Defending champions India got off to a strong start against Bangladesh in their U-19 World Cup opener in Bloemfontein on Satirday. After being put into bat, India lost the wickets of Arshin Kulkarni and Musheer Khan in 7.2 overs, with the score reading 31/2. However, opener Adarsh Singh and captain Uday Saharan smashed half-centuries to take India across the 100-run mark. The pair added 116 runs for the third wicket before Adarsh was dismissed on 76.
During their partnership, India captain Uday had a heated exchange with Ariful Islam and his Bangaldeshi counterpart Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby.
Uday and Ariful went face to face against each other before Rabby and the umpire separated them and stopped the matter from escalating.
Uday Saharan our U19 captain not sure of he is gonna be a next Virat or Rohit but boy he is never backing down from a challenge#INDU19vsBANU19 #U19WorldCup2024 #BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/sQloMDJ9z8
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There were other incidents were Bangladesh players were seen giving fiery send offs to the Indian players. Coming back to the match, Bangaldesh had won the toss and opted to bowl.
Bangladesh are the Asian champions, having won the Asia Cup last month in the build-up to the Under-19 global showpiece.
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The 19-year-old Uday is captaining India in the U19 World Cup and is the oldest member of the squad. He will be 19 years and 97 days of age during India’s campaign against Bangladesh. In seven ODIs so far, Uday has scored 197 runs in six innings at an average of 39.40, with a century and a fifty.
India U19 Playing XI: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (C), Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Aravelly Avanish (Wk), Murugan Abhishek, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Ashiqur Rahman Shibli (wk), Jishan Alam, Chowdhury Md Rizwan, Ariful Islam, Ahrar Amin, Mohammad Shihab James, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (C), Sheikh Paevez Jibon, Rohanat Doullah Borson, Md Iqbal Hossain Emmon, Maruf Mridha.
(With PTI Inputs)
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