CHRISTCHURCH: India won semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup against Pakistan by 203 being played at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval cricket ground here on Tuesday.
After electing to bat first, India set a 273-run target with the help of Shubman Gill’s 102-run innings, but Pakistan failed to inch even closer to the target as they were bowled out at 69 in just 29 overs.
After winning the toss, India chose to bat and determinedly scored run after run despite Pakistani bowlers’ persistent attempt at taking wickets, giving Pakistan a target of 272 runs against a nine-wicket loss.
Pakistan batsmen failed to put up a decent fight and were bowled out for 69 runs after just 21 overs.
Rohail Nazeer remained the highest scorer with 18 runs.
In the given number of overs, India’s Shubman Gill remained ‘not out’ at 102 runs, while Manjot Kalra and Prithvi Shaw scored 47 runs and 41 runs, respectively.
Muhammad Musa sent Shiva Singh off the pitch after the latter had only managed to bag a run.
Arshad Iqbal took three wickets against 51 runs while Musa took four against 67.
Shaheen Afridi, on the other hand, only took one wicket.
India has so far been unbeaten in the tournament and will face Australia in the finals of the World Cup on February 3.