U19 World Cup: India hammer Uganda by 326 runs, to face Bangladesh in quarter-finals

U19 World Cup: Raj Bawa and Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s centuries and Nishant Sindhu’s four-wicket haul helped India thrash minnows Uganda by a large margin of 326 runs to seal a spot within the quarter-finals the place they face defending champions Bangladesh. Bawa and Raghuvanshi put up a partnership of 206 runs that got here in simply 140 balls for the third wicket. (Courtesy of BCCI)HIGHLIGHTSIt was India’s largest win within the historical past of the matchIndia have received all three of their league video gamesIndia posted 405/5 which is the very best complete on this versionAngkrish Raghuvanshi and Raj Bawa smashed centuries as four-time champions India recorded a thumping 326-run win over minnows Uganda to high Group B within the U19 World Cup, in Tarouba, Trinidad.

The victory on Saturday was India’s largest win in match historical past.The Hrishikesh Kanitkar-coached facet thus ended the league stage with three wins in as many video games, having earlier thrashed South Africa U19 (by 45 runs) and Ireland U19 (by 174 runs).Put into bat on the picturesque Brian Lara stadium, India colts first rode on a whole lot from Bawa (162 not out off 108 balls) and opener Raghuvanshi (144 off 120 balls) to put up a mammoth 405/5, the very best complete on this version.They then bundled out the opposition for a meager 79 in 19.4 overs to eke out a straightforward win in a lop-sided affair.India play their quarterfinals towards Bangladesh on January 29, permitting their COVID-19 contaminated gamers together with skipper Yash Dhull sufficient time to get well.Raghuvanshi and Bawa shared 206 runs for the third wicket to take the sport away from Uganda.It was raining boundaries and sixes as Raghuvanshi hit 22 fours and 4 sixes, whereas Bawa, who got here in at quantity 4, embellished his innings with 14 fours and as many as eight hits over the fence.After Raghuvanshi’s departure within the thirty eighth over, Bawa continued together with his attacking intuition and clobbered the Uganda bowlers to all components of the bottom.Chasing an insurmountable 406, Uganda have been teetering at 17/3 as one-down wicket-keeper Cyrus Kakuru (0), Brian Asaba (5) and Ronald Lutayaa (5) fell cheaply inside first 4 overs after opener Issac Ategeka (0) was retired out.While inform pacer Rajvadhan Hangargekar (2/8) accounted for Kakuru’s and Asaba’s wickets, right-arm medium pacer Vasu Vats (1/18) eliminated Lutayaa, who was caught by Nishant Sindhu.Stand-in-skipper Sindhu (4/19), himself a left-arm spinner, then castled Ronald Opio (11), to take his first, as Uganda misplaced their fourth wicket for 46.Click right here for IndiaIn the present day.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.