U19 WC: 8 wickets in eight overs! India snatch victory from Bangladesh's grasp

Off-spinner Vihaan Malhotra delivered a match-turning spell of 4 for 14 to spark a melodramatic illness successful Bangladesh’s chase, helping India unafraid an 18-run triumph nether the DLS method successful a rain-affected U19 World Cup clash connected Saturday. After India were restricted to 238 successful a reduced 49-over contest, Bangladesh looked firmly successful power of their chase, cruising astatine 102 for 2 aft 20 overs with the DLS par people astatine 88. But the crippled swung sharply successful India’s favour arsenic Malhotra’s precise off-spin dismantled the mediate order. He claimed the wickets of Kalam Siddiki (15), Sheikh Parvez Jibon (7), Rizan Hossan (15), and Samiun Basir (2), sparking panic successful the Bangladeshi camp.

Bangladesh yet collapsed from 106 for 2 to 146 each retired successful conscionable 28.3 overs, falling good abbreviated of the revised 165-run target. Khilan Patel provided the decisive stroke by dismissing Bangladesh skipper Azizul Hakim, who top-scored with a composed 51 disconnected 72 balls (4x4, 1x6). Henil Patel wrapped up the process by removing Iqbal Hossain Emon to seal the victory. Earlier successful the innings, Bangladesh had made a promising commencement contempt losing Zawad Abrar successful the archetypal implicit to Deepesh Devendran.

A dependable concern betwixt Rifat Beg (37 disconnected 37) and Hakim seemed to enactment the visitors connected track, with Beg punishing the spinners with assured strokes, including a lofted six implicit heavy quadrate limb disconnected Kanishk Chouhan. India’s innings had besides seen its stock of drama. Al Fahad had starred with the ball, taking 5/38 to rattle the Indian apical order, removing skipper Ayush Mhatre and Vedant Trivedi successful speedy succession. However, India’s effect was steadied by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhigyan Kundu.

Sooryavanshi, usually an assertive batter, played a controlled sound of 72 disconnected 67 balls (6x4, 3x6), portion Kundu held the innings unneurotic with 80 disconnected 112 balls (4x4, 3x6), surviving 3 reprieves on the way.

The brace added 62 runs disconnected 101 balls, rescuing India from an aboriginal top-order collapse. The effect means India present apical Group B with 4 points from 2 matches, portion Bangladesh and USA stay yet to unfastened their accounts.

New Zealand has not yet started its campaign. Players from some sides exchanged handshakes and pleasantries connected the tract aft a tense encounter, a opposition to the captains’ avoided handshake astatine the toss. Brief scores: India 238 successful 48.4 overs (Abhigyan Kundu 80, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 72; Al Fahad 5/38, Iqbal Hossain Emon 2/45, Azizul Hakim 2/42) bushed Bangladesh 146 successful 28.3 overs (Azizul Hakim 51; Vihaan Malhotra 4/14, Khilan Patel 2/35) by 18 runs via DLS method.