Portchefstroom (South Africa), Jan 28: Pacer Kartik Tyagi blew away the Australian top-order with a sensational spell to power India into the semifinals of the ICC U-19 World Cup with a comfortable 74-run win here on Tuesday.
Kartik�s four wickets came after India recovered through Atharva Ankolekar�s combative half-century to reach 233 for nine, a modest total which the holders defended in impressive fashion.
Riding on Kartik�s spell in which he swung the ball at a good speed, India bundled out Australia for 159 with 6.3 overs to spare in their Super League quarterfinal.
Invited to bat, India lacked a substantial partnership until Atharva and Ravi Bishnoi joined forces to raise a fighting 61-run stand for the seventh wicket.
Atharva scored an unbeaten 55 off 54 balls with five fours and a six, while Bishnoi made 30 off 341 balls. � PTI
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India: Yashasvi Jaiswal b Sangha 62, Divyaansh Saxena c Rowe b Kelly 14, Tilak Varma c Harvey b Murphy 2, PK Garg b Sully 5, Dhruv Jurel c Rowe b Murphy 15, Siddhesh Veer c Murphy b Kelly 25, Atharva Ankolekar not out 55, Ravi Bishnoi run out (Fanning) 30, SS Mishra c Harvey b Willans 4, Kartik Tyagi run out (Kelly) 1, Akash Singh not out 0. Extras: (B-1, LB-6, NB-2, W-11) 20. Total: (For 9 in 50 overs) 233. Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-44, 3-54, 4-102, 5-114, 6-144, 7-205, 8-215, 9-230. Bowling: M Willans 10-1-41-1, C Sully 10-1-56-1, C Kelly 10-0-45-2, T Murphy 10-0-40-2, T Sangha 8-1-39-1, O Davies 2-0-5-0.
Australia: S Fanning c Jurel b Akash Singh 75, J Fraser-McGurk run out (Saxena) 0, MW Harvey lbw b Kartik Tyagi 4, LD Hearne b Kartik Tyagi 0, O Davies c Jaiswal b Kartik Tyagi 2, P Rowe c Jurel b Kartik Tyagi 21, L Scott c Jurel b Ravi Bishnoi 35, C Sully run out (Jurel) 5, T Sangha not out 2, T Murphy b Akash Singh 0, M Willans b Akash Singh 2, Extras: (lb 4, nb 1, w 8) 13, Total: (All out in 43.3 overs) 159. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-4, 3-4, 4-17, 5-68, 6-149, 7-155, 8-155, 9-155, 10-159. Bowling: Kartik Tyagi 8-0-24-4, SS Mishra 6-0-28-0, Ravi Bishnoi 9-0-26-1, Akash Singh 8.3-0-30-3, SA Veer 5-0-25-0, AV Ankolekar 7-0-22-0.
