India vs Ireland Highlights, U19 World Cup 2022: IND qualify for Super League quarterfinals with 174-run win over IRE

Angkrish Raghuvanshi & Harnoor Singh have helped India get off to a strong start. Stick to the technique and punish bad deliveries – excellent work here by the Indian openers. Expect a big total here! 

India 68/0 after 10 overs

Raghuvanshi makes it look easy. He charges down the track against Humphreys and clears long-on boundary with ease. First maximum of the contest!

Easy pickings for Harnoor Singh! Aimed at leg-stump by Liam Doherty and the Indian puts that away for a boundary towards mid-wicket.

India 57/0 after 9 overs

Angkrish Raghuvanshi & Harnoor Singh have been brilliant so far. Both the openers have been technically sound today and have made no mistakes in putting away loose deliveries.

India 51/0 after 8 overs

Both the Indian openers have punished poor deliveries so fair and the pair is en route to adding a fifty-run stand for the opening wicket. 

India 47/0 after 7 overs

If India win today, they will go through to the Super League quarters. The bottom two names in Group B will go to the Plate.

Ireland have to be careful here! Harnoor gets two boundaries under his belt as he clips both deliveries to the on-side. A good partnership building here for India and Ireland would be under a bit of pressure now.

India 41/0 after 6 overs

Nathan McGuire comes into the attack and gives away 13! Anything loose and Raghuvanshi isn't missing out on punishing those deliveries. India off to a steady start.

India 33/0 after 5 overs

Muzamil Sherzad continues with his slingy action and gives away just two from the over. A sedate start from the Indian openers.

India 20/0 after 4 overs.

Short and wide against Raghuvanshi and he hit that away for a four. Another two poor deliveries by Humphreys and Raghuvanshi punished him again! 12 runs off three deliveries.

India 18/0 after 3 overs.

Harnoor's lovely wristwork led to thefirst boundary of the contest. Humphreys is back to continue his spell.

India 6/0 after 2 overs

Sherzad idolises Brett Lee and we can see a bit of that in his slingy action. Harnoor, meanwhile, has flicked it away to mid-wicket for a four! First boundary!

Humphreys starts by giving away just one in the opening over. Muzamil Sherzad comes in the attack next.

India 1/0 after 1 over

Raghuvanshi & Harnoor are in the middle to open the Indian innings. For Ireland, Matthew Humphreys opens the attack with his left-arm orthodox spin.

Both teams are in the middle for the national anthems. Expect a cracking contest today at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.

Future stars get a big stage to shine here and it will be interesting to see how Garv Sangwan and Aneeshwar Gautam perform today. They certainly have big shoes to fill in!

The skipper and his deputy are “rested” for the contest against Ireland U19. We are just minutes away from live action. Angkrish Raghuvanshi & Harnoor Singh set to open the innings for India.

"It is quite firm. Dried brown grass on the surface. It settles down quite nicely. The batsmen will enjoy themselves," says Samuel Badree on the surface.

India U19 (Playing XI): Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Raj Bawa, Nishant Sindhu(c), Kaushal Tambe, Dinesh Bana(w), Garv Sangwan, Vicky Ostwal, Aneeshwar Gautam, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravi Kumar

Ireland U19 (Playing XI): Liam Doherty, David Vincent, Jack Dickson, Joshua Cox(w), Tim Tector(c), Philippus le Roux, Scott MacBeth, Nathan McGuire, Matthew Humphreys, Jamie Forbes, Muzamil Sherzad

"Yash is resting today. No injuries to him. We won the last game and would take the momentum forward. We would have batted first as such. One more change apart from Yash Dhull sitting out," said Sindhu at the toss.

Ireland U19 win the toss and elect to bowl against India U19. Also, Nishant Sindhu is leading the Indian side.

"Yes, I am happy with my performance but I want to ensure that the mistakes I committed in this game are not repeated and carried forward into the next game," Dhull had said after the team's win over SA.

Just moments away from the toss at the Brian Lara Stadium! Expect a cracking contest here.

India and Ireland are leading the Group B table with two points each under their belt. The top two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the Super League while the remaining teams will feature in the Plate.

Joshua Cox was the top performer for Ireland in their previous game against Uganda. He scored unbeaten 111 to help his side notch up 236/9 on the scoreboard. Matthew Humphreys (4/25) was brilliant with the ball as the Ireland bowling unit bundled out the opposition for 197.