U-19 World Cup: India beat Pakistan by 203 runs; will face Australia in finals
India moves to the final of the U-19 cricket World Cup after thrashing Pakistan by a massive 203 runs in the semifinals on Tuesday.
India will now bat against Australia on February 3. Australia had beaten Afghanistan by six wickets in the first semifinals yesterday.
Brief Scores:
India: 272 for 9 in 50 overs (Shubman Gill 102 not out; Muhammad Musa 4/67).
Pakistan: 69 all out in 29.3 overs (Rohail Nazir 18; Ishan Porel 4/17, Shiva Singh 2/20, Riyan Parag 2/6).
Opting to bat first, India rod on Shubman Gill's 102 not out of 94 balls to pile on 272/9 in their allotted 50 overs and then bowled Pakistan out for a mere 69 in just 29.3 overs.
Gill, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.8 crore in the Indian Premier League players' auction, had hit a match-winning 86 in the quarterfinals against Bangladesh. He is the team's leading scorer with 341 runs.
Pakistan were reduced to 20 for 3 in the eighth over with Porel removing their top three batsmen and they could not recover from there under a relentless attack from an Indian pace battery and a spin troika.
Only three Pakistani players could reach double-digit scores with Rohail Nazir hitting 18. -PTC News
