
A massive victory for team India, as they trounced Pakistanby 203 runsin the semifinals. Now, India will face Australia in the finals of ICC U-19 World Cup.
Pakistan's batsmen collapsed to a shameful defeat as Indian bowlers saw off their 'favourite rivals' by a huge margin to enter finals with a high morale.
All credit goes to Shubman Gill and Ishan Porel, Gill slammed a century, on the other hand, Ishan Porel took four wickets to inspire the team to victory.
Shubman Gill was awarded man of the match for his splendid performance.
Scorecard:
Muhammad Zaid Alam 7
Imran Shah 2
Rohail Nazir 18
Ali Zaryab 1
Mohammad Taha 4
Ammad Alam 4
Saad Khan 15
Hasan Khan 1
Muhammad Musa 11 (not out)
Shaheen Afridi 0
Arshad Iqbal 1
Earlier, India had set a target of 272 runs which Pakistan failed to achieve and lost all the wickets after scoring 69 runs.
None of the Pakistani players scored more than 18 runs. The maximum was scored by Rohail Nazir.
For Pakistan, Arshad Iqbal and Muhammad Musa took crucial 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.
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 and 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 outshined the Pakistani bowlers. He slammed a massive century, scored 102 not out and helped the team to set a modest target.
Pakistan's Fall of wickets:
10-1 (Muhammad Zaid Alam, 3.5), 13-2 (Imran Shah, 5.3), 20-3 (Ali Zaryab, 7.2), 28-4 (Ammad Alam, 11.1), 37-5 (Mohammad Taha, 17.4), 41-6 (Rohail Nazir, 18.4), 45-7 (Hasan Khan, 20.2), 48-8 (Shaheen Afridi, 23.6), 68-9 (Saad Khan, 28.5), 69-10 (Arshad Iqbal, 29.3)