India advanced to the U19 World Cup finals..!
The indian team has advanced to the finals of the Under-19 World Cup. The Under-19 cricket world cup is being held in South Africa. india and south africa clashed in the first semi-final match.
World Cup Semi-Finals:
In this, Pretorius played well for the South African team who batted first. But Steve Stoke was also out for 14 runs and David Deegar ducked out. Next up, richard paired up with opener Pretorius and played superbly. Both of them bowled brilliantly and scored fifties. Pretorius scored 76 runs and richard scored 64 runs. Thus, the South African stumbled. At the end of 50 overs, the South African team scored 244 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. A shock awaited the indian team from the start, who could advance to the final if they scored 255 runs. Opener adarsh Singh was ducked in the first ball. The next action player Mushir Khan was all out for 4 runs. In no time Kulkarni was out for 12 runs. Next came Priyanshi Molia, who was out for 5 runs.
Captain uday Saharan and Sachin Das joined the indian team which lost 4 wickets for 32 runs. Both of them played tremendously together. uday Saharan bowled calmly to Sachin Das to add runs. As a result, the indian team slowly progressed towards the goal.