IND vs SA Full Innings Highlights: The first semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup 2024 is being played between India and South Africa. Batting first after the end of the first innings of the match, South Africa scored 244 runs for 7 wickets on the board in 50 overs. Luan-Dre Pretorius played the biggest inning of 76 runs for the team. During this period, Raj Limbani took maximum 3 wickets for India.
In the match being played at Willowmoor Park, Benoni, India won the toss and decided to bowl and invited the opposition South Africa to bat first. This decision was largely successful for India as they restricted Africa to under 250 runs. took. India did not allow Africa to gain momentum to score big by losing wickets early. However, Tristan Luce, who came at number nine, played an important inning of 23* runs in 12 balls, in which he hit 1 four and 2 sixes.
Africa's innings was like this from start to finish
South Africa, who came to bat first, needed a good start. He lost the first wicket in the 5th over at the score of 23 runs. The first blow to Africa came in the form of Steve Stolk, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs in 17 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Then in the 9th over, the team lost the second wicket in the form of David Tiger, who was out on the second ball without opening the account.
After two early wickets fell, Africa was taken over by Richard Seletswane and Luan-Dre Pretorius and both made a partnership of 72 runs (133 balls) for the third wicket. This partnership was broken by Musheer Khan with the wicket of Luan-Dre Pretorius in the 31st over. Pretorius, who was playing a good innings, returned to the pavilion after scoring 76 runs in 102 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes.
Then Richard Seletswen along with Oliver Whitehead made a partnership of 45 runs (58 balls) for the fourth wicket. This flourishing partnership was broken by Musheer Khan with the wicket of Oliver Whitehead in the 40th over. Whitehead scored 22 runs in 34 balls with 4 fours. After this, the team got the fifth blow in the form of Dewan Marais (03) in the 43rd over.
However, after this Richard Seletswen and captain Juan James made a partnership of 40 (25 balls) for the sixth wicket. This partnership was broken by Naman Tiwari with the wicket of Richard Seletswen in the 47th over. Richard, who was heading towards a brilliant innings, returned to the pavilion after scoring 64 runs in 100 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Then in the 48th over, captain Juan James, who was scoring at a fast pace, was out after scoring 24 runs in 19 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six.
This was how India's bowling was.
Raj Limbani took maximum 3 wickets for India. During this he spent 60 runs in 9 overs. Apart from this, Musheer Khan took 2 wickets in his name. During this, Musheer spent 43 runs in 10 overs. Whereas Naman Tiwari and Soumi Pandey got 1 success each.
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