U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup: Musheer Khan, Naman Tiwari help India top Group A in win over Ireland

Musheer Khan, Naman Tiwari and Saumy Pandey were the stars of India’s 201-run victory over Ireland in the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 in Bloemfontein on Thursday. This win meant that India rose to the top of the Group A table with one more match to go in the group fixtures.

While Musheer struck a sublime 118 off 106 balls, Tiwari (4/53) and Pandey (3/21) picked up seven wickets between themselves as they bowled out Ireland for 100 in the chase of 302.

Put in to bat at the Mangaung Oval, India made the most of the good batting conditions against Ireland.

John McNally dismissed the Indian openers Adarsh Singh and Arshin Kulkarni after the two got off to starts, but India captain Uday Saharan and Musheer combined in what turned out to be a game-changing partnership.

The duo started off slowly, scoring the first boundary after more than 10 overs into the partnership, but runs came thick and fast from there as the two showcased their range of strokes.

Musheer brought up his fifty in the 34th over and Saharan followed suit soon after, making it four fifties in four outings (including two in the warm-up games) at the tournament. Both batters moved across to...

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