India have defeated Scotland by five wickets in the ICC Under 19 cricket World Cup in Dubai. Chasing a victory target of 89 runs against Scotland, India roamped home in 22.4 overs. Sarfaraz Khan with a quickfire 45 of 51 deliveries and Deepak Hooda with 24 of 40 deliveries steered India to the victory. At one time India were tottering at 22 for the loss of five wickets in 10 overs.Earlier India bowled out Scotland for 88 runs in 29.4 overs thanks to a superb spell by its spinners. Left arm leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav became the first bowler to strike a hat trick in the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup. In his fifth over Kuldeep had Farrar caught by Hooda , then struck Stirling plumb LBW in front of the wicket on the last two balls. Then on the very first delivery of the sixth over, he bowled Baum to get his first ever hattrick. Except for the opener Andrew Ummeed who scored 44 and GTMain who made 16 runs no player could reach to a double digit. For India, Leggie Kuldeep Yadav and off spinner Abdul Ghani bagged a haul of four wickets each. Pacemen CV Milind and Avesh Khan got a wicket each.
News On AIR | February 17, 2014 4:06 PM
U-19 World Cup: India beat Scotland by 5 wickets