(Cricket news) India U19 team registered a commanding victory over Nepal U19 in the super six stage of the ICC U19 CWC. They defeated Nepal by 132 runs on Friday to confirm a spot in the Semi-finals of the competition.

Electing to bat, India did not got off to the best of the starts slipping to 62/3 in 14 overs. Skipper Uday Saharan and Sachin Dhas then powered them to 297 in their 50 overs. The two batters stitched a 215-run stand to take their team into a wonderful position.

Both the batters scored wonderful centuries in the process. Uday Saharan brought up his hundred in 106 balls, while Sachin scored a wonderful 116 in 101 balls to take the team to a sizeable total

Chasing a big total Nepal were off to a slow start scoring just 39 runs inside the first powerplay. They eventually started loosing wickets and saw a massive collapse losing 7 wickets for just 29 runs, slipping to 77/7 from 48/0. They were further reduced to 120/9, before their last pair frustrated India and stitched an unbeaten 45-run partnership.

Brief scores: India 297/5 in 50 overs (Sachin Dhas 116, Uday Saharan 100; Gulsan Jha 3-56) Nepal 165/9 in 50 overs (Dev Khanal 33; Saumy Pandey 4-29, Arshin Kulkarni 2-18); India won by 132 runs

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