Mount Maunganui: India breezed into the ICC U-19 World Cup quarter-finals after hammering minnows Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets in a low-scoring Group B clash here on Tuesday.
Skipper Prithvi Shaw slammed a strokeful fifty while spinner Anukul Roy claimed a maiden five-wicket haul at Bay Oval here to earn India the win. Roy emerged as the wrecker-in-chief for India as he run through the opposition, returning with impressive figures of 6.5-2-14-5 after skipper Shaw won the toss and elected to field first under overcast conditions.
Ovia Sam (15) and opener Simon Atai (13) were the top-scorers as Papua New Guinea folded for a paltry 64 in 21.5 over, the tournament’s lowest score so far. India then returned to overhaul the target, reaching 67/0s in 8 overs, riding on Shaw’s 39-ball 57 which was studded with 12 boundaries.
It was Shaw’s second half-century of the tournament, while Roy picked his maiden five-wicket haul in youth ODIs. In conditions that aided swing and bounce, India fast bowler Shivam Mavi picked up two wickets, while Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Arshdeep Singh snapped one wicket each. India will meet Zimbabwe on January 19.
Scores: Papua New Guinea 64 in 21.5 overs (Anukul Roy 5/14) lost to India 67/0 in 8 overs (Prithvi Shaw 57*).
