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ICC U-19 World Cup, IND Vs NZ Highlights: India Beat New Zealand By 44 runs (DLS), Meet Australia In Quarter-Final

IND U19 vs NZ U19: India beat New Zealand by 44 runs (DLS) after their final group match of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup was reduced to 23 overs per side due to rain. Catch highlights here

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ICC U-19 World Cup, IND Vs NZ Highlights: India Beat New Zealand By 44 runs (DLS), Meet Australia In Quarter-Final
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Indian colts produced yet another enthralling performance to beat New Zealand on a rain-soaked day at Bloemfontein on Friday. Asked to bat first by the Kiwis, Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Divyansh Saxena hit fifties to post 115 in 23 overs before the final Group A match was reduced to a 23 overs a side affair with rain playing its part. Kiwi, set a revised target of 192, were in the match for some time, the man of the match Ravi Bishnoi (4/30) and Atharva Ankolekar (3/28) showed their craft. The result means that India are unbeaten, having defeated Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka earlier, and will meet Australia in the quarterfinals. Catch highlights here: (Cricket News)

Toss: New Zealand win the toss and opt to field first.

Playing XIs:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Divyansh Saxena, Tilak Varma, Priyam Garg (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Siddhesh Veer, Atharva Ankolekar, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh.

New Zealand: Rhys Mariu, Ollie White, Fergus Lellman, Nicholas Lidstone, Jesse Tashkoff (c), Beckham Wheeler-Greenall, Ben Pomare (wk), Hayden Dickson, Adithya Ashok, David Hancock, William ORourke.