U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup: Arshin Kulkarni’s century guides India to Super Six with win over USA

A century for Arshin Kulkarni and another fine knock from Musheer Khan helped India put on a tall total against USA before Naman Tiwari led their bowling performance with a four-wicket haul in a 201-run win.

India continued their winning streak at the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup on the back of another impressive batting display in Bloemfontein.

Opener Kulkarni, who had missed out in the first couple of matches, made a brilliant hundred after USA won the toss and put India in to bat.

USA struck with the wicket of Adarsh Singh soon after the Powerplay, but struggled to break the stand between Kulkarni and Musheer Khan, the centurion from the previous game.

Musheer and Kulkarni went at a quick rate and India piled on a century-stand to put USA under pressure. The duo found boundaries with ease in the 155-run partnership that was only broken in the 36th over when Rishi Ramesh dismissed Musheer for 73.

Kulkarni raced to his hundred in the 41st over, taking 110 balls to reach the milestone. Meanwhile, at the other end, Uday Saharan stepped up the scoring rate, smashing 35 off 27 balls before slicing a slower ball from Arya Garg to point.

Kulkarni holed out in the next over, but with a few big hits in the...

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