India lost the wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored 68 runs in 33 balls. Vaibhav, who completed his half-century in 24 balls, played an innings of 68 runs with the help of 9 fours and four sixes.
Harare: India got a great start while chasing the big target of 311 runs against Afghanistan in the Under-19 World Cup semi-finals. Till the latest information is received, India has scored 133 runs at the loss of one wicket in 16 overs. Malayali player Aaron George is at the crease after scoring 42 runs and captain Ayush Mhatre has scored 22 runs. India lost the wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored 68 runs in 33 balls. Vaibhav, who completed his fifty in 24 balls, scored 68 runs with 9 fours and four sixes. Initially, easy catches of Vaibhav and Aaron George were dropped by Afghan fielders, due to which India benefited.
Earlier, after winning the toss and batting first, Afghanistan scored 310 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs thanks to centuries from Faisal Shinozada and Uzairullah Niazi. Shinozada, who scored 110 runs in 93 balls, was Afghanistan’s top scorer. Uzairullah Niazi, who completed his century in the last over, remained unbeaten after scoring 101 runs in 86 balls. For Afghanistan, opener Usman Sadat scored 39 and Khalid Ahmadzai scored 31 runs. For the third wicket, the pair of Uzairullah Niazi-Faisal Shinozada added 148 runs in 130 balls, which gave strength to Afghanistan. Deepesh Devendran and Kanishk Chauhan took two wickets each for India.
Afghanistan’s openers, who came to the crease after winning the toss, gave a good start. Usman Sadat (39) and Khalid Ahmedzai (31) added 53 runs for the first wicket. Deepesh Devendran gave India its first success by dismissing Khalid. After this, the pair of Usman-Faisal added 64 more runs. Kanishk Chauhan broke this partnership in the 25th over and gave success to India. Later, the Uzairullah-Faisal duo, who came together at the crease, batted brilliantly, ensuring Afghanistan a big score. The pair, who came to the crease in the 25th over, separated in the 46th over.
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