U19 World Cup 2024: Holders India shake off South Africa to enter fifth consecutive final🏏🏆
Sachin Dhas and Uday Saharan were the stars of the show as India defeated hosts South Africa by two wickets to make it to the final of the U19 World Cup 2024.🏏🏆
India skipper Uday Saharan and Sachin Dhas helped India reach its fifth consecutive U19 World Cup final as they defeated South Africa by two wickets on Tuesday. The Uday Saharan-led side did suffer a batting collapse but Uday and Sachin maintained their composure and led the team to victory and knocked South Africa out of the competition.
The Proteas bowlers gave away 26 extra runs as the Men in Blue won the nail-biting thriller with seven balls remaining.
South Africa became the first team to score more than 200 runs against a formidable team in the semifinal clash. South Africa went all guns-blazing against India’s attack, who had usually kept the opponent’s score under 200 runs and they thus chased the target of 244 runs.
The reigning champions did have some jittery moments as they defeated South Africa by two wickets.Dhas and Saharan stitched a partnership of 171 runs off 187 balls to help the team win the match.
India needed 19 runs off 19 balls to win the match but lost two consecutive wickets- Aravelly Avanish (10) and Murugan Abhishek (0) in three balls but Saharan remained calm and along with Raj Lambani helped the team reach its fifth consecutive final by hitting a boundary.
South African pacers Wena Maphaka (3/32) and Tristan Luus (3/37) performed brilliantly.Choosing to bowl first, India skittled South out for 244/7.
South Africa’s wicket-keeper batter Lhuan-dre Pretorious (76, 102 balls), was the highest run-scorer whereas Richard Seletswane scored 64 runs off 104 balls.Raj Lambiani starred with the ball as he took three wickets whereas Musheer took two. Naman Tiwari and Saumy Pandey took one wicket each.🏏🏆
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