Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated India Under-19 cricket team for winning the World Cup, which was held in New Zealand, and said that their triumph has made every “Indian extremely proud”.

The Indian team beat Australia’s side by eight wickets to win the title held at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga (New Zealand). The men-in-blue won the World Cup trophy for the record fourth time.

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PM Modi took to Twitter saying, “Absolutely thrilled by the stupendous achievement of our young cricketers. Congratulations to them on winning the Under-19 World Cup. This triumph makes every Indian extremely proud”.

Absolutely thrilled by the stupendous achievement of our young cricketers. Congratulations to them on winning the Under-19 World Cup. This triumph makes every Indian extremely proud.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 3, 2018

Congress Party chief Rahul Gandhi also lauded the U-19 teams performance and said, “India takes great pride in the success of its new generation of cricket stars”.

Congratulations Team India on your resounding U 19 Cricket World Cup win! India takes great pride in the success of its new generation of cricket stars. #U19CWCFinal pic.twitter.com/DHUaYzhxjL

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) February 3, 2018

Earlier, following a target of 217 runs, India beat Australia by 8 wickets. From the Indian side, India skipper Prithvi Shaw and opener Manjot Kalra gave the team a steady opening by putting up the partnership of 71 rums for the first wicket.

However, soon Prithvi was sent back to the pavilion by Will Sutherland at the score of 29. Following his dismissal, Shubman Gill took the charge of Indian innings and added 31 runs before getting outsmarted by Australian bowler Param Uppal.

After Shubman Gill, wicket-keeper batsman Harvik Desai, along with Manjot Kalra, took the charge of Indian innings, and guided India to win the fourth International Cricket Council (ICC) under-19 World Cup title.

Brief Scores:

India 220-2 (Prithvi Shaw-29, Manjot Kalra-101, Shubman Gill-31, Harvic Desai- 47)

Australia 216 (Jonathan Merlo 76, Param Uppal 34, Jack Edwards 28; Ishan Porel 2/30, Anukul Roy 2/32, Shiva Singh 2/36).