New Delhi. The Indian senior cricket team suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the hosts in South Africa in the Boxing Day Test. Currently, India A and India Junior Under 19 team are also playing matches on this tour. Soumi Pandey scored a hat-trick as India’s Under-19 team registered a strong 6-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the Tri-Nation tournament. Batting first, the Afghanistan team was bowled out for 198 runs against India. In reply, India won by losing 4 wickets with the help of Adarsh Singh’s century.
Currently, the Tri-Nations tournament is being played in South Africa between India, South Africa and Afghanistan under 19 teams. Johannesburg: The Indian team has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Afghanistan. Against the brilliant bowling of 19-year-old spinner Soumi Pandey, the Afghanistan team was restricted to 198 runs. In this match, Soumi took a total of 6 wickets including a hat-trick and eliminated more than half of the Afghanistan team.
Soumi took 6 wickets including a hat-trick
In the match against Afghanistan, Soumi created history by taking three consecutive wickets in the 17th over. Jamshid Zadran was lbw on the third ball of this over and Numan Shah was also trapped in front of the wicket on the next ball and was lbw. Rahimullah completed the hat-trick by catching Jurmati behind the wicket on the last ball of the over. In this match, Soumi took a total of 6 wickets by giving 29 runs in 10 overs.
Adarsh scored a century
Chasing the target of 199 runs set by Afghanistan, the Indian team suffered a first setback at the score of 39 runs and the second wicket fell at a total score of 54 runs. The team lost its third wicket at 69 runs and its fourth wicket at 72 runs. From here Adarsh along with Mushir Khan remained steadfast at one end and led the team to victory. Opener Adarsh played an unbeaten innings of 112 runs off 107 balls with the help of 15 fours and 2 sixes and took the team to victory.
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Tags: India vs Afghanistan, India vs South Africa
First published: December 29, 2023, 23:16 IST

