U-19 World Cup: India colts trounce Bangladesh, set adult semis strife with Pakistan

Title contenders India fit their tip billing as they clinically decimated Bangladesh by 131 runs in a quarter-final to set adult a appetizing final 4 strife with arch-rivals Pakistan in a ICC U-19 World Cup, here today

 Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Shaw

Title contenders India fit their tip billing as they clinically decimated Bangladesh by 131 runs in a quarter-final to set adult a appetizing final 4 strife with arch-rivals Pakistan in a ICC U-19 World Cup, here today. The Prithvi Shaw-led group outclassed their next-door neighbours with unqualified palliate scoring 265 and afterwards bundling out a hosts for a insignificant 134 in 42.1 overs.

“The boys unequivocally executed a skeleton good as we have practised in a net session. Really looking brazen to a competition opposite Pakistan,” skipper Shaw pronounced after a match. Abhishek Sharma, who missed out on a Man of a compare endowment to his Punjab teammate Shubhman Gill (86 off 94 balls), was positively a star performer with his shining all- turn show.

He initial scored a discerning 50 (off 49 balls) and afterwards took a integrate of wickets (2/11) along with dual catches. Such was India’s mastery that notwithstanding a lower-order batting collapse, their bowlers scythed by Bangladesh middle-order with speedsters Kamlesh Nagarkoti (3/18 in 7.1 overs) and Shivam Mavi (2/27 in 8 overs) once again operative adult sprightly pace. Save opener Pinak Ghosh (43), nothing of a other Bangladeshi batsmen could cranky a 20-run symbol in what incited out to be a probably biased contest.

Nagarkoti, who is approaching to be sought after uncapped collect during a IPL auctions, once again frequently strike a 140 kmph symbol violence a batsmen for perfect pace. Some of a Bangladesh’s lower-order batsmen looked mortally frightened as they were seen retreating towards a leg- branch perplexing to equivocate removing hurt. The Indian spinners — left-arm contingent of Shiva Singh (0/29 in 7 overs), Anukul Roy (1/14 in 5 overs) and Abhishek (2/11 in 5 overs) kept it unequivocally parsimonious as a Bangladesh batsmen found it even formidable stagger a strike with singles and doubles.

Even Ishan Porel (0/8 in 5 overs) entrance behind after improving from ankle damage was quick and accurate during his usually spell of a match. While Rahul Dravid’s boys will rigging adult for their semi- final opposite Pakistan, a usually worrying cause will be miss of a grant from a lower-order, who were unprotected for a initial time. From a gentle 215 for 4, India mislaid 6 wickets for 50 runs on a representation that was slowish in inlet with strokeplay being difficult.

Dravid will have to demeanour into this emanate as Pakistan are approaching to be a distant some-more achieved group with improved peculiarity bowling conflict during a semi-final scheduled on Jan 30. However there was no interlude Shubhman, who strike 9 bounds in his 94 round knock. Someone who loves holding a aerial route, Shubhman was seen attack a lot of balls down a belligerent as he common 86- run second wicket mount with Shaw (40, 54 balls) and 74 for a third wicket with glovesman Desai (34).

“Rahul sir (Dravid) had told me to play along a belligerent some-more and we attempted doing that,” Gill pronounced with a humble giggle as Dravid station among a players had a robust giggle display thumbs adult to Gill. “We had primarily suspicion that we could get upto 280 to 300 though a wicket was on a slower side,” pronounced Gill. Once Gill was gone, a impertinent Abhishek kept a scoreboard ticking notwithstanding losing out on partners as he strike 6 boundaries. It was pleasantness Abhishek that India got-past a 200-run mark. “He is a shining all-rounder and he contributed unequivocally good today,” skipper Shaw pronounced today.

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