U19 Asia Cup: India beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets to enter semi-final
A match-winning 65-run seventh wicket stand between Raj Bawa and Kaushal Tambe ensured a combating four-wicket victory for India over a gritty Afghanistan as they entered the semi-final of the U-19 Asia Cup match right here on Monday.)
Bawa (43 not out) and Tambe (35 not out) joined compelled when India have been in hassle at 197 for six however they stored calm to take the ‘Boys in Blue’ to their required 260-run goal with 10 balls to spare.
This was after in-form opener Harnoor Pannu (65) and his accomplice Angkrish Raghuvanshi (35) added 104 for the opening stand. However, the center order caved in with skipper Yash Dull (26) and Nishant Sindhu (19) failing to transform begins. It was left to Bawa and Tambe to take the workforce house.
With this win, India have been positioned second within the group behind Pakistan workforce, which received all its matches.
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India will face the winners between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who’re pitted in opposition to one another within the final group league encounter.
With India ending second, they might meet the topper of the opposite group.
It was a sport the place India returned to successful methods.
Put into bat on the ICC Academy Oval 2 right here, Afghanistan skipper Suliman Safi’s affected person 73 coupled with a blistering unbeaten 86 off 68 balls by Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai propelled Afghanistan to respectable 259/4.
Chasing 260, Harnoor, who hit 9 boundaries and Angkrish have been off to a flyer as India raced to 44 for no loss in six overs.
It was raining boundaries on the floor, with the 2 openers hammering the Afghan assault with utmost ease.
India was cruising at 74/0 after 12 overs. However, Raghuvanshi was trapped within the entrance by left-arm unorthodox spinner Noor Ahmad (4/43) as he broke the 104-run opening stand.
India slipped to 116/3, as Afghanistan eliminated Harnoor and Shaik Rasheed (6) cheaply. Then skipper Dhull and Sindhu tried to take the sport deep, however Khalel Khalel pegged again India by eradicating Sindhu with India reeling at 162/4.
Then Noor Ahmad bought his third, after Ishaq stumped Dhull within the thirty sixth over, as India misplaced half its aspect for 183. Noor then trapped Aaradhya Yadav (12) to depart India teetering at 197/6.
Bawa and Tambe had an infinite process at hand however they cast a match-winning stand to take their aspect to the final 4 stage with Tambe fittingly ending the sport with a boundary.
Brief Scores: Afghanistan U19 259/4 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai 86 not out, Suliman Safi 73; Kaushal Tambe 1/25) misplaced to India U19 262/6 (Harnoor Singh 65; R Bawa 43 not out; Noor Ahmad 4/43) by 4 wickets.
