Vikrant Shekhawat : Feb 07, 2024, 06:00 AM
IND vs SA: In the semi-finals of Under-19 World Cup 2024, the Indian team has defeated South Africa by two wickets. With this victory, the Indian team has made it to the finals. In the match, Indian team captain Uday Saharan won the toss and decided to bowl first. After being invited to bat, the South African team gave India a target of 245 runs to win. Team India achieved this target due to the explosive innings of Captain Uday Saharan and Sachin Dhas. Both these players batted strongly. It is because of these players that Team India has made it to the final of the Under-19 World Cup for the fifth consecutive time.
The #BoysInBlue are into the FINAL of the #U19WorldCup! 🥳
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 6, 2024
A thrilling 2⃣-wicket win over South Africa U-19 👏👏
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/Ay8YmV8QDg#TeamIndia | #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/wMxe7gVAiL
The captain played a strong innings
The Indian team had a very bad start in the semi-final match. When Ardash Singh returned to the pavilion without opening the account on the first ball itself. After this Arshin Kulkarni scored 12 runs. Musheer Khan, who was the hero of Team India in the previous matches, could not do wonders with the bat in this match. He was out after scoring 4 runs. Team India at one time lost four wickets for 32 runs. But after this, Team India's Captain Uday Saharan and Sachin Dhas made a big partnership and got Team India out of difficult situations. It is because of these players that Team India was successful in winning the match. But Sachin Dhas could not complete his century. He was out after scoring 96 runs in 95 balls. Uday Saharan scored 81 runs.
Raj Limbani took three wickets
Luan Dre Pretorius scored the highest 74 runs for South Africa. Richard Seletswain contributed 64 runs. Oliver Watthead scored 22 runs. Captain Juan James scored 24 runs and Tristan Luce scored 23 runs. It was because of these players that the South African team was able to score 244 runs in 50 overs. Raj Limbani took maximum three wickets for India. Apart from them, Musheer Khan took two wickets, Naman Tiwari and Saumya Pandey took 1 wicket each.
India made the place for the fifth consecutive time
Team India had qualified for Super-6 after winning the first three matches of the group stage. Team India also played 2 matches in Super-6 and won both the matches and made it to the semi-finals. Now the team is eyeing its sixth title. Let us tell you that Team India has won the Under-19 World Cup title maximum 5 times. The Indian team has won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2022.