ICC U-19 World Cup 2018: India take on Pakistan with an eye on final

Christchurch, January 29: There are no games as exciting as a clash between India and Pakistan and that is what we have in the semifinal of the ICC Under 19 World Cup on Tuesday (January 30).

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India have been in fine form so far, winning all four matches by big margins and Shubman Gill has led the way. Gill has batted three times and passed fifty on each occasion.

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He has only been dismissed once and has a high score of 90 not out. The leading wicket-taker is Anukul Roy, who has 11 wickets from his four matches with his slow left arm orthodox bowling.

On the other hand, Pakistan have three wins from their four matches - their one defeat coming in the opening match against Afghanistan.

From there they have come back in fine fashion winning three in a row against Ireland. Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Nothing is exciting as out and out pace, and that is just what India's Kamlesh Nagarkoti has. He started the tournament by blowing away the Australian top order and has carried on from there. He has seven wickets from his four matches at an average of 14.14 with an impressive economy rate of just 3.51.

There have been 21 meetings between India and Pakistan at Under 19 level and it is India who have the better record, winning 12 and losing eight with one match finishing in a tie.

There most recent meeting came at the 2014 ICC Under 19 World Cup where 68 runs from Sanju Samson set up a win for India U19.

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

INDIA: Prithvi Shaw (Captain), 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.

India vs Pakistan

ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Live on Star Sports 1 and Hotstar

At 3 am (Tuesday, January 30)

Toss at 2.30 am

Points table