New Delhi. The Indian team (IND U19 vs BAN U19) has started its campaign with a win in the Under-19 World Cup 2024. In the match played against Bangladesh on Saturday, 20 January, India won by 84 runs. Batting first, India scored 251 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. In response, Bangladesh was limited to 167 runs in 45.5 overs.
Bangladesh got off to a good start while chasing India’s target of 252 runs. Ashikur Rahman Shibli and Zishan Alam added 38 runs for the first wicket. Shibli was dismissed by Soumya Pandey. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs. Raj Limbani showed the way to the pavilion for Zishan on the score of 14. Chaudhary Mohammad Rizwan could not even open his account and became the victim of Soumya Pandey.
Shihab and Islam fought
There was a partnership of 77 runs in 118 balls between Ariful Islam (41) and Mohammad Shihab James (54). Musheer Khan made India’s victory easier by dismissing Islam and Shihab James. After the dismissal of these two, no Bangladeshi batsman could stay on the pitch for long. For India, Soumya Pandey took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 9.5 overs. Musheer Khan took 2 wickets.
Captain played captaincy innings
Earlier, the Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, performed poorly. India got its first blow on the score of 17. By the time it reached 31, India lost 2 wickets. There was an important partnership of 116 runs in 144 balls between captain Uday Saharan (64) and Arshin Kulkarni (76).
Maroof took five wickets
Priyanshu and Aravelli Avneesh contributed 23 runs each. Sachin Das’ unbeaten inning of 26 runs took the team’s score beyond 250. For Bangladesh, Maroof Mridha took 5 wickets for 43 runs in 8 overs.