The Uday Saharan-led India have stormed into the semis of the continuing ICC U19 Men’s World Cup 2024 and are awaiting their semifinal opponents. The Boys in Blue received their final Super Six stage fixture on February 2 on the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein to make it to the ultimate 4.
Let’s undergo India’s journey to the semis:
India vs Bangladesh (Group Stage)
India had been put into Group A alongside the USA, Bangladesh, and Ireland. The defending champions had been up towards the winners of the 2020 version, Bangladesh, on the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein.
India received off to a stutter after being despatched in by the Bangladesh captain and had been decreased to 31/2 inside eight overs.
However, spectacular half-centuries by Adarsh Singh and Saharan propelled India to 251.
In reply, Bangladesh received caught up badly in Saumy Pandey’s net and misplaced the competition by 84 runs. Saumy grabbed figures of 4/24 and was the stand-out bowler for India. Adarsh received the Player of the Match award for his 76 runs.
India vs Ireland (Group Stage)
India had been requested to abt first once more and so they made probably the most out of the chance as Musheer Khan and Saharan scored 118 and 75 respectively to take them to 301/7 in 50 overs.
Ireland received humbled by the tempo of left-arm seamer Naman Tiwari and the wily left-arm off-spin of Pandey. The Irish group received bundled out for simply 100 because the defending champions received the competition by a staggering 201 runs.
Musheer was named the Player of the Match (POTM) for his magnificent ton.
India vs USA (Group Stage)
The USA did not study from the errors dedicated by Bangladesh and Ireland as in addition they requested India to set a rating on the board.
The Indians did not require any second invitation as they hammered the USA bowlers to all components of the Mangaung Oval and racked up 326 with Arshin Kulkarni scoring a beautiful century.
In pursuit of 327, the USA bumped into the tempo of Naman and received restricted to 125/8 of their 50 overs. Naman bagged 4/20 however Arshin ran away with the Player of the Match laurel.
India vs New Zealand (Super Six)
With the beginning of the Super Six stage, everybody thought that India’s honeymoon interval was over however the Boys in Blue proved everybody fallacious as they registered their greatest victory of the match (by way of runs) in Bloemfontein.
Uday misplaced his fourth toss in a row however that did not trouble India because the Blackcaps performed into their fingers by asking them to bat first.
A 131-run knock off 126 balls by Musheer helped India put up 295.Â
The Kiwi reply could not have been extra feeble because the Oscar Jackson-led group received bundled out for 81 inside 29 overs and Pandey picked up yet one more four-for.
Musheer received his second POTM award of the match.
India vs Nepal (Super Six)
For the primary time within the ongoing version, the coin fell in favour of Saharan and he had no hesitation in batting first.
Maiden centuries of the continuing version by the India captain and Sachin Dhas received the Boys in Blue to 297 for the lack of 5 poles.
In reply, Nepal managed to get simply 165/9 in 50 overs as Pandey grabbed one other four-for to his credit score.
Sachin (116 off 101 balls) was awarded the Player of the Match.
