India Under-19's win against Papua New Guinea may not been as exciting as other matches of u-19 World cup held today but their performance was excellent and steady and made all of proud of them.
All was equally balanced for them, Everything went in their favour except the toss which they lost but still they were happy. Indian openers looked to built a steady and strong foundation for the teams.
The Openers - Shreevats Goswami and Taruwar Kohli both put strong 100 runs partnership which helped India to bulid a huge score. They both not only keep the pace of making rund but also kept the pressure of losing wickets away. TM Srivastas accelerated in the end of innings to take India to 280 for 5. Papua New Guinea Bowlers looked helpless against Indian Batting attack. J Kila and J Tom were impressive and they both looked to stand in front of storming Indian Innings.
ICC U19 World Cup India vs Papua New Guinea 2008 --- Highlights
Indian bowlers too looked in no mood for mercy and stormed to Papua New Guinea inning . None of the Papua New Guinea batsmen looked to stand in front of them. Iqbal Abdul looked much impressive and was the highest wickettaker for India with 3 for just 2 runs. All the bowlers had a work out and apart from Ravindra Jadeja and Taruwar, who went for 11 off two overs of medium-pace, everyone picked up wickets.Till Papua New Guinea can get any idea the inning was wrapped up and Papua New Guinea was all out for merely 85 runs. India won by 195 runs.
Dav Whatmore, India's coach too looked confident. He said "We wanted to play as well as we can early in the game, without underestimating the opposition" plus added " "We felt that if we did that well, the margin would be big at the end of the game." The win different was huge and it made clear that young blood of India is offensive and determined on one goal ie is 'Victory'.Man of the Match was awarded to TM Srivastava for his rocking inning of 83 from 76 balls which was foundation of such big win.
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