Rare failure for Vaibhav Suryavanshi, but Harsh Dubey steers India 'A' into semis

NEW DELHI: India ‘A’ cruised into the semifinals of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 with a convincing six-wicket triumph implicit Oman astatine the West End Park International Cricket Stadium successful Doha connected Tuesday.

With a knockout berth connected the line, the contention served arsenic a virtual quarterfinal, and India ‘A’ produced a composed all-round show to articulation Pakistan Shaheens successful the last four.

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Set a people of 136, India ‘A’ made a shaky commencement arsenic young opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi (12) and Priyansh Arya (10) were backmost successful the hut early, leaving the broadside astatine 37 for 2 wrong 5 overs. But Naman Dhir steadied the innings with a brisk 30 disconnected conscionable 19 deliveries, featuring 2 fours and 2 sixes, earlier falling against the tally of play.Harsh Dubey past anchored the pursuit with maturity, keeping the scoreboard moving without taking unnecessary risks. The left-hander guided India ‘A’ location with an unbeaten 53 from 44 balls, decorated with 7 boundaries and a six. Nehal Wadhera’s measured 23 disconnected 24 balls proved important arsenic the brace added a 66-run concern for the 4th wicket, efficaciously shutting Oman retired of the game. Skipper Jitesh Sharma applied the finishing interaction with a bound arsenic India ’A’ wrapped up the pursuit astatine 138 for 4 successful 17.5 overs.

Earlier, Oman opted to bat but were restricted to 135 for 7, a full that ever looked beneath par. Captain Hammad Mirza acceptable the code aboriginal with a blazing 32 disconnected 16 balls, striking 3 fours and 2 sixes. However, erstwhile the Indian spinners recovered their rhythm, momentum shifted firmly.

Leg-spinner Suyash Sharma was outstanding, picking up 2 for 12 successful his 4 overs to disregard Karan Sonavale (12) and Zikria Islam (0). Harsh Dubey (1/30) and Naman Dhir (1/5) kept a choky leash connected the scoring done the mediate phase, ensuring the unit ne'er eased.Wasim Ali battled hard for Oman, remaining unbeaten connected a well-made 54 disconnected 45 balls, but lacked enactment arsenic wickets kept tumbling astir him. Gurjapneet Singh’s 2 precocious strikes (2/37) further curtailed Oman’s hopes of a beardown finish.With momentum connected their broadside and a semifinal slot secured, India ‘A’ volition look to transportation this winning signifier into the concern extremity of the tournament.India A volition play the topper of Group A successful the archetypal semifinal connected Friday portion Pakistan play their past 4 clash besides connected the aforesaid day.