India Below-19s 248 for 8 (Dhas 96, Saharan 81, Maphaka 3-32, Luus 3-37) beat South Africa Below-19s 244 for 7 (Pretorius 76, Seletswane 64, Limbani 3-60, Musheer 2-43) by two wickets
India’s title protection on the Below-19 World Cup met its sternest problem from hosts South Africa in a pulsating semifinal conflict in Benoni. Then Uday Saharan, the captain, and Sachin Dhas placed on a game-changing 171-run stand that set the tone for a come-from-behind victory. India at the moment are into their fifth straight final, the place they await the winner of Thursday’s semi-final between Pakistan and Australia.
For the primary time within the event, India determined to chase. And at 32 for 4 of their chase of 245, they had been on the rack. South Africa’s tempo assault introduced fireplace, hostility and loads of thrills to an attractive opening burst the place each ball was an occasion of its personal. It wanted Dhas’s ice-cool temperament and Saharan’s metal to bail India out with a file fifth-wicket stand at males’s Below-19 World Cups.
But, regardless of the file partnership, India had late jitters when Dhas, Aravelly Avanish and Murugan Abhishek fell in fast succession. India wanted 18 off 16 with three wickets in hand. Raj Limbani, the swing bowler who had landed the early punches with three large strikes, then flicked his first ball for six over deep midwicket to take India inside touching distance.
Saharan practically noticed India dwelling however was run out with India needing one run. It took him an eternity to stroll off, distraught at not having the ability to end the job, however he wasn’t to be denied as Limbani belted a boundary off Nquobani Mokoena to set off joyous scenes within the Indian camp. South Africa had been crestfallen, questioning how they let India escape after that they had had them ducking and weaving to evade bouncers from Kwena Maphaka and Tristan Luus in an unplayable opening spell.
