The group stages of the 2022 ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup ended on Saturday.
India progress as Super League group winners with a mammoth 326-point victory over Uganda thanks in part to Raj Angad Bawa’s tournament-best score. India will face Bangladesh in the quarter-finals.
Pakistan secured a nine-wicket win over Papua New Guinea to set up a Super League clash with Australia.
Afghanistan emerged victorious in a back-to-back Super League shootout in Group C, earning a 109-point win over Zimbabwe to progress.
Bangladesh triumphed in another winner-takes-all game, beating the United Arab Emirates by nine wickets (D/L method) in a rain-interrupted Group A match.
Records drop as India beat Uganda
Raj Bawa and Angkrish Raghuvanshi propelled India past several batting records as they set Uganda an insurmountable 405. After captain Nishant Sindu fell for 15 to 16, Raghuvanshi and Bawa added 206 runs for the third wicket in 22.4 overs.
Flyhalf Raghuvanshi was eventually dismissed for 144 runs from 120 balls, Bawa would then continue to rack up runs as Kaushal Tambe and Dinesh Bana made useful cameos.
By the time the southpaw Bawa reached 150, 66% of his runs had come from bounds and by the end of the innings he held the tournament’s highest score, overtaking England’s Tom Perst on 154, to finish with 162 of 108 balls including 14 fours and eight sixes.
The aggregate total of 405 for 5 marks India’s second highest tally behind their 425 for three against Scotland in 2004, in that game Shikhar Dhawan hit 155 not knocked out, the previous highest individual tally for India at an ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
All Over: Yet another comprehensive win for India U19 as they beat Uganda U19 by 326 points in their last Group B game.
Nishant Sindhu takes 4/19. Earlier, Raj Bawa crushed 162* and A Raghuvanshi scored 144 #BoysInBlue #U19CWC
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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 22, 2022
Uganda’s challenge became even more difficult when fly-half Isaac Ategeka was forced out after being hit in the forearm by a delivery from Rajvardhan Hangargekar. The right-arm tailor then fired his replacement Cyrus Kakuru for a first-ball duck on the last ball of an eventful first.
Captain Pascal Murungi, who had previously won Uganda’s best numbers of 3-72, batted bravely for 34 but couldn’t stop the inevitable victory as the Ugandan innings ended on 79 for nine for 19.4 with Ategeka unable to regain ground.
The 326-run victory is India’s biggest at an ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second-highest ever, and sets them up for a replay of the 2020 final against Bangladesh, while Uganda will face the United Arab Emirates in the quarter-finals. .
Shehzad has the ball on target as Pakistan dominate Papua New Guinea
Opener Muhammad Shehzad shone with the ball rather than the bat as Pakistan secured a nine-wicket win over Papua New Guinea to set up a knockout encounter with Australia.
6.4-3-7-5! 🔥🔥
Muhammad Shehzad takes five as Pakistan U19 beat PNG for 50 (22.4 overs) in their #U19CWC Group C clash at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.#PakistanFutureStars pic.twitter.com/NpVu1U0Mmn— Pakistani Cricket (@TheRealPCB) January 22, 2022
Papua New Guinea started positively as Christopher Kilapat and Boio Ray put in 24 for the first wicket.
However, once the wicket of Kilapat, who had the highest score with 11, fell, Papua New Guinea lost the next nine wickets for 26 runs.
Pakistan’s bowling was hard-hitting and temperamental, with bowlers contributing 19 extras to a total of 50 from Papua New Guinea. Ahmed Khan claimed wickets from both openers on his way to three for 10 before captain Barnabas Maha ran out after adding just two to the tally.
Aue Oru then provided some resistance by taking seven out of 25 balls but was to be the second of Shehzad’s victims. The last four batters to go failed to score as right-arm dressmaker Shehzad claimed five for seven, the most economical quintet of the tournament so far.
Chasing the modest tally of 51, Shehzad was out for a six-ball duck before Abbas Ali and wicketkeeper Haseebullah Khan combined to make the runs necessary for a comfortable victory.
Pakistan top Group C after winning all three of their matches to set up a repeat of the 1988 and 2010 finals with Australia, while Papua New Guinea will meet hosts West Indies in the Plate League.
Afghanistan overtakes Zimbabwe to advance
Suliman Safi’s century helped Afghanistan to victory over Zimbabwe in the final game of Group C to secure a quarter-final with Sri Lanka in the Super League.
A brilliant 111 from 118 from captain Suliman Safi helped Afghanistan secure their second victory and a place in the Super League of the #U19CWC 📽️https://t.co/kdVmevErkn
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) January 23, 2022
The Afghan captain went 111-for-118, including 14 fours and three sixes, to put Afghanistan 261 for six as he was sent off on the last ball of the set. Four other batters posted scores over 20, with flyhalf Nageyalia Kharote contributing a significant half-century from 45 balls.
Alex Falao was the bowlers’ choice for Zimbabwe as he took three for 54 from his ten overs to move to eight wickets for the tournament so far.
