India recorded an exciting comeback two-wicket win in opposition to South Africa to storm into the ICC U19 ODI World Cup 2024 final on Tuesday. Sachin Dhas and Uday Saharan’s 171-run stand for the fifth wicket helped the defending champions chase down a 245-run goal after shedding the primary 4 wickets on 32 in Benoni.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius registered his third consecutive fifty on this event by smashing 76 off 102 and struggling batter Richard Seletswane added 64 runs to assist the Proteas rating a difficult whole of 244/7 whereas batting first.
But regardless of an early collapse from the Indian prime order, Dhas’ 96 off 95 balls and 81 runs from captain Saharan guided the younger weapons to a memorable win within the first semifinal. India can be dealing with the winner of the second semifinalists between Pakistan and Australia within the final on February 11.Â
After successful the essential toss on the Willomoore Park, the Indian captain elected to bowl first. India received all of their 5 matches on this event whereas batting first so a choice got here as a shock for the followers. But Indian bowlers continued their wealthy type with one other spectacular show.
The star pacer Raj Limbani eliminated Steve Stolk within the fifth over to provide India a breakthrough after which clean-bowled star batter David Teeger on a duck to place South Africa beneath stress. But the in-form Pretorius and no.4 Seletswane stored the Proteas alive within the recreation with spectacular however affected person gameplay.
Pretorius and Seletswane added 72 runs for the third wicket however took 131 balls. Both gamers registered fifties with Pretorius smashing his third consecutive half-century within the event. However, late cameos from Tristan Luus who smashed 23* off 12 and 24 runs from captain Juan James boosted South Africa to 244/7 in 50 overs.
South AfricaPlaying XI: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Steve Stolk, David Teeger, Richard Seletswane, Dewan Marais, Juan James (c), Oliver Whitehead, Riley Norton, Tristan Luus, Nqobani Mokoena, Kwena Maphaka
India Playing XI: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (c), Priyanshu Moliya, Sachin Dhas, Aravelly Avanish (wk), Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Saumy Pandey
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