India vs Bangladesh, U19 WC 2024 highlights: Saumy Pandey takes 4 as Saharan and Co. kickstart ICC event with 84-run win

Jan 20, 2024, 21:26:51 IST

India vs Bangladesh, U19 World Cup 2024: Saumy Pandey picked up four wickets as Saharan and Co. kickstarted the ICC event with an 84-run win.

Saumy Pandey picked up four wickets for India

India vs Bangladesh highlights, U19 World Cup 2024: Saumy Pandey picked up four wickets while Musheer Khan bagged a brace as Uday Saharan's Team India defeated Bangladesh by 84 runs in their U-19 World Cup 2024 opener at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Saturday. With the win, India have opened its account at the U-19 World Cup hosted by South Africa. Indian opener Adarsh Singh, who scored 76 off 96 balls, was named the Player of the Match. ...Read More

India will next face Ireland on Thursday. Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby won the toss and chose to bowl first. Maruf Mridha was the pick of the bowlers for Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby and Co. against India. Mridha bagged five wickets and leaked 43 runs in 8 overs. However, half-centuries from captain Saharan and Adarsh helped India get to a match-winning score of 251/7.

One of the most followed cricketing events in the world, the Under19 World Cup got underway in South Africa yesterday, but for Indian cricket fans, the tournament kickstarted on Saturday as the country's young brigade launched their bid for a world title. The senior men's or women's team hasn't had it easy – the last ICC title India won was back in 2013. Of course, we all know it, but between then and now, over the last 11 years, the U19 teams have collectively won three – the boys emerged victorious in 2018 and 2022, while the girls reached the pinnacle just last year.

Six years ago, led by an 18-year-old Prithvi Shaw, India beat New Zealand in the final. The squad also featured a then 17-year-old Shubman Gill, who has now become the 'Prince'. Twenty four years ago, this very tournament gave Indian cricket the gift of Yuvraj Singh and of course Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja from the victorious batch of 2008. Even the squads that did not go on to win the tournament, shaped future superstars. Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan, batch of 2016 – are two of the most exciting and enthralling youngsters. Heck, even Rahul Dravid's stature as a coach was cemented with a trophy triumph, paving the way for his tenure with the senior men's team just three years later. So yeah, it's huge. Pretty, pretty huge.

So what to expect from this year's edition? Runs… wickets… superstars? We'd say why not. That the last Under-19 World Cup was held just two years back hasn't exactly allowed youngsters from that group to burst through the ranks in the Indian team – because let's face it, the competition is stiffer than ever – the likes of Yash Dhull and Rajvardhan Hangargekar have managed to bag IPL contracts, and there is no doubt that it's only a matter of time that they are tested at the international level.

This time around too, there are names that are brimming with confidence. Uday Sharan, Jacques Kallis fan Arshin Kulkarni, Sarfaraz Khan's young brother Musheer Khan… have all made noise at the Cooch Behar tournament. Who can not mention the newly-unearthed 400-run marathon man Prakhar Chaturvedi. The road ahead is long, but bright, and stage set to conquer the biggest prize of their young careers.

India are placed in Group A, alongwith Bangladesh, Ireland and the United States. There are three other groups and this will be followed by a Super Six stage in which the teams will be divided into two groups. That is followed by the semi-final on February 6 and 8 and the final on February 11.

India's group stage matches will be held in Bloemfontein. After the match against Bangladesh, India face Ireland on January 25. Their final group game against the United States will be on January 28.

Here's all you need to know about India's match against Bangladesh

- Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl.

- Bangladesh made a good start with pacer Maruf Mridha taking two wickets inside the first 10 overs.

- Opener Adarsh Singh and captain Uday Saharan then scored half-centuries and frustrated Bangladesh.

- The partnership between the pair ended on 116 off 144 balls for the third wicket, with Adarsh falling on 76 off 96.

- India eventually scored 251/7 in 50 overs and Maruf finished with five wickets.

-Saumy Pandey picked up four wickets for India.

-Mohammad Shihab James scored 54 off 77 balls against India.

