On Friday, in International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup match between India and Zimbabwe, Prithvi Shaw’s squad thrashed the latter by 10 wickets.
Indian opener, Shubman Gill’s exceptional knock of 90 runs off 59 balls helped India to remain unbeaten in the on-going tournament. During his inning, Gill hit one six and 13 boundaries. Shubman Gill played some exceptionally good shots, but his one shot stood out.
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In the 14th over of the match when Nkosilathi Nungu was bowling, the right-handed batsman smashed a maximum over mid-wicket with a short-arm jab. It was the same shot that Indian skipper Virat Kohli had played last year in a One Day International match against England.
In the 34th over of the match, when England bowler Chris Woakes was bowling to the Virat, he smashed a breathtaking shot with a short-arm jab and it was a six.
With the help of Gill’s unbeaten knock in the third match, Rahul Dravid’s boys finished the opening round at the top of Group B.
Earlier, Left-arms spinner Anukul Sudhakar Roy spearheaded the Indian bowling effort with figures of 4/20 as Zimbabwe were dismissed for 154 runs in 48.1 overs.
Openers Harvik Desai and Shubman Gill then produced unbeaten half-centuries to carry India to victory in just 21.4 overs.
The Indian boys have thus finished the opening round at the top of Group B with six points after winning all their three matches.
They will face Bangladesh, who are second in Group C, in the quarter-finals.
Zimbabwe are out of the tournament, having finished third in the group with two points from three matches.
Electing to bat first, Zimbabwe ran into trouble right at the start when opener Gregory Dollar was bowled by Indian fast bowler Shivam Mavi in the third over.
The other Zimbabwe opener Wesley Madhevere was then involved in two partnerships with Dion Myers and Milton Shumba.
The trio did their best to keep the Indian bowlers at bay but struggled to keep the run rate going.
Once the three of them had returned to the pavilion, the batsmen in Zimbabwe’s middle and lower order were cleaned up by the Indian bowlers with four of them falling before reaching double figures.
Shumba was the highest scorer for Zimbabwe with 36 runs off 59 deliveries.
Apart from Roy, Arshdeep and Abhishek Sharma also bowled well, ending up with a couple of wickets each.
Desai and Gill then put on an unbeaten opening stand of 155 runs to power the Indians to an easy victory.
-With IANS inputs
