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U19 Asia Cup 2021-22: India U19 take away hard-fought win against Afghanistan U19

India U19 defeated Afghanistan U19 by 4 wickets in the ACC U19 Asia Cup 2021 on Monday in Dubai. 

Chasing a target of 260 in 50 overs, India started off the chase well as Harnoor Singh and Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 104 for the first wicket but he side then saw some wickets falling at regular intervals and were reduced to 197/6 in the 38th over. 

But it was Raj Bawa and Kaushal Tambe who steadied the ship for India and stitched an unbeaten stand of 65 runs for the seventh wicket. While Bawa scored 43* off 55, Tambe remained not out at 35 off 29. But Harnoor was the top-scorer for India with a 74-ball 65. 











Noor Ahmad scalped four wickets for 43 runs in 10 overs for Afghanistan side. 

Earlier, Afghanistan rode on some good batting display from Suliman Safi and Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai to put 259/4 in 50 overs on the board. 

Safi notched up 73 off 86 while Ijaz scored 86* off 86 during the course. For India, Tambe returned with figures of 1/25 in 8 overs and Vicky Ostwal had one wicket at the cost of 35 runs in 10 overs. 

The Indian team now have two wins and four points from three matches that they have played so far. 

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