India A beat Pakistan Shaheens by eight wickets in ACC Mens Emerging Teams Asia Cup

India A defeated Pakistan Shaheens by eight wickets in their final group match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.

Match Summary

Pakistan A 205/10 (48 ov)

India A 210/2 (36.4 ov)

India A won by 8 wickets

SCORECARD

This was Shaheens’ first defeat in the eight-team tournament. Shaheens will now feature in the first semi-final against Sri Lanka A on Friday at the P Sara Oval, while India A will take on Bangladesh A in the second semi-final on the same day at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.

In today’s match, after opting to bat first, Shaheens lost wickets at regular intervals and were reeling at 95 for six before Qasim Akram and Mubasir Khan got together and stitched a 53-run partnership for the seventh wicket. After the departure of Mubasir (28, 38b, 4x4s), left-handed Mehran Mumtaz joined Qasim and the duo knitted 43 runs for the eighth wicket before Qasim returned back to the hut top-scoring for his side with a 63-ball 48, hitting five fours.

Shaheens were dismissed for 205 in 48 overs with Mehran returning undefeated on 25 off 26 balls, which included one four and a six.

For India A, Rajvardhan Hangargekar was the most successful bowler taking five wickets for 42 in eight overs. Manav Suthar bagged three wickets for 36 in 10 overs.

In return, India A achieved the target in 36.4 overs for the loss of two wickets on the back of an unbeaten 104 from opening batter Sai Sudharsan. Sudharsan’s innings included 10 fours and three sixes which came off 110 balls. Nikin Jose was the other significant contributor with the bat, scoring a 64-ball 53, which included seven boundaries.

Match Stats

Pakistan A Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Saim Ayub - 3.2 ov), 2-9 (Omair Bin Yousuf - 3.6 ov), 3-45 (Sahibzada Farhan - 12.4 ov), 4-77 (Kamran Ghulam - 22.4 ov), 5-78 (Haseebullah - 22.6 ov), 6-95 (Mohammad Haris - 26.5 ov), 7-148 (Mubasir Khan - 37.5 ov), 8-191 (Qasim Akram - 45.4 ov), 9-201 (Mohammad Wasim - 47.2 ov), 10-205 (Shahnawaz Dahani - 47.6 ov)

India A Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Abhishek Sharma - 11.1 ov), 2-157 (Nikin Jose - 30.2 ov)

Playing XI

Pakistan A: Mohammad Haris(WK), Haseebullah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub(C), Kamran Ghulam, Mubasir Khan, Qasim Akram, Mohammad Wasim, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mehran Mumtaz

India A: Dhruv Jurel(WK), Sai Sudharsan, Riyan Parag, Yash Dhull(C), Nikin Jose, Abhishek Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Manav Suthar

 

Match Details:

Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 09:30

Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Toss: Pakistan A elected to bat

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