Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 92 and left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai’s four-wicket haul ensured an easy 51-run win for India against Afghanistan in an U-19 Asia Cup encounter, here on Tuesday.
Batting first, India was all-out for 221 in 45.3 overs with Jaiswal scoring 92 off 93 balls with 13 boundaries and a six.
Opener Jaiswal resurrected the innings when India was down in the dumps at 14 for 3, adding 62 runs for the fourth wicket with Prabh Simran Singh (17).
However, a more important stand was of 80 runs for the fifth wicket with Ayush Badoni, who scored 65 with eight fours and a six.
But at reasonable 202 for five, India lost last five wickets for 19 runs to score a below par 221.
Seamer Azmatullah Omarzai and leg-spinner Qais Ahmed took three wickets apiece.
While chasing, Afghanistan started off well with 56-run opening stand but lost momentum in the middle overs when left-arm spin duo of Desai (4/37 in 7.4 overs) and Harsh Tyagi (3/40 in 10 overs) operated.
From 82 for 2, Afghanistan suffered a middle-order collapse to be reduced to 105 for 6 and never recovered.
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