-Bangladesh only managed to score 167 in 45.5 overs as India hammered the Asian side by 84 runs.

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Jan 20, 2024, 15:45:01 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: 31 overs done, IND looking to switch gears

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Well there are 19 overs left in this innings now and India have eight wickets in hand which means that they can now approach the rest of the innings like a T20. Or at least that seemed to be what they thinking when Adarsh ran down the track for the third ball of the 31st from Rabby and smashed him to deep midwicket. Bangladesh do have 13 overs of spin left and wonder if they will try that, they are desperately looking for a breakthrough here.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 147/2 in 31 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 15:42:26 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: 50 for Uday Saharan!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Single off the first ball of the 31st and that brings up fifty for the Indian captain in 67 balls. The partnership between him and Adarsh has gone past 100 as well and Bangladesh are looking a frustrated lot now.

Jan 20, 2024, 15:38:27 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: FOUR!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Great shot from Saharan off the fifth ball of the 29th from Ariful. Good job by the fielder at deep point as well as he ran and dived and pulled the ball back. The umpires have a check though and it turns out that the fielder's left hand has touched the boundary pads. A single off the next ball and Saharan is on 48 off 63, Adarsh on 69 off 89 balls.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 138/2 in 29 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 15:28:34 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The feistiness continues

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Saharan exchanged those big angry stares with Ariful throughout that over and the pair seemed close to doing a little shoulder nudge on each other at the end of it. A certain former India U19 World Cup winning captain might look at all this and smile, considering he also used to go looking for confrontations to bring the best out of him. Kohli, of course, had a few famous ones against Bangladesh early in his career. For now, Saharan is looking as assured as Kohli did back then in his innings and this bit of aggression is only going to add more fuel to comparisons between him and the former India captain. Saharan is on 39 off 52, Adarsh on 62 off 76.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 122/2 in 25 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 15:24:10 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Some argy-bargy between the players!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Uday Saharan exchanging some pleastenrries with the bowler Ariful Islam and soon the other Bangladesh players get involved after the second ball of the 25th over. The umopire does well to get in between the two immediately and temporarily diffuse the situation. This is young blood, not experienced international cricketers and this might not be the end of it.

Jan 20, 2024, 15:13:45 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: FOUR! 50 for Adarsh Singh!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: First ball of the 22nd from Rabby, Adarsh paddle sweeps it past short fine leg and there is the fifty for the Indian opener. It has come in 67 balls. Saharan at the other end on 32 off 38.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 105/2 in 21.1 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 15:01:31 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: FOUR! Classy from Saharan, 50 partnership comes up

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Fifth ball of the 18th over from Borson is sent in at length, Saharan leans into it and drives between extra cover and mid-off. That brings up the 50-run stand between him and Adarsh. The batters run one off the next ball which is wide and then a leg bye. Saharan is on 28 off 32, Adarsh on 39 off 53.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 87/2 in 18 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 14:59:34 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: India knocking the ball around

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: It's been five overs and four balls since the last boundary and India's run rate is ticking at just below five. Saharan and Adarsh are playing it safe at the moment and it might be the right way to go considering this is a 50-over game. Plenty of time yet in the innings.

Jan 20, 2024, 14:51:13 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Drinks break done

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Right the players have had a break and now, we have spin. Sheikh Paevez Jibon is into the attack and he is bowling to Saharan who is batting on 15 off 21, Adarsh at the other end on 33 off 40.

Jan 20, 2024, 14:41:47 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: 13 overs done

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Adarsh and Saharan are rotating the strike well and for now, look as steady as ever. Adarsh has moved to 32 off 36, Saharan on 13 off 19.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 62/2 in 13 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 14:31:13 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: FOUR! 50 up for India

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Second ball of the 12th from Borson, Adarsh drives and it slices off the outside half past backward point. Brings up India's 50 in 11.2 overs.

