India U19 captain Yash Dhull shared Virat Kohli's advice for the squad ahead of the team's final against England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. Having been a U-19 world cup winning skipper in his youth, his tips boosted the team’s squad’s morale, according to Dhull.

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Known for winning the most number of U19 World Cup titles in the history of international cricket, the Boys in Blue are on the lookout for their fifth championship, this time around against the Young Lions of England. Talking about the approach that Kohli asked Dhull and his teammates to take during the final, here’s what the young cricketer had to say:

"Virat Kohli gave us his best wishes for the final. We got confidence from that, the morale increases when a senior player like him talks to you. He told us how we can execute our plans and he told us about the basics of the game, it was a nice interaction with him," Kohli's shared with the players following India's semi-final victory against Australia, Dhull told ANI.

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And even though Kohli’s message to his successors was that of motivation, encouragement and sportsmanship, some of the people belonging to his blindly hating cult of “cricket fans” managed to point out the negatives and pressed upon it until getting some reaction from the rest of the world.

Best wishes from chokli gaya match

— Dhoni fan (@Kingdhonifan) February 4, 2022

Lag gaye #INDvsENG https://t.co/lklAeUHTPh

— PJ (@PjPriyank2) February 4, 2022

Scenes from tomorrow's match pic.twitter.com/uFyahr9zyx

— V• (@vase556) February 4, 2022

Congratulations @englandcricket already.

— iPelahuastine (@iPelahuastine) February 4, 2022

Why .? Not this panauti

— Bored Particle (@Boredparticle3) February 4, 2022

On the other hand, the English skipper Tom Prest has also shown a lot of heart and courage and has expressed confidence in his team by saying that they have the potential to “beat anyone”.

So far, the boys have looked absolutely dominating and have remained unbeaten throughout their journey to the final. They have won all their Group-B matches ahead of defeating Bangladesh in the quarterfinal and the boys from Down Under in their penultimate clash of the tournament. This marks Team India’s eighth U19 World Cup final appearance and fourth consecutive since 2016.

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It was in 2020 when Team India had made it to the final of the U19 World Cup and despite a similar undefeated streak during the group stage, skipper Priyam Garg and his boys could not stop the Bangladeshi squad from chasing down a low-scoring total had lost the final by three wickets and 23 deliveries.

The last time they won the championship was four years ago in 2018 when a young Prithvi Shaw’s side crushed the Australians in the final and won the championship by 67 balls behind an incredible 101-run inning by Manjot Kalra.

India and England are set to face off for the U19 World Cup championship on Saturday at 6 30 PM IST at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

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