The Indian teams triumph in the recently concluded quadrangular series in Australia has acted as a confidence booster for the team. Akshdeep Nath who was the vice captain of the team said defeating a team like Australia in Australia by seven wickets in the final has pumped a lot of confidence into the team and India has all the potential to win the Under-19 World Cup to be held in August this year in Australia.Talking to The Indian Express soon after returning to his hometown Lucknow,Akshdeep said, It has been a good practice tournament also ahead of the under-19 World Cup as the mega event will also be organised there. We got a feel of the pitches and the grounds there besides getting an opportunity to play against teams like Australia,New Zealand and England.We had also emerged winner in the quadrangular series held last year in India which featured Australia,West Indies and Sri Lanka,besides hosts India. So in a way,we have played against a majority of the strong teams which will be playing in the Under-19 World Cup,except Pakistan and South Africa. We have developed as a team which gives me a reason to believe that India has a good chance of winning in the mega event if it maintains a similar momentum, he explained. Akshdeep said that the quadrangular series in Australia has also helped the team analyse the areas of improvement. We have realised that our batting needs some improvement and we have time to work on that. The Under-19 Asia Cup is in June and we are sure to improve on our batting before that, he explained. When asked about the success mantra behind the junior team excelling against strong teams,he said that,the players keep enjoying each others performance and unmindful of a players performance in a particular match,the approach of the support staff remains very positive.
