Christchurch,
\nIndia entered the final of the U-19 cricket World Cup after thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan by a massive 203 runs in the semifinals here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
India will now meet Australia in the summit clash on February 3. Australia had beaten Afghanistan by six wickets in the first semifinals yesterday.<\/p>\n
Opting to bat first, India rod on Shubman Gill’s 102 not out of 94 balls to pile on 272\/9 in their allotted 50 overs and then bowled Pakistan out for a mere 69 in just 29.3 overs.<\/p>\n
Gill, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.8 crore in the Indian Premier League players’ auction, had hit a match-winning 86 in the quarterfinals against Bangladesh. He is the team’s leading scorer with 341 runs.<\/p>\n
The defeat was Pakistan’s heaviest (in terms of runs) in a U-19 World Cup match.<\/p>\n
For three-time champions India, seamer Ishan Porel grabbed four wickets for 17 runs while spinners Shiva Singh and Riyan Parag took two wickets apiece to rock the Pakistan run chase.<\/p>\n
Pakistan were reduced to 20 for 3 in the eighth over with Porel removing their top three batsmen and they could not recover from there under a relentless attack from an Indian pace battery and a spin troika.<\/p>\n
Only three Pakistani players could reach double-digit scores with Rohail Nazir hitting 18. The Indians also fielded superbly with Shivam Mavi and Prithvi Shaw pulling off outstanding catches at fine leg and slip respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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