Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament: IND U-19 Beat AFG U-19 By Nine Wickets To Reach Final

Left-arm pacer Naman Tiwari returned with figures of 4/11 in seven overs as India hammered Afghanistan by nine wickets to seal their final berth in the Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Johannesburg on Thursday (December 4).

Opting to bowl, India skittled out Afghanistan for 88 in 33 overs with Tiwari claiming 7-1-11-4. He was aided by pace-bowling partners, Dhanush Gowda and Aaradhya Shukla, who bagged two wickets each to blow Afghanistan away.

Off-spinner Priyanshu Moliya also bagged two. Opener Adarsh Singh anchored the chase with a 39-ball unbeaten 52 (6x4, 2x6) as India cantered home with 227 balls to spare. This was India's third win in as many matches and are top of the table with six points. India will face the hosts in their last round-robin fixture on Saturday. The final is slated on Wednesday.

Afghanistan, meanwhile, are second on the table points table with two points in three games while South Africa have lost both their matches so far.

Brief Scores: Afghanistan 88 in 33 overs (Nasir Hassan 31; Naman Tiwari 4/11, Priyanshu Moliya 2/15, Aaradhya Shukla 2/20, Dhanush Gowda 2/23) lost to India 92/1 in 12.1 overs (Adarsh Singh 52 not out, Musheer Khan 14 not out) by nine wickets.

Match Details

Match: AFGU19 vs INDU19, 4th Match, South Africa U19 Tri-Series 2023-24
Date: Thursday, January 04, 2024
Toss: India U19 won the toss and opt to bowl
Time: 1:30 PM
Venue: Old Edwardians Cricket Club A Ground, Johannesburg
Umpires: Godwin Von Willingh, Jan Erasmus
Match Referee: Shaun George

Afghanistan U19 Playing 11:Hassan Eisakhil, Jamshid Zadran, Sohil Khan Zurmatai, Rahimullah Zurmati, Numan Shah (c & wk), Nasir Hassan, Allah Ghazanfar, Arab Gul Momand, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Zahid Afghan, Usman Khan Shinwari

Bench: Wafiullah Tarakhil, Bashir Ahmad, Wahidullah Zadran, Khalid Taniwal, Ali Ahmad, Khalil Ahmed, Sohail Khan

India U19 Playing 11: Adarsh Singh, Innesh Mahajan (wk), Priyanshu Moliya, Uday Saharan (c), Sachin Dhas, Musheer Khan, Aravelly Avanish, Murugan Abhishek, Naman Tiwari, Aaradhya Shukla, Dhanush Gowda

Bench:Arshin Kulkarni, Saumy Pandey, Ansh Gosai, Rudra Patel, Prem Devkar, Mohamed Amaan, Raj Limbani