India are in another U-19 World Cup final, their ninth overall and fifth successive shot at a title they have won a record five times. That streak seemed set to end when they were 32/4 in a run chase of 245 against hosts South Africa in testing conditions at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Tuesday.
Sachin Dhas And Uday Saharan Made India Strong
Sachin Dhas and skipper Uday Saharan. Fresh from centuries and a 215-run stand in their previous game against Nepal, they complemented each other perfectly under extreme pressure, this time stitching together a record 171-run stand in 185 balls for the fifth wicket to lift Team from despair and secure a nervy two-wicket victory.
Musheer Khan Is The Top Scorer Of Tournament
India will hope some of their performers raise their game in this big match as well. Musheer Khan is the top-scorer in this tournament so far with 334 runs in 5 matches and captain Uday Saharan is right behind him with 304 runs in a same number of matches. Now Team will hope these guys come good in the knockout clash today.
Brief Scores
South Africa U-19: 244/7 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius 76, Richard Seletswane 64, Raj Limbani 3/60. Musheer Khan 2/43);
India U-19 248/8 in 48.5 overs (Uday Saharan 81, Sachin Dhas 96, Kwena Maphaka 3/32, Tristan Luus 3/37).
India U-19 won by 2 wickets.