U-19 World Cup: Musheer shines brightly as India crush Eire by 201 runs

BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTH AFRICA), Jan 25: Musheer Khan gave ample show of his immense expertise with an excellent hundred as India steam-rolled minnows Eire by a whopping 201 runs to nearly qualify for the Tremendous Six spherical of the ICC U-19 World Cup right here on Thursday.
Courtesy Musheer’s blitzkrieg — 118 off 106 balls, India posted an imposing 301 for 7 towards Eire, which in any case, would have been an uphill problem to surpass.
Ultimately, Eire managed a paltry 100 in 29.4 overs with medium pacer Naman Tiwari (4/53 in 10 overs) and left-arm spinner Saumy Kumar Pandey (3/21 in 9 overs) doing the majority of the harm. Seven Irish batters failed to succeed in double figures.
The Indian crew was simply too good for the Irish and the gulf in commonplace was evident throughout all departments.
India have now received each their group league video games and the sport towards USA, which is ‘mini-India’ with 11 expats of Indian descent, is predicted to be one other stroll within the park.
Nevertheless, the day belonged to 18-year-old Mumbai boy Musheer.
On the identical day when his elder brother Sarfaraz scored 161 in an unofficial Take a look at versus England Lions in Ahmedabad, hundreds of kilometres away in Bloemfontein, Musheer paced his innings brilliantly hitting 9 fours and 4 sixes within the course of.
“We each have identical type of play. I’m very blissful however not happy as I must play a lot better within the coming video games. Within the final match, I used to be in a little bit of rush however at the moment I used to be affected person and waited for the unfastened deliveries. The six I hit over mid-wicket off the quick bowler was particular. All because of Almighty Allah,” Musheer mentioned after the match.
Ultimately, Sachin Dhas, maybe essentially the most thrilling expertise within the U-19 set-up, smashed 21 off 9 balls to take India previous 300-run mark, which is the very best rating in an U-19 worldwide at this floor.
India scored 119 runs within the final 10 overs.
Nevertheless, the Indian innings was about Musheer’s good recreation consciousness as he took his time earlier than unleashing a brutal assault on the Irish bowlers.
He handled opposition’s greatest pacer Oliver Riley (3/55) with disdain, hitting him for 2 sixes.
Saharan, who performed the second fiddle to Adarsh Singh within the opening recreation, was as soon as once more good as an anchor, rotating the strike nicely and letting Musheer play his pure attacking recreation.
Transient Scores:
India U-19 301/7 (Musheer Khan 118, Uday Saharan 75, Oliver Riley 3/55).
Eire 100 in 29.4 overs (Naman Tiwari 4/53, Saumy Kumar Pandey 3/21). (PTI)