India registered their second win of the tournament after thrashing Papua New Guinea, chasing down the target in just eight overs. PNG batting first struggled to cope with India’s bowling attack as they bundled out in just 64 runs.
India won the toss and chose to bowl, and their eventual victory was set up by their bowlers, and especially left-arm spinner Anukul Roy, who showed that India’s attack is about much more than their quicks, taking 5/14.
From there onwards, it was a cakewalk for India, Shaw played some magnificent cricket, and scoring 57 in 39 balls while his partner took a backseat as his captain hit 12 fours in his innings. India are on top of the Group now and have almost booked their quarter-final spot.
Brief scores:
Papua New Guinea U19 64 (Simon Atai 13, Ovia Sam 15; Shivam Mavi 2 for 16, Anukul Roy 5 for 14) lost to India U19 67 for 0 (Prithvi Shaw 57*, Manjot Kalra 9*; Semo Kamea 0 for 27, James Tau 0 for 28) by 10 wickets