Another final, another loss for Team India: Takeaways of U-19 World Cup
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The U-19 Cricket World Cup once again highlighted a couple of things. India’s consistent performance to make it to the final for the fifth consecutive time. However, their unbeaten run came to a grinding halt against a familiar foe in the final - Australia. But what are the takeaways of this tournament? Uday Saharan came out with flying colours as a skipper and a batter. Musheer Khan and Sachin Dhas showed why they are so highly regarded. On the flip side, Arshin Kulkarni, who promised so much in the lead-up, had an underwhelming tournament. Precisely the pitfalls one must look out for. It is a collective responsibility of the Indian Cricketing ecosystem that these young boys are groomed well so that they can represent the country at the highest level. Amol Gokhale analyzes the U-19 World Cup from India’s perspective in this episode of Weekly Katta.  १९-वर्षाखालील मुलांच्या विश्वचषकाने काही गोष्टी पुन्हा अधोरेखित केल्या. एक म्हणजे भारताचं स्पर्धेतील सातत्य आणि दुसरी गोष्ट म्हणजे विश्वचषक आणि ऑस्ट्रेलिया ह्यांचं समीकरण. अंतिम सामन्यापर्यंत अपराजित असलेला भारतीय संघ पुन्हा एकदा शेवटच्या पायरीवर ऑस्ट्रेलियासमोर अडखळला. उदय सहरण, मुशीर खान, सचिन धस, सौमी कुमार पांडे, नमन तिवारी अशी नावं ह्या वर्ल्ड कपने भारतीय क्रिकेट चाहत्यांना ओळखीची झाली. असं जरी असलं तरी वास्तवाचं भान राखणं गरजेचं आहे. ह्या कामगिरीने हुरळून न जाता पाय जमिनीवर ठेवून सर्वांनीच - खेळाडू, राज्य संघटना आणि ईतर घटक - ह्या खेळाडूंचा खेळ अजून कसा बहरेल, ह्यातून भावी भारतीय खेळाडू कसे तयार होतील याकडे लक्ष देणं तेवढंच महत्त्वाचं आहे. ह्या १९-वर्षाखालील विश्वचषकाचा लेखा-जोखा घेतला आहे अमोल गोखलेने ह्या वीकली कट्ट्यावर…
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