Captain Yash Dhul helped India after a poor start and 232 runs against South Africa in the first match of the Under-19 World Cup here on Saturday.
Dhul’s solid knock of 82 runs in 100 balls laid the foundation stone for India’s overall fighting score.
The start of the game was delayed by almost 40 minutes due to rain and amidst the prevailing conditions, South Africa decided to invite India to bat.
Left-arm pacer Effieve Manyanda shook the Indian top order by trapping in-form opener Harnoor Singh (1) and his partner Angriksh Raghuvanshi (5) in front of the stumps.
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Left-handed Harnoor, who was India’s highest run-scorer in the Asia Cup and scored a century in the warm-up match against Australia here, fell on a ball, which fell back inside. Raghuvanshi played around Mayanda’s inswinger and fell in front, leaving India at 11 for two.
India are in trouble, with skipper Dhul and Sheikh Rashid (31) working together to rebuild the innings. They put on a 71-run stand before Rashid missed a sweep shot by left-arm spinner Liam Elder and was declared lbw.
Rashid, who was dismissed for 17 at second slip by Andile Simelane, played some impressive strokes in his 54-ball 54, which included an aerial pull and a drive off pacer Matthew Bost to break the chains.
Delhi batsman Dhul took the innings forward with a partnership of 44 runs with Nishant Sindhu (25). The skipper finished with 11 boundaries and took a brilliant direct hit from Simelane to dismiss him.
Kaushal Tumble added 35 valuable runs at the end of the innings to take the team past 200.
Boast cleaned up the lower order, removing Tambe and Rajvardhan Hangargekar in successive deliveries.
India will be disappointed by not playing the full overs after being all out in 46.5 overs.
South Africa will have to bat well to chase down the target as the pitch is slow.
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