ICC U-19 World Cup 2018, Ind vs Pak: India set target of 272, Shubman Gill slams century
Shubham Gill
Shubman Gill scored 102 runs and helped the team to set a modest target against Pakistan in the semifinals
India has set a target of 272 runs for Pakistan in the semifinals of Under-19 World Cup at Hagley Oval, Christchurch on Tuesday.
Earlier, India opted to bat after winning the toss. For India, both the openers Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra gave a good start.
Indian skipper Prithvi Shaw scored 41 runs but unfortunately, lost his wicket as Muhammad Musa run him out. Manjot Kalra lost his wicket after scoring 47 runs.
At number three Shubman Gill came in and outshined the Pakistani bowlers. He slammed a massive century, scored 102 not out and helped the team to set a modest target.
Where Shubman Gill was keeping the hold from one end, Muhammad Musa along with Arshad Iqbal kept taking wickets from the other end, both of them tookcrucial wickets.
Musa out bowled Manjot Kalra (47), Anukul Sudhakar Roy (33), Sivam Mavi (10) and Shiva Singh (1).
Whereas, Arshad Iqbal took the most important wickets of Harvik Desai (20), Riyan Parag (2) and Abhishek Sharma (5) and thrashed the middle order.
But it was Pakistan's poor fielding and Gill's master class that helped India to score 272 otherwise 250 seemed impossible at one point, Pakistan missed many run-out chances as the fielding was not at par.
Previously in the quarterfinals, India had thrashed Bangladesh by 131 runs at Queenstown to enter in the last-four stage.
The winner of this match will play againstAustralia in the final of U-19 World Cup on February 3.
Fall of wickets:
89-1 (Prithvi Shaw, 15.3), 94-2 (Manjot Kalra, 17.2), 148-3 (Harvik Desai, 29.2), 156-4 (Riyan Parag, 31.1), 166-5 (Abhishek Sharma, 33.1), 233-6 (Anukul Sudhakar Roy, 45.2), 242-7 (Kamlesh Nagarkoti, 46.6), 265-8 (Shivam Mavi, 49.1), 267-9 (Shiva Singh, 49.4)
Squad:
Pakistan
Muhammad Zaid Alam, Imran Shah, Rohail Nazir, Ali Zaryab, Mohammad Taha, Ammad Alam, Saad Khan, Hasan Khan (c), Muhammad Musa, Shaheen Afridi, Arshad Iqbal
India
Prithvi Shaw (c), Manjot Kalra, Shubman Gill, Harvik Desai, Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Anukul Sudhakar Roy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh, Ishan Porel