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| India beat Afghanistan by four wickets to enter semi-final | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 28: A match-winning 65-run seventh wicket stand between Raj Bawa and Kaushal Tambe ensured a fighting four-wicket victory for India over a gritty Afghanistan as they entered the semi-final of the U-19 Asia Cup tournament here on Monday.)
Bawa (43 not out) and Tambe (35 not out) joined forced when India were in trouble at 197 for six but they kept calm to take the ‘Boys in Blue’ to their required 260-run target with 10 balls to spare.
This was after in-form opener Harnoor Pannu (65) and his partner Angkrish Raghuvanshi (35) added 104 for the opening stand. However, the middle order caved in with skipper Yash Dull (26) and Nishant Sindhu (19) failing to convert starts. It was left to Bawa and Tambe to take the team home.
With this win, India wee placed second in the group behind Pakistan team, which won all its matches. India will face the winners between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who are pitted against each other in the last group league encounter. With India finishing second, they would meet the topper of the other group.
It was a game where India returned to winning ways.
Put into bat at the ICC Academy – Oval 2 here, Afghanistan skipper Suliman Safi’s patient 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 nine boundaries and Angkrish were off to a flyer as India raced to 44 for no loss in six overs. |
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