U-19 World Cup 2018: India thrash Pakistan by 203 runs in semifinal

CHRISTCHURCH - India on Tuesday beaten Pakistan by 203 runs in the second U-19 World Cup semi-final match, being played at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval cricket ground.

Winning the toss, India chose to bat first and determinedly scored run after run despite Pakistani bowlers' persistent attempt at taking wickets. India set a target of 273 runs for Green Shirts.

However, Pakistan could make mere 69 runs off 21 overs and faced the heaviest defeat in terms of runs in the semi-final.

Shubman Gill remained 'not out' at 102 runs, while Manjot Kalra and Prithvi Shaw scored 47 runs and 41 runs, respectively, in the stipulated overs.

Muhammad Musa sent Shiva Singh off the pitch after the latter had only managed to bag a run. Arshad Iqbal took three wickets against 51 runs while Musa took four against 67. Shaheen Afridi, on the other hand, only took one wicket.

During run-chase, Pakistani batsmen came back o pavilion one after another. Rohail Nazeer was the top scorer with 18 runs.

Match Timings?

The match started at 2:30am PST and 10:30am on New Zealand time.

How do I watch semi-final?

The match is being broadcast live on PTV Sports and Star Sports networks.

Where can you follow the online?

The under-19 world cup semi-final can be streamed online on Daily Pakistan. For live scores and updates, you can follow dailypakistan.com.pk.

Pakistan qualified for the semifinal after outclassing South Africa in a thrilling encounter earlier this week, while India, the three-time champions thumped Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Zimbabwe to top Group B.  Australia have already booked their spot in the final by beating Afghanistan in the other semi-final.

Our boys in green and the management are fully focused on the big Semi-Final clash against India in the @cricketworldcup pic.twitter.com/hM4jMdNpIC

— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) January 29, 2018

Squads

Pakistan: Hasan Khan (C), Rohail Nazir , Mohammad Ali Khan, Ali Zaryab, Ammad Alam, Arshad Iqbal, Imran Shah, Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Musa, Muhammad Zaid, Munir Riaz, Saad Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Suleman Shafqat.

India: Prithvi Shaw (C), Shubman Gill, Aryan Juyal, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Harvik Desai, Manjot Kalra, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pankaj Yadav, Riyan Parag, Ishan Porel, Himanshu Rana, Anukul Roy, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh.