Published 17:15 IST, January 21st 2020
U-19 World Cup: India outplay Japan by 10 wickets in mismatch
Defending champions India outclassed debutants Japan by 10 wickets in their second match to all but secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the ICC U-19 World Cup
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Defending champions India outclassed debutants Japan by 10 wickets in ir second match to all but secure a spot in quarterfinals of ICC U-19 World Cup on Tuesday. Opting to field first, four-time champions India bowled out a hapless Japan for 41 runs in 22.5 overs with leg-spinner Ravi Bishi taking four wickets. It was joint second lowest total by a team in Under-19 World Cup and joint third lowest in under-19 cricket history. Pacers Kartik Tyagi and Akash Singh shared five wickets among mselves as ne of Japanese batsmen entered double digits.
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India outplay Japan
India needed just 4.5 overs to complete formalities with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kumar Kushagra remaining unbeaten on 29 and 13 respectively. In ir tournament opener on Sunday, India had beaten Sri Lanka by 90 runs. game on Tuesday was a complete mismatch with Japan playing a major ICC event for first time.
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India captain Priyam Garg, however, said his fast bowlers could have done a better job.
"Very happy with performance. spinners were good, but lines and lengths could have been better from pacers. re's pressure as such. We want to do well, we take every game as it comes," said Garg.
Japan captain Marcus Thurgate said team will head back home a lot richer in experience. "I knew it was going to be a really tough game. We didn't do our best, specially with batting. We could have done better. We learnt a lot. We can go to Japan and say that we've played against some of big guys," he reflected. "We'll take a lot of positives from this game. We need to learn from our mistakes and keep getting better," said Thurgate. India play ir final league game against New Zealand on Friday.
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17:15 IST, January 21st 2020