India booked their place in the semi-finals of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 thanks to a 58-run win over Pakistan in the Super 6 stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The win puts the five-time winners level on eight points with England in Group 2, with both sides progressing to the last four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having been put in to bat at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club, India posted 252 thanks to Vedant Trivedi’s watchful 68 from 98 balls and a series of lower-order contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response, Pakistan’s Usman Khan marshalled his side’s chase with a well-made 66, but Ayush Mhatre proved decisive with the ball, claiming three for 21 to turn the tide in India’s favour, before Khilan A. Patel (3\/35) mopped up the tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trivedic leads with bat as Mhatre and Patel star with ball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n India’s innings got off to a solid start as openers Aaron George (16) and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (30) put on 47 for the first wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But three-wickets in four balls from a combination of Mohammad Sayyam (2\/69) and Abdul Subhan (3\/33) saw India’s top order toppled, only for Trivedi and Vihaan Malhotra to steady the ship with a partnership of 62.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trivedi continued to play the anchor role and was part of two further helpful partnerships of 48 and 35 alongside Abhigyan Kundu (16) and R.S. Ambrish (29) respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trivedi eventually departed for 68, caught by Farhan Yousaf off Momin Qamar’s bowling, with India 182 for six with just under 10 overs remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kanishk Chouhan and Patel both made important lower-order contributions as India made it past the 250 mark with the former adding 35 from 29 balls while the latter hit a 15-ball 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there would be no last over pyrotechnics as the return of Abdul saw him pick up two further wickets before being involved in an innings-ending run-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the early wicket of Sameer Minhas (9), Pakistan moved themselves into a strong position at 151 for two thanks to the efforts of opener Hamza Zahoor (42) and Usman Khan before captain Farhan Yousaf added 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the skipper’s dismissal triggered a collapse with Pakistan losing eight wickets for just 43 runs thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mhatre removed Usman to see the back of the last of Pakistan’s set batters before he and Patel took a series of cheap wickets as India claimed victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scores in brief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n India v Pakistan<\/strong> at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo<\/p>\n\n\n\n India 252 all out in 49.5 overs (Vedant Trivedi 68, Kanishk Chouhan 35; Abdul Subhan 3\/33, Mohammad Sayyam 2\/69)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pakistan 194 all out in 46.2 overs (Usman Khan 66, Hamza Zahoor 42; Ayush Mhatre 3\/21, Khilan A. Patel 3\/35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Result: India win by 58 runs.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India booked their place in the semi-finals of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 thanks to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-8674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-cricket"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t