Responding to Diego Martin, Zimbabwe fly-half Matthew Welch led the charge with Steven Saul contributing nine before having his leg dropped before the wicket to leave his side on one for 49.
Welch’s next two partners were only able to add a single run to the total before it was Welch’s turn to go down after hitting 53 of 61 balls.
No one else was able to continue scoring as the required run rate soared above a run and a ball and wickets continued to drop as Nangeyalia Kharote took four for 30.
Rogan Wolhuter frustrated the Afghan bowlers with a gritty 28 on 52 balls and did well to keep the strike and deny Afghanistan the chance to play tailender Mcgini Dube. However, Dube eventually fell for four and Falao followed soon after as Zimbabwe slipped to a 109-run loss and will now face Scotland in the quarter-finals at home plate.
Defending champions Bangladesh advance to Round of 16
Bangladesh bowlers worked in tandem to limit the United Arab Emirates to 148 en route to a nine-wicket victory.
A full performance from Bangladesh!
They beat UAE by 9 wickets on DLS method ✨#BANvUAE | #U19CWC pic.twitter.com/m9XuvOM5B1
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) January 22, 2022
The United Arab Emirates slipped to eight for two inside three overs as Ashiqur Zaman dismissed both openers to earn figures of two for 14 from eight overs. Dhruv Parashar and captain Alishan Sharafu then teamed up to steady the ship for the UAE by making 44 runs for the third wicket.
Punya Mehra went on to top the score with 43 from 64 but could not find a partner to stick with him as the last seven wickets dropped for 98 runs. Ripon Mondol fired Bangladesh’s top numbers at 3-31, with three other bowlers also dismissed.
Chasing 148, Bangladesh got off to an impressive start reaching 86 before losing their first wicket as Iftakher Hossain was caught by Soorya Sathish bowling Jash Giyanani. Hossain had added 37 points on 70 balls, his co-opener Mahfijul Islam making 45 points before the players were taken off the field due to rain in Basseterre.
Mahfijul was able to reach his half century as the teams emerged with a new target of 107, with the fly-half eventually reaching 64 on 6 balls, as Prantik Nawrose Nabil joined him in the middle as they sealed victory and a safe passage to the knockout stages.
Bangladesh are hoping for a repeat of the final last time out when they face India while the United Arab Emirates take on Uganda in Plate’s first quarter-final.
Covid-19 outbreak in a camp in Australia
Meanwhile, three Australian players have received positive PCR test results for Covid-19 through the event’s official testing programme. The players are currently in isolation and are being monitored and taken care of by the medical team.
ICC U19 Super League Men’s Cricket World Cup Schedule
January 26 – Quarter-final 1 England v South Africa; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
January 27 – Quarter-final 4 Sri Lanka v Afghanistan; Coolidge Cricket Ground
28 January – Quarter-final 3 Pakistan v Australia; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
January 29 – Quarter-Final 2 India v Bangladesh; Coolidge Cricket Ground
January 30 – Play-off Semi-Final 2 Loser QF 1 v Loser QF 4; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
January 31 – Play-off Semi-Final 1 Loser QF 2 v Loser QF 3; Coolidge Cricket Ground
February 1 – Semi-Final 1 Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 4; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
February 2 – Semi-Final 2 Winner QF 2 v Winner QF 3; Coolidge Cricket Ground
February 3 – 5th/6th Play-off Semi-Finals 1 & 2 winners; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
February 3 – 7/8 play-off losers from semi-finals 1 and 2 of the play-offs; Coolidge Cricket Ground
February 4 – 3/4 losers from semi-finals 1 and 2 play-offs; Coolidge Cricket Ground
Feb. 5 – CWC Men’s U19 Final winners of Semi-Finals 1 & 2; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Schedule
January 25 – Quarter-final 1 UAE v Uganda; Queens Park Ring
January 25 – Quarter-final 2 Ireland v Canada; Brian Lara Cricket Academy
January 26 – Quarter-final 3 Zimbabwe v Scotland; Queens Park Ring
January 26 – Quarter-final 4 Antilles against PNG; Diego Martin Sports Complex
January 28 – Semi-Final 1 Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 4; Queens Park Ring
January 28 – Play-off Semi-Final 1 Loser QF1 v Loser QF4; Diego Martin Sports Complex
January 29 – Winner of Semi-Final 2 QF 2 v Winner QF 3; Queens Park Ring
January 29 – Play-off Semi-Final 2 Loser QF 2 v Loser QF 3; Brian Lara Cricket Academy
January 30 – 15/16 Play-off Losers of Play-off Semi-Finals 1 and 2; Brian Lara Cricket Academy
30 January – 13/14 Play-off semi-final winners 1 and 2; Diego Martin Sports Complex
31 January – 11/12 Play-off of the losers of semi-finals 1 and 2; Diego Martin Sports Complex
January 31 – Plate Final winners of Semi-Finals 1 and 2; Queens Park Ring
