83 with one century and three fifties.
On the different hand, Musheer Khan is the solely batter to report two centuries on this event to this point. Musheer scored large lots of towards Ireland and New Zealand and can also be in the race with Saharan for the main run-getter title. Musheer has additionally taken six wickets in 5 innings at a powerful economic system fee of 3.32 to impress everybody together with his all-round expertise.
ICC U19 World Cup 2024 Player of the Tournament shortlist:
- Kwena Maphaka (South Africa) – 21 wickets in 6 innings
- Ubaid Shah (Pakistan) – 18 wickets in 6 innings
- Saumy Pandey (India) – 17 wickets in 6 innings
- Musheer Khan (India) – 338 runs and 6 wickets
- Jewel Andrew (West Indies) – 207 runs in 4 innings
- Hugh Weibgen (Australia) – 256 runs in 6 innings
- Uday Saharan (India) – 389 runs and 1 wicket
- Steve Stolk (South Africa) – 228 runs in 6 innings
