India defends 233 against Australia, enters third straight U-19 WC semis. Pacer Kartik Tyagi blew away the Australian top-order with a sensational spell to power India into the semifinals of the ICC U-19 World Cup with a comfortable 74-run win on Tuesday.
Chasing a target of 234 runs, Australia witnessed a mundane start as they gave away three wickets in the very first over of innings. Jake Fraser-McGurk was run out on the first ball while Mackenzie Harvey and Lachlan Harne were dismissed by Tyagi. Again in the third over Tyagi took a wicket,this time sending Oliver Davies back to the pavilion. Sam Fanning was then joined by Patrick Rowe on the field and both played slow paced innings. Akash Singh handed India with the much-needed wicket of Fanning,who played a knock of 75 runs. After Fanning’s dismissal, Australia crumbled and were all out on 159 runs. In the end Singh finished with the figures of (3/30) and Tyagi with (4/24).
Invited to bat, India lacked a substantial partnership until Atharva and Ravi Bishnoi joined forces to raise a fighting 61-run stand for the seventh wicket. Atharva Ankolekar scored an unbeaten 55 off 54 balls which included 5 fours and a six,while Bishnoi made 30 off 31 balls. Earlier Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a steady 62 but lacked support from the other side.
India will now face the winners of second quarter final match which is played between West Indies and New Zealand.
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