Dubai: The life of the seventh goal that won 65-run between Raj Bawa and Kaushal Tambe ensured the four-goal victory for India above the sandy Afghanistan when they entered the semi-finals of the Asia Cup U-19 tournament on Monday.
Bring (43 not out) and Tambe (35 did not come out) joined by force when India was in trouble in 197 for six but they remained calm to take ‘blue boys’ into the target 260 needed with 10 balls.
This was after the opening form of the Harroor Pannu (65) and his partner Angkrish Raghuvanshi (35) added 104 for opening.
However, the middle order surrendered with captain Yash Dusam (26) and Nishant Sindhu (19) failed to convert starting.
It was handed over to Bring and Tambe to bring home the team.
With this victory, India Wee puts both in the group behind the Pakistani team, who won all the matches.
India will face the winner between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, which is pitted with each other at the last group league meeting.
With the second Indian finishing, they will fulfill the peak of other groups.
It is a game where India returns to a way to win.
Enter into the Bat at Academy ICC – Oval 2 here, Sapiman Suliman Saliman Afghanistan 73 coupled with an unbeaten 86 of 68 balls by Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai pushed Afghanistan to 259/4.
Chasing 260, Harroor, who hit nine boundaries and Angkrish left for leaflets when India ran to 44 without losing six overs.
It was raining on the ground, with two appetizers hammering Afghanistan attacks very easily.
Indian roaming on 74/0 after 12 overs.
However, Raghuvanshi was trapped in front of the Spinner’s left arm of Unortodox Noor Noor Ahmad (4/43) when he solved the opening stand of 104-Run.
India slipped to 116/3, when Afghanistan took off Harroor and Shaik Rasheed (6) by cheap.
Then captain Dhull and Sindhu tried to take a deep game, but Khalel Khalel set India by removing Sindhu with Indian reeling on 162/4.
Then Noor Ahmad got the three, after Ishaq confused Dhull on the 36th, when India lost half his side for 183.
Noor then trapped Aaradhya Yadav (12) to leave India in 197/6.
Bring and Tambe has a big task faced but they triggered a stand-winning stand to bring their parties to the last four stages with Tambe with slander finishing the game with limits with limits.
Breast Scores: Afghanistan U19 259/4 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai 86 Not Out, Suliman Safi 73; Kaushal Tambe 1/25) Lost to India U19 262/6 (Harroor Singh 65; R Bring 43 Not Out; Noor Ahmad 4/43) by four numbers.
U-19 Asia Cup: India defeats Afghanistan to enter the semifinals
