Tournament favourites Indian cricket workforce recorded a dominant seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the opening match of the ACC U19 Asia Cup 2023 on Friday, December 8. Pakistan additionally registered a straightforward win over Nepal in the next sport to take the lead in Group A.
Uday Saharan gained the toss at ICC Academy in Dubai and elected to subject first. Indian bowlers proved their superiority with the early wicket of opener Wafiullah Tarakhil however Afghanistan staged a superb comeback to stability the sport. Opener Jamshid Zadran scored 43 runs off 75 balls to indicate indicators of an enormous whole for Afghanistan.
But Maharashtra’s 18-year-old batting all-rounder Arshin Kulkarni took three massive wickets to bowl out Afghanistan on simply 173 runs in 50 overs. Arshin, right-arm pacer, took three for 29 whereas Raj Lambani picked three for 46 to showcase their potential with a ball.
After sensational bowling, Arshin additionally impressed everybody along with his batting expertise by top-scoring with 70* runs off 105 balls whereas opening an innings. India misplaced opener Adarsh Singh and Rudra Patel early however Arshin’s good fifty and unbeaten 48 off 53 from Mumbai’s Musheer Khan helped India document a straightforward chase with seven wickets and 75 balls remaining.
Meanwhile, Pakistan additionally kicked off their marketing campaign with an enormous seven-wicket win over Nepal in the second sport. The 17-year-old right-arm pacer Mohammad Zeeshan took six wickets for simply 19 to bowl out Nepal on simply 152 balls. Then captain Saad Baig and top-order batter Azan Awais registered half-centuries to assist Pakistan register an enormous win. India and Pakistan will conflict towards one another in their subsequent Group A sport at ICC Academy on Sunday.
India U19 Playing XI: Uday Saharan (c), Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Rudra Patel, Sachin Dhas, Aravelly Avanish (wk), Saumy Pandey, Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Musheer Khan
Afghanistan U19 Playing XI: Jamshid Zadran, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Sohil Khan Zurmatai, Naseer Khan Maroofkhil (c), Bashir Ahmad, Wahidullah Zadran, Mohammad Younus Zadran, Numan Shah (wk), Rahimullah Zurmati, Khalel Ahmad, Akram Mohammadzai
