U19 World Cup final, India vs Australia: Benoni Weather Forecast and Willowmoore Park Pitch Report

India take on Australia in the ICC Under-19 World Cup final on Sunday at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni (South Africa). India are the most successful side in U19 World Cup history with five titles and the Sunday’s match will be their fifth straight final. They reached the final by beating hosts South Africa in the semi-final by two wickets. Three-time champions Australia defeated Pakistan by one wicket in the second semi-final. Before the Uday Saharan-led India take on Hugh Weibgen’s Australia in the final, we take a look at the Willowmoore Park pitch report and Benoni’s Weather forecast. Willowmoore Park Pitch Report The semi-finals were also played at the Willowmoore Park and pitches proved to be slow in those games, especially in second innings. In India’s game, both teams scored close to 250 , while in Australia match, none of the team were able to cross the 200-run mark. We expect the final also to be a low-scoring match and team winning toss would want to bowl first as both semis was won by team bowling first. In 22 ODIs played at the stadium, 13 matches have been won by team batting second. Benoni Weather forecast As per weather.com, there’s a good chance of rain during the match which stands at 65% for day time with 84% cloud cover. The chances of precipitation comes down to 25% during the later half of the day. The temperature is expected to hover between 15-24 Degree Celsius. The humidity is expected to be between 65-85%. Squads India U19 Squad: Uday Saharan (c), Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Priyanshu Moliya, Sachin Dhas, Aravelly Avanish (wk), Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Saumy Pandey, Aaradhya Shukla, Ansh Gosai, Dhanush Gowda, Rudra Patel, Prem Devkar, Mohamed Amaan, Innesh Mahajan Australia U19 Squad: Hugh Weibgen (c), Harry Dixon, Sam Konstas, Harjas Singh, Ryan Hicks (wk), Oliver Peake, Tom Campbell, Raf MacMilllan, Tom Straker, Mahli Beardman, Callum Vidler, Lachlan Aitken, Charlie Anderson, Harkirat Bajwa, Corey Wasley, Aidan O Connor