The beauty of their win wasn't in their preparation, but in their execution at crunch moments.

Keacy Carty and Keemo Paul batted for 20.3 overs to wipe out the 69 remaining runs needed to win their first Under-19 World Cup title. There were pockets where an inevitable collapse looked a possibility, but the pair batted with the serenity and confidence that belied their age. Incredibly, Paul struck the only four and six in the partnership. Carty's answer when asked if it was a conscious effort gave you a peek into his temperament.
"Singles could have done it. We just needed 146 from 300 balls," he said.
Wait, that's not how West Indies do it these days, do they?
A careful, and not carefree approach, did the trick. Every run they took in the unbroken sixth-wicket stand indicated their willingness to grind it out and not look for glory hits. At no stage did they look nervous. They didn't seem to mind the odd miss or the fact that they were made to scrap and look ungainly, particularly against Mayank Dagar, the left-arm spinner, who troubled them with his loop and flight.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Kudos to the youngsters.

BUT

Let's not get carried away please.

Players were fortunate in their brief innings. The Indians reportedly dropped at least 3 catches

Celebrate the youngsters. They won and deserve accolades for doing so. But don't turn it into something that it wasn't.

In reply to imusic

Jeez. You are one sourpuss

In reply to imusic

Really , who remembers that a Rahul Dravid Coached team , did not field brilliantly . Have you seen it in any reviews of the game "Unfortunately, we put ourselves in too difficult a situation today that we couldn’t pull ourselves back. - " R. Dravid - Indian Express

In my opinion the Key Component was

THE PREPARATION OF OUR PLAYERS

PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY .

Looking through the Reeds , there was
in the Region ; Camps for the Players
with Coaches in Attendance .

Then there were the Warm up Matches ,
3 in Bangladesh so that the Players
could get acclimatized to both the Weather & Pitches . This was unusual
for the WICBC , who love whining that it aint have any money .

I sincerely hope that this is the Template that the WICBC is going to follow for Our Players at ALL LEVELS doing International Duty . The WICBC
is Notorious for abandoning Good Ideas .

In reply to imusic

That shows you a team wins series, not a team of individuals.
Can you imagine, what our team would have been, if Lara worked with Richardson, Hooper and even Marlon Samuels?

In reply to openning

He didn't?

Did they work with him?

In reply to imusic

He was the leader, Sir Frank, Clive and Viv would have gotten Samuels to polish his shoes.
Thats the kind of leaders they were.

In reply to openning

De same Viv that overrule the Rev and kept samuels in India?

How that work out for West Indies in the long run?

In reply to imusic
was it the other way, the Rev overruled Viv?

In reply to tc1
Same thing I wondering.

In reply to tc1

Actually....you right. I'm wrong

So why didn't marlon polish viv shoes then?