IND U19 beat AFG U19: India ensures semi-final berth with 4 wicket win over Afghanistan U19: Riding on Harnoor Singh’s 65 and Raj Angad Bawa’s unbeaten 43 India U19 registered a four-wicket win over Afghanistan in a U-19 Asia Cup fixture on Monday. With the win, Yash Dhull-led India has confirmed a semi-final berth from Group A. Follow U-19 Asia Cup Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Opting to bowl, India had a good start with the ball and reduced Afghanistan to 101-3 in 29th over. However, an 88-run stand between Ijaz Ahmadzai and Suliman Safi helped Afghanistan recover and post 259 on the board. Ijaz remained unbeaten on 86 while Suliman Safi was removed by Rajvardhan Hangargekar for 73.
Coming to the chase, Harnoor Singh and Angkrish Raghuvanshi added 104 runs for the opening wicket and laid a solid foundation for the run-chase. However, three quick wickets saw India reeling at 116/3. In the end, Raj Bawa (43*) and Kaushal Tambe (35*) guided the side over the line with 4 wickets in hand and 10 balls to spare.
IND U19 beat AFG U19: India ensures semi-final birth with 4 wicket win over Aghanistan U19
A 4-wicket win over Afghanistan U19 has ensured India U19’s qualification for the semi-final of #U19AsiaCup to be played on Thursday.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2021
IND U19 beat AFG U19: India ensures semi-final birth with 4 wicket win over Aghanistan U19
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harnoor Singh | 65 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 87.84 | |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 35 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 74.47 | |
| SK Rasheed | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Yash Dhull | 26 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 74.29 | |
| Nishant Sindhu | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 70.37 | |
| Rajangad Bawa | 43 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 78.18 | |
| Aaradhya Yadav (WK) | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 | |
| Kaushal Tambe | 35 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 120.69 | |
| Extra | 21 (b 0, w 20, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 262/6 (48.2) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | RS Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Sami | 9.2 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 6.30 |
| Khalel Ahmad | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 5.60 |
| Ijaz Ahmadzai | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Izharullahq Naveed | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Noor Ahmad | 10 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 4.30 |
| Suliman Safi | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 1-104 | 17.6 |
| Harnoor Singh | 2-116 | 21.5 |
| SK Rasheed | 3-116 | 22.2 |
| Nishant Sindhu | 4-162 | 30.3 |
| Yash Dhull | 5-183 | 35.1 |
| Aaradhya Yadav | 6-197 | 37.4 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suliman Arabzai | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 64.29 | |
| Mohammad Ishaq (WK) | 19 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 32.76 | |
| Allah Noor | 26 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 50.98 | |
| Suliman Safi | 73 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 84.88 | |
| Ijaz Ahmadzai | 86 | 68 | 1 | 7 | 126.47 | |
| Khyber | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 166.67 | |
| Extra | 17 (b 4, w 9, nb 3, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 259/4 (50) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Ijaz Ahmad, Izharullahq Naveed, Bilal Sami, Noor Ahmad, Khalel Ahmad | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajvardhan Hangargekar | 10 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 7.40 |
| Ravi Kumar | 8 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 5.38 |
| Nishant Sindhu | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.44 |
| Rajangad Bawa | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 6.60 |
| Vicky Ostwal | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Kaushal Tambe | 8 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3.13 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Suliman Arabzai | 1-38 | 10.3 |
| Mohammad Ishaq | 2-63 | 18.6 |
| Allah Noor | 3-101 | 28.4 |
| Suliman Safi | 4-189 | 45.2 |
Playing XIs
India U19: Harnoor Pannu, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shaik Rasheed, Yash Dhull (c), Nishant Sindhu, Rajangad Bawa, Aaradhya Yadav (wk), Kaushal Tambe, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar
Afghanistan U19: Suliman Arabzai, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Suliman Safi (c), Allah Noor Naseri, Ijaz Ahmad Azad, Khaiber Wali, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Izharullahq Naveed, Noor Ahmad Lakanwal, Bilal Sami, Khalel Ahmad Khalel
Toss: India have won the toss and elected to field first.
TOSS: India 🇮🇳 U19s have won the toss and have put Afghanistan 🇦🇫 U19s into bat first.#FutureStars | #U19AsiaCup | #AFGvIND pic.twitter.com/1mkomHHkaW
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) December 27, 2021
Afghan National U19s are warming up ahead of their 3rd game against the Indian U19s.#FutureStars | #U19AsiaCup | #AFGvIND pic.twitter.com/MjbxGsvbhu
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) December 27, 2021
📼: Afghan openers head into the middle to open the inning for Afghanistan. Go well boys 👏#FutureStars | #U19AsiaCup | #AFGvIND pic.twitter.com/M4s0G9ayZ1
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) December 27, 2021
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