Jan 20, 2024, 14:26:40 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: 10 overs done

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The game is on a knife-edge at the moment. Bangladesh took two wickets but at the same time, India have scored a good amount of runs in this period. Adarsh Singh has looked good so far, he is on 22 off 26, Saharan is on nine off 11.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: Bangladesh 45/2 in 10 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 14:21:21 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: BACK TO BACK FOURS!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: High class from Saharan but not the best way to start an over from Borson. He is looking for some swing but there seems to be none on offer. Full and slightly straighter this time, Saharan drives it down the ground. A beauty of a shot from the Indian captain.

Jan 20, 2024, 14:19:58 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: FOUR! The captain is away

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Cover driven with aplomb by Saharan. Fullish delivery from Rohanat Doullah Borson first ball of the 10th, Saharan advances and leans into the drive.

Jan 20, 2024, 14:11:38 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: GONE!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: And there is the second wicket, this one falls to Maruf as well. Musheer chases a delivery wide outside off, the bat is far, far away from his body and he has no foot movement whatsoever. Edge and the keeper gobbles, what a start for Bangladesh.

Musheer Khan c Ashiqur Rahman Shibli b Maruf Mridha 3 (7)

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: Bangladesh 31/2 in 7.2 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 14:05:05 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Six overs done

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Musheer Khan is in the middle now and he is on three off five balls. Adarsh Singh, on the other hand, has scored at a good rate. He is on 17 off 14.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 30/1 in 6 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 13:52:30 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: OUT!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: EGED AND GONE! Maruf Mridha brings out the Usain Bolt celebration even before the umpire raises his finger. The umpire does do it eventually and so Maruf has no eggs on his face. Full outside off, Kulkarni drives away from his body, wicketkeeper Ashiqur Rahman Shibli takes a sharp low catch and there is the breakthrough for Bangladesh.

Kulkarni c Ashiqur Rahman Shibli b Maruf Mridha 7 (17)

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 17/1 in 4 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 13:48:10 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: FOUR!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: That is played quite beautifully by Adarsh. Just fuller than length outside off, Adarsh steps forward and drives it square. He moves to 8 off 7 with that shot, Kulkarni at the other end on 8 off 11.

IND U19 vs BAN U19 Live Score: India 12/0 in 3 overs

Jan 20, 2024, 13:39:12 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: 4 runs in the first over

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The batters ran three off the first ball and then a single off the fifth. A couple of jaffas from Emon to Kulkarni for the third and fourth deliveries.

Jan 20, 2024, 13:35:07 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The players are out!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Adarsh Singh and Arshin Kulkarni walk out to open the innings for India. Iqbal Hossain Emon has the ball in his hands for Bangladesh.

Jan 20, 2024, 13:32:07 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: National anthems done

Jan 20, 2024, 13:26:35 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh XI

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Ashiqur Rahman Shibli (wk), Jishan Alam, Rizwan Chowdhury, Ariful Islam, Ahrar Amin, Md. Shihab James, Mahfuzur Rahman (c), Sheikh Paevez Jibon, Md. Rohanat Doullah Borson, Md Iqbal Hasan Emon, Maruf Mridha

Jan 20, 2024, 13:24:01 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: India XI

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (c), Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Aravelly Rao (wk), Murugan Abhishek, Saumy Pandey, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari

Jan 20, 2024, 13:13:00 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: TOSS ALERT!

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh have won the toss and chosen to field first.

Jan 20, 2024, 12:53:17 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The standout stars

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Apart from captain Saharan and Kulkarni there will be attention on spin bowling all-rounder Musheer Khan, brother of Mumbai star Sarfaraz. He is one of two players, the other being Baroda's Priyanshu Moliya with first class experience in this team. Quite expectedly, the team is packed with all-rounders. Apart from Arshin and Musheer, there are Adarsh Singh (batting allrounder), Dhanush Gowda (batting allrounder), Saumy Pandey (bowling allrounder) and Mohamed Amaan (bowling all-rounder). Along with captain Saharan, the top-order batting comprises Kulkarni, Khan, Singh and Moliya. Raj Limbani and Gowda lead a strong pace attack that also has Aaradhya Shukla and left-armer Naman Tiwari. Aravelly Avanish and Innesh Mahajan are the two wicketkeepers.

