India beat Bangladesh to seal spot in semi-finals of ICC U19 World Cup

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India beat Bangladesh in the quarter-finals of the ICC U19 World Cup 2022 to seal the place in the semi-finals. 

Chasing a small target of 112 to win, India lost opener Harnoor Singh early but other opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Shaik Rasheed batted well to steady the ship. However, with total at touching distance, India lost wickets in bundle to cause a little panic. 

In the end, captain Yash Dhull kept cool to take side home with five wickets in hand. 

Earlier, India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Ravi Kumar shone with the ball, and picked up three wickets for just 14 runs from his seven overs. He was adjudged the Player of the Match for setting the game nicely for India. Spinner Vicky Otswal continued his good show as well, picking up two wickets. 

India managed to bundle out their neighbours for just 111 in 37.1 overs

When India began the chase, it became clear that batting was difficult on this wicket as they too lost Harnoor early and Bangladesh later came back strongly, dismissing well-settled Angkrish (44) and Rasheed (26). Siddarth Yadav (6) fell quickly as well and Raj Bawa could not even open his account. 

It appeared for a while that another twist will come in this chase but it was not to be as skipper Yash Dhull (20) kept his calm and along with Kaushal Tambe (11) won the game for India. Kaushal finished the match off in style with a six over long on off spinner Rakibul Hasan. 

Ripon Mondal picked most wickets for Bangladesh, finishing with a spell of 4 for 31. 

India will meet Australia in the semis on February 2 (Wednesday).