Sai Sudharsan and Abhishek Sharma slammed scintillating fifties to enhance the efforts of the bowlers as India A professional for the semifinals with a dominating nine-wicket win over Nepal in its second match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Cup right here on Monday.
Electing to bat, Nepal was all out for 167 in 39.2 overs with Nishant Sindhu (4/14), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (3/25), Harshit Rana (2/16) and Manav Suthar (1/31) producing breakthroughs at common intervals.
For Nepal, skipper Rohit Paudel was the top-scorer as he made 65 off 85 balls, whereas Gulsan Jha made a 30-ball 38 to present some momentum to the innings on the R Premadasa Stadium right here.
Abhishek and Sudharsan then supplied a flying begin to India’s chase, including 139 in 19 overs for the opening wicket.
HIGHLIGHTS: India A vs Nepal ACC Emerging Asia Cup
After Sharma was dismissed by Paudel, Dhruv Jurel joined the occasion and put the ending touches with a 12-ball 21 which had a 4 and two maximums, together with the final shot which introduced up the profitable runs for India.
It was Sharma, who produced the fireworks early on, blasting 12 fours and two sixes in his 69-ball innings. Sudarsan additionally had eight hits to the fence and one over the rope.
After this win, India gained 4 factors to consolidate its place on the high of the desk with two wins out of two and a web run charge of +3.9.
India had defeated UAE in its opening match.
India will play Pakistan in its remaining league match on Wednesday.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com