Shahid Afridi Reacts To Pakistan's Heavy Loss To India In ICC U19 World Cup
Published - 05 Feb 2020, 08:11 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 06:36 AM
India, on Tuesday, thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan by ten wickets in the semifinal of the ICC U19 World Cup to storm into the final. What promised to be cracking game of cricket turned out to be a lopsided contest thanks to the stunning all round performance from India.
Despite losing the toss, Priyam Garg & Co. remained on top throughout the match. Rohail Nazir???s decision to bat first turned out to be a poor one as Pakistan were all out for a modest total of 172. Rohail did score a fighting fifty and so did opener Haider Ali but their efforts were not enough as their teammates failed to deliver.
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Barring Nazir and Haider, only Mohammad Haris (21) managed to score in double digits. For India, Sushant Mishra picked up three wickets while Kartik Tyagi and Bishnoi picked up two wickets each.
In reply, India chased down the total without losing any wicket in the 36th over. Yashasvi Jaiswal and his opening partner Divyansh Saxena did not allow Pakistan to make a comeback in the game by sharing an unbeaten stand of 176 runs. Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 105 while Saxena was on 59.
Shahid Afridi reacts:
Soon after the game ended, former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi took to Twitter to give his reaction on it. Shahid Afridi, who is no stranger to losing a game to India in the World Cup, congratulated the Indian team for the clinical win. Shahid Afridi then went on to praise the cricket system in India before asking Pakistan youngsters to learn from the heavy defeat as he tweeted:
???Congrats to ?? U19 on a clinical performance today. The Crkt system in?? is producing top-class cricketers at all levels.??youngsters shouldn???t lose ??????, a big learning curve today.Players like Haider, Hurraira, Rohail, Haris, Qasim and the fast bowlers have a lot of potential.???
Congrats to ?? U19 on a clinical performance today. The Crkt system in?? is producing top-class cricketers at all levels.??youngsters shouldn't lose ??????, a big learning curve today.Players like Haider, Hurraira, Rohail, Haris, Qasim and the fast bowlers have a lot of potential.
