India U19 vs New Zealand U19: Team India's explosive performance continues in the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. On Tuesday, thanks to the brilliant century of Musheer Khan (131 runs) and then the lethal bowling of Saumya Pandey (4 wickets), the Indian team defeated New Zealand by a huge margin of 214 runs. This is Team India's fourth consecutive victory in the tournament.
The Indian team scored a strong score of 295 runs for eight wickets, thanks to the innings of 131 runs by Musheer and 52 runs by opener Adarsh Singh. In response, the New Zealand team scored only 81 runs in 28.1 overs in front of the sharp bowling of left-arm spinners Pandey (four wickets for 19 runs) and Musheer (two wickets for 10 runs) as well as fast bowler Raj Limbani (two wickets for 17 runs). Limited to runs.
Limbani dismissed Tom Jones (00) and Snehit Reddy (00) on the first and fifth balls of New Zealand's innings respectively, after which Pandey sent Lachlan Stackpole (05) and James Nelson (10) to the pavilion, taking New Zealand's score to 22. Took four wickets on runs and the team never recovered from these setbacks. Captain Oscar Jackson was the team's top scorer by scoring 19 runs.
India once again seems to be a strong contender for the title in this competition. This is New Zealand's third biggest defeat and third lowest score in terms of runs. Earlier, on the batting-friendly pitch of Mengong Oval, Musheer destroyed New Zealand's bowling attack and became the first batsman to cross the 300-run mark in the ongoing competition.
Musheer played an innings of 131 runs in 126 balls with the help of 13 fours and three sixes. Musheer hit shots all around the wicket and also scored a lot of runs while running. He was also successful in batting aggressively in the last overs. However, India's start was not good. The team quickly lost the wicket of Arshin Kulkarni (09), who had scored a century in the last match. After this, Musheer and Adarsh completed the innings by adding 77 runs for the second wicket.
Adarsh looked in good form right from the beginning. However, in the 18th over, he got caught by Oliver Tewatia while trying to drive the ball outside the off side of Jack Cumming (1 wicket for 37 runs). This left-handed opening batsman faced 58 balls and hit six fours.
Indian captain Uday Saharan (35 runs in 57 balls, two fours) failed to take advantage of the good start. He had scored three consecutive half-centuries before this match. However, Saharan along with Musheer added 87 runs for the third wicket and set the stage for India's big score.
India lost wickets at regular intervals in the final overs and the team failed to cross the 300-run mark. After completing his century, Musheer became the victim of Mason Clarke in the 48th over. Clarke took four wickets for 64 runs.
