Arshin Kulkarni slammed a stroke-filled century earlier than pacer Naman Tiwari’s grabbed 4 wickets as India recorded a facile 201-run win over USA in its ultimate group sport of the U-19 World Cup right here on Sunday.
With the win, defending champion India continued its ubeaten run within the event.
India, which had already sealed a Tremendous-Six berth having gained the opening two video games, heads to the following stage as chief of group A.
Left-hand opener Arshin (108) starred with the bat with quantity three Musheer Khan (73) taking part in the proper second fiddle as India piled on a mammoth 326 for 5 after being requested to bat.
The bowlers, led by left-arm pacer Tiwari (4/20), then completely complemented the Indian batting unit, stopping minnow USA to a paltry 125 for 8 in 50 overs.
USA by no means regarded geared up to overtake the large goal and its chase was off to a dodgy begin as Tiwari and fellow pacer Raj Limbani (1/17) sizzled with the new-ball, operating by means of the USA top-order within the first 10 overs.
Limbani despatched again Prannav Chettipalayam within the first over, whereas Tiwari confirmed the identical accuracy that was on show towards Eire, and cleaned up opener Bhavya Patel within the second over earlier than eliminating skipper Rishi Ramesh within the eighth over.
His different scalps included the decided Utkarsh Srivastava, who top-scored for USA with a 73-ball 40, and Manav Nayak.
Earlier, India expectedly dominated with the bat. Nevertheless, the document five-time champion misplaced a little bit of steam in direction of the fag finish of the innings as USA bowlers chipped away wickets at common intervals.
Whereas the left-handed Arshin scored 108, his 118-ball knock, peppered with eight hits to the fence and three maximums, Musheer slammed 73 off 76 balls. The 18-year-old, the youthful brother of Sarfaraz Khan, continued his good run as he stitched a significant 155-run partnership with Arshin.
Musheer Khan and Arshin Kulkarni stitched a 155-run partnership.
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Musheer Khan and Arshin Kulkarni stitched a 155-run partnership.
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Spinner Ramesh managed to get USA again into the competition by dismissing Musheer, who was trying to clear the quilt fielder however as a substitute edged to brief third within the thirty sixth over.
Although Musheer departed after hitting six boundaries and a lone six, Arshin stored going at his finish, anchoring the Indian innings. Dropped on 16 within the 14th over, he introduced up his century in model, flicking the ball by means of brief superb leg for a boundary, a lot to the delight of his dad and mom who had been cheering their son from the stands.
A couple of overs later USA struck in fast succession, eliminating skipper Uday Sharan, who performed a helpful position with a 27-ball 35, and set-batter Arshin inside the span of six balls.
Each batters had been trying to speed up. Sharan fell to a supply by Arya Garg, whereas Ateendra Subramanian received the prized wicket of Arshin, who slapped a brief and sluggish ball straight to the fielder at long-off.
Cameos by Sachin Dhas (20), Priyanshu Moliya (27 not out) and Aravelly Avanish (12 not out) took India over the 300-run mark