U 19 World Cup 2024: Musheer Khan hits second century, India defeats New Zealand by 214 runs in Super-6

Thanks to the brilliant performance of the bowlers after the second century of Mushir Khan (131), India defeated New Zealand (India U19) in the Super-6 match of the Under-19 World Cup (ICC Under 19 World Cup 2024) played on Tuesday at Mengong Oval ground here. vs New Zealand U19) by 214 runs. Batting first, the Indian team scored 295 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs and then bowled out New Zealand for 81 runs in 28.1 overs. This is New Zealand’s third biggest defeat and third lowest score in terms of runs.

For the Kiwi team, captain Oscar Jackson scored the maximum 19 runs while Jack Cumming scored 16 and Alex Thompson scored 12 runs. Whereas, from India’s side, Soumya Pandey took the maximum of four wickets for 19 runs in 10 overs. Apart from them, Raj Limbani and Musheer Khan took two wickets each while Arshin Kulkarni took one wicket. Musheer Khan was adjudged man of the match for his all-round performance.

Earlier, with Musheer Khan’s second century and opener Adarsh ​​Singh’s 52-run innings, India scored 295 runs for eight wickets against New Zealand. On the batting-friendly pitch of Mengong Oval, Musheer demolished New Zealand’s bowling attack and became the first batsman to cross the 300-run mark in the ongoing competition.

Musheer played an innings of 131 runs in 126 balls with the help of 13 fours and three sixes. Musheer hit shots all around the wicket and also scored a lot of runs while running. He was also successful in batting aggressively in the last overs. However, India’s start was not good. The team quickly lost the wicket of Arshin Kulkarni (09), who had scored a century in the last match.

After this, Musheer and Adarsh ​​completed the innings by adding 77 runs for the second wicket. Adarsh ​​looked in good form right from the beginning. However, in the 18th over, he got caught by Oliver Tewatia while trying to drive the ball outside the off side of Jack Cumming (1 wicket for 37 runs). This left-handed opening batsman faced 58 balls and hit six fours.