Musheer Khan gave ample show of his immense expertise with an excellent hundred as India steam-rolled minnows Ireland by a whopping 201 runs to just about qualify for the Super Six spherical of the ICC U-19 World Cup in Bloemfontein, South Africa on Thursday. Courtesy Musheer’s blitzkrieg — 118 off 106 balls, India posted an imposing 301 for 7 in opposition to Ireland, which in any case, would have been an uphill problem to surpass. In the tip, Ireland managed a paltry 100 in 29.4 overs with medium pacer Naman Tiwari (4/53 in 10 overs) and left-arm spinner Saumy Kumar Pandey (3/21 in 9 overs) doing the majority of the harm. Seven Irish batters failed to succeed in double figures.
The Indian staff was simply too good for the Irish and the gulf in customary was evident throughout all departments.
India have now gained each their group league video games and the sport in opposition to USA, which is ‘mini-India’ with 11 expats of Indian descent, is anticipated to be one other stroll within the park.
However, the day belonged to 18-year-old Mumbai boy Musheer.
On the identical day when his elder brother Sarfaraz scored 161 in an unofficial Test versus England Lions in Ahmedabad, hundreds of kilometres away in Bloemfontein, Musheer paced his innings brilliantly hitting 9 fours and 4 sixes within the course of.
“We both have same style of play. I am very happy but not satisfied as I need to play much better in the coming games. In the last match, I was in a bit of rush but today I was patient and waited for the loose deliveries. The six I hit over mid-wicket off the fast bowler was special. All thanks to Almighty Allah,” Musheer stated after the match.
He took solely 34 balls to race to 100 from 50, having scored the primary 50 runs off 66 balls. Along with skipper Uday Saharan (75 off 84 balls), Musheer added 156 because the younger Indian batters gave an excellent account of themselves, albeit in opposition to a weaker bowling assault.
In the tip, Sachin Dhas, maybe essentially the most thrilling expertise within the U-19 set-up, smashed 21 off 9 balls to take India previous 300-run mark, which is the best rating in an U-19 worldwide at this floor.
India scored 119 runs within the final 10 overs.
However, the Indian innings was about Musheer’s good recreation consciousness as he took his time earlier than unleashing a brutal assault on the Irish bowlers.
Very sturdy on the on-side, all his maximums got here within the area between sq. leg, deep mid-wicket and long-on.
He handled opposition’s greatest pacer Oliver Riley (3/55) with disdain, hitting him for 2 sixes.
Saharan, who performed the second fiddle to Adarsh Singh within the opening recreation, was as soon as once more good as an anchor, rotating the strike effectively and letting Musheer play his pure attacking recreation.
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