India beat New Zealand to enter final of U-19 World Cup

Townsville (Australia) : India defeated New Zealand by nine runs in the semifinals of the U-19 ICC World Cup here Thursday to set up a title clash with hosts Australia.

New Zealand, chasing a target of 210, made 200 for nine in 50 overs after Cam Fletcher top scored with 53.

For India, Sandeep Sharma, Ravikant Singh and Harmeet Singh picked up two wickets each.

Scoreboard of the U-19 World Cup semifinal between India and New Zealand at the Tony Ireland Stadium here Thursday.

India Under-19:
Prashant Chopra c Young b Nuttall 52
Unmukt Chand b Neynens 31
Baba Aparajith c Young b Sodhi 44
Hanuma Vihari c Carter b Horne 22
Vijay Zol c Horne b Duffy 0
Akshdeep Nath c & b Horne 11
Smit Patel not out 15
Harmeet Singh c Carter b Horne 6
Kamal Passi c Neynens b Quinn 0
Ravikant Singh b Quinn 0
Sandeep Sharma not out 7
Extras (lb 6, w 15) 21
Total (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 209

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Chand, 13.4 overs), 2-132 (Chopra, 33.2), 3-138 (Aparajith, 35.5), 4-139 (Zol, 36.5), 5-169 (Nath, 43.3), 6-183 (Vihari, 45.5), 7-198 (Harmeet Singh, 47.6), 8-198 (Passi, 48.1), 9-199 (Ravikant, 48.3)

Bowling:
Jacob Duffy 8-0-37-1
Ed Nuttall 8-1-22-1
Matthew Quinn 10-1-36-2
Connor Neynens 8-0-37-1
Ish Sodhi 10-0-43-1
Ben Horne 6-0-28-3

New Zealand Under-19:
Michael Davidson c Ravikant Singh b Passi 6
Joe Carter c Nath b Ravikant Singh 30
Ben Horne c Nath b Harmeet Singh 10
Will Young c Aparajith b Harmeet Singh 5
Robert O’Donnell c&b Aparajith 29
Cam Fletcher b Sandeep Sharma 53
Connor Neynens b Ravikant Singh 14
Ish Sodhi c Harmeet Singh b Sandeep Sharma 3
Jacob Duffy not out 21
Ed Nuttall run out 9
Matthew Quinn not out 2
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 10) 18
Total (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 200

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Davidson, 9.5 overs), 2-53 (Horne, 15.4), 3-55 (Carter, 16.3), 4-63 (Young, 17.5), 5-119 (O’Donnell, 36.6), 6-155 (Neynens, 43.2), 7-163 (Sodhi, 45.3), 8-173 (Fletcher, 47.2), 9-192 (Nuttall, 48.6)

Bowling:
Sandeep Sharma 10-2-36-2
Kamal Passi 10-0-48-1
Ravikant Singh 10-0-49-2
Harmeet Singh 10-2-30-2
Baba Aparajith 10-1-29-1

Toss: New Zealand Under-19, who chose to field
Player of the Match: Baba Aparajith (India Under-19)
Umpires: Johan Cloete (South Africa) and Paul Reiffel
TV umpire: Ranmore Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)