The Indian team’s winning streak at the U19 World Cup continues unbroken. Today Indian team easily defeated Nepal. Team India achieved a big victory by 132 runs. With this, the Indian team recorded its second consecutive win in the Super 6 round. The Indian team led by Uday Saharan had previously defeated New Zealand. Team India had defeated New Zealand by a huge margin of 214 runs. This is Team India’s fifth consecutive win in the tournament. So far, apart from Bangladesh, the Indian team has also defeated Ireland, America, New Zealand and Nepal.
Nepal had set a target of winning by 298 runs. But the Nepali batsmen continued to struggle against the Indian bowlers and the batsmen kept turning towards the pavilion at regular intervals. As a result, the Nepalese team was able to score 165 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. However, Nepal got off to a good start. Nepal’s openers Deepak Bohra and Arjin Kumal added 48 runs for the first wicket but the rest of the batsmen received no support. 7 Nepali batsmen were in the pavilion until the 77th run. Six Nepali batsmen failed to cross double figures.
At the same time, the Indian team led by Uday Saharan reached the semi-finals after this victory. Team India will face South Africa in the semi-finals.
As far as Indian bowlers are concerned, Soumi Pandey has been the most successful bowler. Soumi Pandey made 4 Nepali batsmen his victims by giving away 29 runs in 10 overs. Arshin Kulkarni took 2 wickets. Additionally, Raj Limbani, Aaradhya Shukla and Murugan Abhishek scored 1 each.
Earlier, Indian team captain Uday Saharan won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India, who came to bat first, scored 297 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. Captain Uday Saharan and Sachin Das scored brilliant centuries for India. The Indian captain played an innings of 100 runs in 107 balls. Sachin Das, on the other hand, scored 116 runs in 101 balls. Uday Saharan hit nine fours in his innings. While Sachin Das scored 11 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.