Colts survive major scare from minnows

Medium pacer Ravikant Singh returned with a five-for as Indian colts thumped minnows Papua New Guinea by 107 runs to enter the quarter-finals of the U-19 Cricket World Cup

Medium pacer Ravikant Singh returned with a five-for as Indian colts thumped minnows Papua New Guinea by 107 runs to enter the quarter-finals of the U-19 Cricket World Cup. Ravikant produced a fine seam bowling display to bundle out Papua New Guinea for meagre 97 runs in 32 overs in pursuit of a victory target of 204.

Ravikant finished with impressive figures of 5/21 from his nine overs. Kamal Passi and Baba Aprajith claimed two wickets each.

India’s batting woes continued as they were bundled out for 204 in 46 overs after electing to bat earlier in the day. Had it not been for a 72-run knock from Vijay Zol and a well constructed 58 from opener Prashant Chopra,India would have struggled to even cross the 150-run mark. The only other useful contribution came from Smit Patel (30).

Brief scores: India 204 all out (V Zol 72,P Chopra 58; C Soper 5/32,T Tom 2/26) vs Papua New Guinea 97 all-out (C Amini 28,C Kent 27; R Singh 5/21,K Passi 2/18)

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