India colts thrash Nepal in U-19 Asia Cup

The Indian U-19 team has begun their U-19 Asia Cup campaign in style after defeating minnows Nepal by 171 runs in their group A fixture. After being put into bat, India scored 304/9 as opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 104 and wicket-keeper PrabhSimran Singh amassed 84. 

India lost their first wicket when Devdutt Padikkal was caught leg before by Bhim Sharki's delivery in the 17th over. Captain Pawan Shah (13) departed next. Then wicket-keeper Prabh Simran and Yashasvi stitched a 76-run partnership to take India close to the 200-run mark. Quick knocks by Ayush Badoni (33) and Mohit Jangra (19) ensured India cross 300. Bhim Sharkiwas was the only bowler with respectable figures as he took four wickets for 42 runs. Rashid Khan supported him with figures of 2/45. 

Chasing 305 to win, Nepal started well with Rabindra Shahi and Ravi Kumar Sah sharing a 31-run partnership in eight overs before both the openers were dismissed within two overs. Skipper Asif Sheikh (25), Sundeep Jora (20) and Rohit Paudel (24) got starts but were not able to build their run-chase on it. India's top-notch bowling made sure Nepal were losing wickets at regular intervals.

Eventually, India packed up Nepal for a mere 133 runs in 36.4 overs. Siddharth Desai and Harsh Tyagi were the stars of the bowling attack, registering figures of 3/19 and 3/21, respectively. India will look forward to continuing the same destruction when they will face UAE next on Sunday.