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ICC U-19 WC 2022: India beat Australia by 96 runs in the semi-final

Posted on February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 by cbtfhome

India have beaten Australia by 96 runs in the second semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2022 to reach the final of tournament. India reached its fourth consecutive U-19 World Cup final on Wednesday.

Earlier, India opted to bat first after winning the toss, knowing it wasn’t the easiest of pitches to bat on. Australian pacers bowled well in the opening powerplay, India lost two early wickets at 37/2. However skipper Yash Dhull and vice-captain Shaik Rasheed combined for the third wicket to steady the ship. Captain Yash Dhull led the side from the front and scored a brilliant 110 in the same number of balls. And vice captain Shaik Rasheed, who scored 94.

After the duo was dismissed off successive balls in the 46th over, ‘keeper Dinesh Bana and Sindhu struck a few lusty blows to give the perfect finishing touches to the innings. Finally India posted 290 runs for five wickets in 50 overs. Chasing a record target, Australia lost their in-form opener Teague Wyllie . Following his dismissal Campbell Kellaway and Corey Miller showed some resistance yet Angkrish Raghuvanshi end to their show by trapping Miller LBW on 38(46). Kellaway too departed soon on 30(53) and ever since his dismissal Australia kept losing wickets in regular intervals and were eventually bundled out on 194 in 41.5 overs.

This is the eighth time that four-time champions India have made it to the final of the U-19 World Cup, the most by any team. India will now face England in the final, who defeated Afghanistan in their semi-final clash.

ENG vs AFG, U19 World Cup: England beat Afghanistan by 15 runs in the semi-final

Posted on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 by cbtfhome

England beat Afghanistan by 15 runs through the DLS method, in the first semi-final of the ICC U19 World Cup. England enter the final of the tournament for the first time in 24 years. For Afghanistan, this is also the second time that they have qualified for the semifinals of the ICC U19 World Cup. The first time they qualified was during the 2018 edition.

Rain delayed the semifinal after England won the toss and elected to bat. England were five down having barely put 100 runs on the board. However, the rain came again to delay play for a further half-hour and led to revised conditions of 47-overs-per-side. While, George Bell and Alex Horton managed to give them a respectable total, which helped them to a final total of 231.

The earlier interruptions from the weather meant Afghanistan had a revised DLS target to match this score and chasing their first ever ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final. Chasing the target from England, the Afghanistan team was once in the commanding position. there was an unmatched half-century partnership between the Afghan batsmen and the score reached near 100 in the 24th over.

But, under pressure they lost wickets. The team lost 3 wickets for the next 12 runs. While lower order gave Afganistan a chance to return in the match. Afghanistan needed 18 runs in the last over. However they were restricted to 215 for nine in 47 overs.

India defeated Bangladesh to enter the U-19 World Cup semi-final

Posted on January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 by cbtfhome

India beat Bangladesh in the quarter-finals of the ICC U19 World Cup 2022 to seal the place in the semi-finals. This was the 7th time India stormed past the last eight stages in the history of the U-19 World Cup. India will face Australia in the semi-final on February 2.

India have beaten defending champions Bangladesh by five wickets. Winning the toss, India opted to bowl, while Bangladesh was off to a shaky start, losing three wickets with 14 runs on the board. India’s bowler Ravi Kumar ripped through the top order of Bangladesh team. He had taken just one wicket in the tournament but finished with figures of three for 14 from seven overs here, as he dismissed the top three Bangladesh batters. However, just two other Bangladesh batters reached double figures and they were eventually all out for 111.

Chasing a small target of 112 to win, India lost opener Harnoor Singh early but other opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Shaik Rasheed batted well . They put their team into command by stitching a 50-run stand for the second wicket. The stand eventually ended on 70 as Ripon Mondol dismissed Raghuvanshi on 44.

However, it appeared for a moment that another twist will come in this chase but it was not to be as skipper Yash Dhull (20) kept his calm and along with Kaushal Tambe (11) won the game for India. Kaushal finished the match off in style with a six over long on off spinner Rakibul Hasan.