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.
India8217;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