U19 World Cup: India bowl Japan out for third lowest score in U19 cricket international history
After being put in to bat, Indian bowlers ran through Japan's batting order and dismissed them for 41 in 22.5 overs--the joint second-lowest score after Scotland's 22-all out against Australia in 2004.
In Short
- 5 Japanese batsmen scored ducks in the match
- Japan avoided the ignominy of the lowest U19CWC score courtesy 19 extras from the Indian bowlers
- No Japanese batsman touched double digits as the team crumbled for 41
Facing defending champions and the most successful team in the tournament with 4 titles to their name, India, Japan were bowled out for joint second-lowest score in the history of the U19 World Cup at Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
After being put in to bat, Indian bowlers ran through Japan's batting order and dismissed them for 41 in 22.5 overs--the joint second-lowest score after Scotland's 22-all out against Australia in 2004. Canada and Bangladesh were the other teams to get bowled out for 41 in 2002 and 2008 editions of the tournament respectively.
Also, Japan's 41-all out is now joint third-lowest team total in U19 international cricket history.
Moreover, Japan managed to put 41 on the board after India gave away 19 extras (12 wides, 7 leg byes). None of the Japan batsmen managed to get double-digit scores whereas 5 of them got dismissed for a duck. Shu Noguchi (7) and Kento Dobell (7) emerged as the joint highest run-scorer among the team.
For Indian, spinner Ravi Bishnoi shone with the ball as he picked up 4 wickets and finished with astounding figures of 4/5. Kartik Tyagi took 3 whereas Akash Singh and Vidyadhar Patil picked up 2 and 1 wickets respectively.
Leg-break bowler Ravi Bishnoi, who is part of India's Under-19 World Cup squad, was bought by Kings XI Punjab at IPL 2020 auction in December 2019, for Rs 2 crore on. Bishnoi grabbed a deal that was 10 times his base price.
Though Bishnoi played just 2 matches at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and he took 12 wickets in them at an economy of 4.37 that was enough for the franchises to see the potential in the 19-year-old.
Kartik Tyagi, on the other hand, was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.3 crore from a base price of Rs 20 lakh.
The 19-year-old fast bowler from Uttar Pradesh recently claimed 9 wickets in five games at the youth ODI series in England earlier this year. He then picked up 6 wickets in 3 matches in the U-19 series vs Afghanistan.