Saumy Pandey leads India to victory; England ease previous Scotland
India Undr-19s 251 for 7 (Adarsh 76, Saharan 64, Mridha 5-43) beat Bangladesh Under-19s 167 (James 54, Pandey 4-24, Musheer 2-35) by 84 runs
Bangladesh Under-19s, who had overwhelmed India Under-19s within the Asia Cup in December last year, threatened to trigger one other stir when left-arm seamer Maruf Mridha took 5 wickets within the Under-19 World Cup in Bloemfontein. Maruf’s strikes saved India to 251 for 7, however Saumy Pandey trumped Maruf with 4 for twenty-four and bowled his crew to victory.
Musheer Khan, the youthful brother of Sarfaraz Khan, pitched in with two wickets, together with that of Mohammad Shihab James, who top-scored for Bangladesh with 54 off 77 balls. The remainder of the batters collapsed round James as Bangladesh had been bowled out for 167 in 45.5 overs. Musheer additionally effected a direct-hit to sink Bangladesh. Pandey was essentially the most economical bowler on the day, conceding simply 2.44 an over.
Earlier within the day, India’s innings was constructed round half-centuries from opener Adarsh Singh (76 off 96) and captain Uday Saharan (64 off 94). Aravelly Avinash (23 off 17), who was picked by Chennai Super Kings within the IPL 2024 public sale, and Sachin Dhas (26 off 20) then gave the innings some late impetus.
Pakistan Under-19s 284 for 9 (Shahzaib 106, Baig 55, Khalil 4-51, Bashir 2-52) beat Afghanistan Under-19s 103 (Numan 26, Ubaid 4-26, Zeeshan 3-17) by 181 runs
Ubaid Shah, the youthful brother of Naseem Shah, and Mohammad Zeeshan, who has been a part of Peshawar Zalmi within the PSL, took seven wickets between them to skittle Afghanistan Under-19s for 103 of their chase of 285 in East London.
Opener batting Shahzaib Khan had laid the platform for Pakistan Under-19s’ 181-run victory with 106 off 126 balls. His knock contained ten fours and three sixes. He added 92 for the third wicket with Saad Baig, who hit 55 off 52 balls, to set Pakistan up for an enormous complete. Khalil Ahmed was the choose of the bowlers for Afghanistan, returning 4 for 51 in his ten overs.
Pakistan’s complete regarded even greater when Ubaid and Zeeshan ripped by Afghanistan’s prime and center orders. Wicketkeeper-batter Numan Shah was the one Afghanistan batter to cross 25 within the chase. Amir Hassan and Ahmed Hussain picked up a wicket every as Pakistan bundled Afghanistan out in 26.2 overs.
England Under-19s 178 for 3 (McKinney 88, Denly 40, Faisal 2-30) beat Scotland Under-19s 174 (Gould 48, Dunk 40, Farhan 3-22, Benkenstein 3-41) by seven wickets
England Under-19s loved a profitable begin to the Under-19 World Cup, easing previous Scotland Under-19s in Potchefstroom.
Luc Benkenstein, the son of former South Africa worldwide Dale, sealed the victory with an unbeaten cameo after setting it up for England with a three-wicket haul. Farhan Ahmed, who’s the brother of England worldwide Rehan, additionally bagged a three-wicket haul to assist England dismiss Scotland for 174.
Captain Ben McKinney then hit 88 off 68 balls to hurry his facet to victory, with seven wickets and 142 balls to spare. He cast a 106-run partnership for the primary wicket with Jaydn Denly, who made 40 off 50 balls.
After Scotland had been requested to bat first, they by no means bought going and misplaced wickets in clusters. They did not actually have a single half-century stand of their total innings. Owen Gould top-scored for them with 48 off 61 balls, together with 5 fours and a six. The different 9 batters scored a mixed 5 boundaries. Harry Armstrong was absent harm for Scotland.