India overcame an atypical begin in Bloemfontein to beat Bangladesh by 81 runs within the ICC U19 Males’s Cricket World Cup 2024. After being rattled by Maruf Mridha initially, Adarsh Singh and Uday Saharan fought again with fifties to assist India to 251/7.
Left-arm spinners Saumy Pandey and Musheer Khan then shared six wickets between them to assist India to a win.
Bangladesh determined to bowl first in Bloemfontein, seeking to profit from any early assist accessible.
Left-arm pacer Maruf Mridha bowled with pinpoint accuracy and troubled the India openers. He finally accounted for Arshin Kulkarni (7) and Musheer Khan (3) in his first spell to depart India in hassle.
India’s innings was anchored by the left-right mixture of Adarsh Singh and skipper Uday Saharan. The duo overcame the guile of Bangladesh bowlers and put collectively a vital 116-run stand for the third wicket. Issues obtained tense through the center overs, when the gamers engaged in verbal battles amidst India’s rising stand.
Adarsh (74) finally fell whereas making an attempt to loft Chowdhury Md Rizwan over mid-off within the thirty second over.
Bangladesh pressed on after this breakthrough, and shortly had Saharan (64), whose composed knock got here to an finish off Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby’s bowling.
Helpful cameos from Aravelly Avanish (23 from 17) and Sachin Dhas (26 from 20) helped so as to add essential runs to the Indian complete, however Maruf returned to select two extra wickets and limit India to 251/7.
Maruf completed with a formidable five-wicket haul to announce himself in model. This was a step up for the pacer, as he’d picked a four-wicket haul in a semi-final win in opposition to the identical opponents within the U19 Asia Cup final month.
Some erratic new ball bowling mixed with a studious effort from the Bangladesh openers helped them get off to a assured begin. Ultimately, India obtained their first breakthrough when Murugan Abhishek took a superb catch at level as Jishan Alam tried to pierce a Raj Limbani supply previous him.
India vice-captain Saumy Pandey made an influence as quickly as he was launched. His accuracy and persistence obtained the higher of Bangladesh batters, who tried to cost at him to up the scoring price. Rizwan and Ashiqur Rahman Shibli had been cleaned up whereas making an attempt to go after Pandey.
When Ahrar Amin fell lbw to Kulkarni, Bangladesh had misplaced 4 wickets with over 200 to get, and had been in dire want of a consolidating act. This got here from Ariful Islam and Mohammad Shihab James, who stabilised the innings with a affected person stand. Nevertheless, disciplined bowling from India ensured that the Bangladesh scoring price didn’t go too excessive.
It was Musheer’s canny sluggish left-arm spin that accounted for Ariful, and Bangladesh’s combat wilted. Spin accounted for seven wickets, with Saumy ending with 4/24.
India’s skipper Uday Saharan mentioned his essential third-wicket stand with Adarsh, which helped his staff to a powerful place within the first innings.
“We focussed on executing our plans. After the lack of two early wickets, we remained calm. Adarsh batted brilliantly. We knew if we stayed on the wicket, runs will maintain coming.”
India 251/7 (50 overs) v Bangladesh 167 (45.5 overs)
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