ICC Under-19 World Cup | Brilliant India go past Bangladesh to seal semifinal date with Pakistan

After winning the toss at the Queenstown Events Centre, India decided to bat first and Manjot Kalra failed to reach double digits for the first time in the tournament and got out for 9. Bangladesh kept bowling at a good line and length and didn’t let the three-time champions score freely. However, their bowlers failed to convert the pressure to wickets, and the Indian batsmen, who had been in sublime form in the tournament so far, took advantage of that. 

Indian skipper Prithvi Shaw kept his brilliant form going and scored a useful 40, but Gill was the better of the duo scoring 86. Harvik Desai, coming in at No.4, scored 34 runs but it was the innings from Gill and Abhishek that proved to be the difference between both the sides at the end. Left-arm pacer Qazi Onik Islam was impressive with the ball for Bangladesh and managed to secure 3 wickets for 48, which resulted in India being all-out for the first time in the tournament t, with the scorecard reading 265.

After Kamlesh Nagarkoti dismissed skipper Saif Hassan, Indian skipper Shaw resorted back to his spinners to mount more pressure on the batsmen. Abhishek Sharma accounted for 2 wickets for 11 with his left-arm spin to break the spine of the run-chase completely, and it was only a matter of time India crushed them entirely to finish off the formality and set up a much-awaited India-Pakistan semi-final clash. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will now take on England in the fifth-place play-off at the same venue on Sunday.