India will play England within the closing of the Below-19 World Cup after a record-breaking run-chase towards Afghanistan in Harare.
The five-time winners chased down an Below-19 World Cup document goal of 311 for the lack of simply three wickets and with greater than eight overs to spare in a blistering show.
Aaron George hit 115 after 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who already has a 35-ball IPL century to his name, smoked a scintillating 68 off simply 33 balls after being dropped twice.
Captain Ayush Mhatre added a half-century of his personal as India waltzed into their tenth closing towards an England facet in search of their first win within the competitors since 1998.
Faisal Khan Shinozada and Uzairullah Niazai each hit centuries for Afghanistan, who appeared nicely set till the India batters took over.
“Our dialogue was easy – simply play our pure sport,” mentioned Mhatre. “The wicket was taking part in superbly, an actual flat wicket, so we knew if we performed naturally, it might be a manageable complete.
“Suryavanshi performed a significant function within the chase. Scoring 90 runs within the first 10 overs launched all of the strain, making it a lot simpler for the remainder of us to construct the innings.
“George is a cultured, fabulous batsman. He anchored the innings completely.”
There can be ball-by-ball commentary of Friday’s closing on BBC Radio 5 Sports activities Additional and the BBC Sport web site and app from 07:30 GMT.
