ভারত-পাকিস্তান

ভারত Under-19 230 for 2 (Raichandani 93, Vineeth 57*, Sehwag 51, Sohail 1-56) beat আফগানিস্তান Under-19 227 for 8 (Sarafzai 51, Rahimi 51, Sood 3-43) by eight উইকেট

ভারত Under-19 230 for 2 (Raichandani 93, Vineeth 57*, Sehwag 51, Sohail 1-56) beat আফগানিস্তান Under-19 227 for 8 (Sarafzai 51, Rahimi 51, Sood 3-43) by eight উইকেট। ভারত Under-19 set up a final clash with পাকিস্তান Under-19 on Saturday after easing past আফগানিস্তান Under-19 in the semi-final. They beat আফগানিস্তান Under-19 by eight উইকেট, after পাকিস্তান had defeated বাংলাদেশ by the same margin an hour earlier, at the adjacent Al Amerat ground in Muscat.। অধিনায়ক Lakshya Raichandani guided ভারত's রান তাড়া করে 228 with an imperious 93, which included 13 fours and a six. He put on an 117-রান opening stand with Aaryavir Sehwag, who contributed with 51 off 57 balls.।

Raichandani and VK Vineeth then added 77 for the second উইকেট to shut আফগানিস্তান out of the game. Vineeth scored five fours and a six.। Raichandani fell in the nineties, but Vineeth completed the chase with Yashbardhan Chauhan who was unbeaten on 16 off 14 balls. ভারত finished the chase in 36.5 overs.। Earlier in the day, ভারত kept taking regular উইকেট to peg আফগানিস্তান back in the first 20 overs. Noman Sarafzai (51) and Faisal Rahimi (51) briefly steadied the innings before অধিনায়ক Sohail Khan made a cameo (36 off 44 balls). ভারত's bowlers hit their lengths at the death as well to keep আফগানিস্তান in check.।

Ishan Sood took three উইকেট while Aryan Savsani picked up two. Kavya Patel, Chauhan and Arjun Rajput got one উইকেট each.। Feathers it through to the keeper। Nadarjan wears an expression of sheer disappointment immediately after making contact. Pitched well up outside the sixth stump channel, he reaches for the line of the delivery and throws his hands into an expansive cover drive, only to fail to connect cleanly, flashing an outside edge straight through to the wicketkeeper for a regulation catch.।

Chopped on and clipped the leg stump bails। Three-quarter length delivery with a hint of inward movement pitches well outside off, rearing up with extra bounce off the surface. Reaching away from the body with zero foot movement, Ihsas flashes a square drive, only to drag it down on the bounce as the ball clips the top of the leg stump on its way through.। Unbelievable scenes, and the ব্যাটার simply cannot believe his luck।

A clever change of angle does the trick. A floated length ball on the stumps; Zakhail backs away to make room and tries to push it across but gets an inside edge onto his left leg. The ball ricochets off his boot, loops back toward the stumps, and dislodges the leg stump bail। What a bizarre and agonizingly unlucky dismissal। That's exactly what ভারত were hunting for, he pushes it full and the ball skids on at off, he was itching to go big and clear the ropes, went downtown and found the fielder at long-on to perfection. Noman got down low in no time but the ball was rapid and dipped at him quickly, couldn't get underneath it and ভারত get a vital breakthrohgh at a pivotal jucnture of the innings।

That is a stunning yorker and when it comes from that Burj Khalifa height, one can imagine how hard it would be to negotiate, he tried to slice it away and the ball sneaked through and rattled the stumps, time for Rashad to step in। Oh another one bites the dust। Around the উইকেট, fuller on the stumps, straightened a touch, tried a slog sweep and miscued the skier, taken at silly mid-off, regulation catch and আফগানিস্তান have lost two quick উইকেট just at the wrong time as ভারত continue to apply the squeeze।

Back of a length and it cuts back sharply at middle, he was firmly rooted back in crease, feet got stuck and ended up chopping it back onto the stumps, excellent delivery, tidy and suffoacting stuff, tall man and he didn't have enough time to jam his bat down and get behind the line. ভারত are on a roll। Brilliant 15 minutes for them picked their third উইকেট and have pushed আফগানিস্তান against the wall. Time for drinks। Bowled'em with another yorker ball।

Steps out of the crease way too early to swing at it, misses the low full toss dipping in and connects with thin air only. The ball lands accurately on the base of the leg stump.। Over the উইকেট, pushed a touch full and outside off, he tries to spank it up and over extra cover but hasn't been able to get underneath the ball, finds the fielder to perfection in the ring, he was at wide mid-off and leapt back to take a sharp catch but what an innings, take a bow। The man of the semi-final and he gets warm applause from his teammates and the support staff. He has done his job exceedingly well।

Oh dear, he throws his উইকেট away। A touch short with extra bounce off the surface; he tries to whip it away across the line, gets a leading edge and miscues the stroke toward the cover region where the fielder tracks back to safely pouch it। Finally, some breathing room for the Afghan bowlers as they break through after a solid 117-রান opening stand. Time for a drinks break now.।