As New Zealand batter of Indian origin, Snehith Reddy, took the cricketing world by storm with a century in an ICC U19 World Cup match against Nepal on Sunday, what stood out was his celebration as he acknowledged the cheers from the crowd.
Riding on Adarsh Singh's 76, captain Uday Saharan's 64 and Saumy Pandey's four-wicket haul Team India started their ICC Under 19 World Cup campaign with a comfortable 84-run victory against Bangladesh on Saturday.
South Africa got off to a winning start as a five-wicket haul by Kwena (5/38) helped them defend 286 against WI, who fell short of a win by 31 runs on Friday.
Following a poor start, half-centuries from Uday and Adarsh pulled India back in the game, though Maruf bowled well and took wickets at regular intervals.
Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby-led Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field first against Uday Saharan's India in the Under 19 World Cup 2024 in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
India will play their opening game of the competition against Bangladesh on Saturday. They will play the second game against Ireland on January 25 and the last match of the group stage against the USA on January 28.
SA20 franchise Paarl Royals today announced the signings of South African duo of Keith Dudgeon and Nqaba Peter as replacement players for the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup-bound Lhuandre Pretorius and Kwena Maphaka.
Ever since leading India to U19 World Cup win in 2008 and his international debut in the same year, Virat has gathered headlines for his consistent run-scoring. Though his earliest followers and observers had no doubts about his greatness, Virat has broken records, chased runs and won mat