Sunday, February 16, 2014

U19 WC: India beat arch-rival Pakistan by 40 runs

Dubai: India started their U-19 World Cup campaign on a winning note when they handed a comprehensive defeat to their arch-rivals Pakistan.
 
India defeated Pakistan by a comprehensive margin of 40 runs after scoring 262 runs in stipulated 50 overs. In reply, Indian bowlers restricted the Pakistani batsmen for 222 runs.
 
In India, DJ Hooda was the pick of the bowler with an impressive haul of five wickets. At the end of the match, Hooda's figure stood at 10-0-41-5. Indian bowlers restricted the Pakistani batsmen and did not gave them any room to score runs. CV Milind, AA Gani were the other economical bowlers. 
 
Chasing a target of 263 runs, Pakistan started well and put up a partnership of 109 runs for the first wicket. After the fall of the first wicket, no other Pakistani batsmen was able to steady the Pakistani innings. They kept on losing wickets at regular interval and were bundled out for a score of 222 runs.
 
Sami Aslam was the top scorer from their side with 64 runs. 
 
Earlier, Indian started handsomely and put up a first wicket partnership of 64 runs in the first 8 overs. India lost their captain VH Zol soon. He was caught with his leg before the wicket. Zol had to head towards the pavilion at a meager score of 3 runs.
 
SV Samson then tried to steady the innings along with Herwadkar. Both the batsmen played carefully before Herwadkar was dismissed at a score of 41 runs.
 
Samson was then joined by Bhui. Bhui too had to head towards the pavilion after scoring only one run. 
 
Bhui was followed by SN Khan. Samson and Khan played an impressive inning and helped India put up a decent score of 119 runs for the 5th wicket.
 
At the end of the Indian innings, Pakistan was given a target of 263 runs in 50 overs.

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