Jan 20, 2024, 12:39:05 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Arshin Kulkarni

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Kulkarni impressed in the inaugural season of the Maharashtra Premier League, hitting more sixes (19) than any other player despite only playing three games. It is to be noted that this was a tournament in which the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav and Rahul Tripathi also participated. This led to him being picked by Maharashtra at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Kulkarni is also one of just two players in this squad who have been signed up in the IPL auctions, being bought by the Lucknow Super Giants. You can read about him and his moment with his hero Jacques Kallis here.

Jan 20, 2024, 12:20:17 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: India's former U19 captains

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The first player to lead India in an U19 World Cup was Mylvahanan Senthilnathan in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 1988. Amit Pagnis then led the team the next time the tournament was held in 1998. India were then led to their maiden title by Mohammad Kaif after which Parthiv Patel was captain in 2002. Ambati Rayudu led the team in 2004 after which Ravikant Shukla was captain in 2006. Virat Kohli of course, quite famously, led the team to their second title in 2008. Ashok Menaria led the team in 2010 and then India were led to their third title by Unmukt Chand. Vijay Zol was India captain for the 2014 tournament and then Ishan Kishan led them in 2016. India won their fourth U19 World Cup title under Prithvi Shaw in 2018 and they were led by Yash Dhull when they won it in 2022. Priyam Garg led them in 2020.

Jan 20, 2024, 12:11:24 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: India's schedule

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: After the match against Bangladesh today, India face Ireland on January 25. Their final group game against the United States will be on January 28. India are placed in Group A. There are three other groups and this will be followed by a Super Six stage in which the teams will be divided into two groups. That is followed by the semi-final on February 6 and 8 and the final on February 11.

Jan 20, 2024, 11:54:02 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The Indian captain

India are being led by Uday Saharan this year, the right-handed top-order batter from Punjab. Saharan had captained India in the U19 Asia Cup last month, where they lost to eventual champions Bangladesh in the semi-final. Saharan is originally from Rajasthan but shifted to Bhatinda, Punjab to pursue cricket. He led Punjab's U-14s and U-16s and emerged as a prolific run-getter at the U-19 level.

Jan 20, 2024, 11:41:16 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: The games thus far

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: This is the second day of the tournament with hosts South Africa facing the West Indies on the first, alongwith Ireland facing the United States. South Africa beat the West Indies by 31 runs in Potchefstroom while Ireland beat USA by seven wickets in Bloemfontein.

Jan 20, 2024, 11:32:10 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh full squad

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Ashiqur Rahman Shibli(w), Adil Bin Siddik, Jishan Alam, Chowdhury Md Rizwan, Ariful Islam, Ahrar Amin, Mohammad Shihab James, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby(c), Sheikh Paevez Jibon, Md Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Wasi Siddiquee, Rohanat Doullah Borson, Maruf Mridha, Md Iqbal Hossain Emmon, Ashrafuzzaman Boranno

Jan 20, 2024, 11:28:14 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: India full squad

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan(c), Priyanshu Moliya, Sachin Dhas, Murugan Abhishek, Aravelly Avanish(w), Naman Tiwari, Raj Limbani, Saumy Pandey, Aaradhya Shukla, Innesh Mahajan, Dhanush Gowda, Rudra Patel, Prem Devkar, Mohamed Amaan, Ansh Gosai

Jan 20, 2024, 11:15:00 IST

India vs Bangladesh Live Score, U19 World Cup 2024: Hello and welcome!

A very good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Shifting focus away from the big guys, let's drift our attention all the way to South Africa where India's young brigade gears up to take the legacy of our Under19 teams even further. India, the most successful team in the history of the U19 World Cup, will begin its journey to clinch an unprecedented 6th title at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2022 – from Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand, Prithvi Shaw and Yash Dhull. Some very famous names there. Will Uday Sharan's name be added to this prestigious list? Well, we sure hope so.