HARARE: In the semi-final of the U-19 World Cup, India defeated Afghanistan by 7 wickets to move into the final.
The semi-final match, held in Harare, witnessed Afghanistan winning the toss and choosing to bat first. Afghanistan scored a total of 311 runs in their 50 overs, thanks to the impressive centuries by Faisal Shinwazadah, who scored 110, and Azirullah Niazi, who remained unbeaten with 101 runs. Afghanistan concluded their innings at 310 for 4.
India’s Deepeshan Devendran and Kanshak Chauhan took 2 wickets each for their team.
India then successfully chased the target and scored 311 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, thus winning the match and moving into the final.
U-19 World Cup: England dominates Scotland with a 252-run victory
Earlier, the English U-19 cricket team has secured their third consecutive win at the ICC U-19 World Cup by defeating Scotland with an easy 252 runs powerful win. The young English team showed their superiority in a rather unbalanced game and established a very strong position in the tournament.
Chasing 405 runs, Scotland were bowled out for 152 in 44. 5 overs. Finlay Carter (34) and Max Chaplin (22) made decent contributions for Scotland, while Theo Robinson and Jack Woodhouse made 19 and 18 runs respectively.
Scotland did a good job predicting the pitch conditions even before the match and decided to bowl first in the 17th group game of the tournament at Harare. England took the challenge and made a gigantic score of 404 runs, losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. Among the English batsmen, Ben Mess was the brightest, who made 191 and laid the foundation of the huge total.
Such a persuasive show makes the group’s performance of England even stronger as they look forward to the next stage of the tournament.
