Emerging Asia Cup: Hangargekar takes 5, Sudharsan hits ton as India A smash Pakistan A by 8 wickets | Cricket News
The rising batting sensation Sudharsan showcased his elegant strokeplay with an impressive century, completely complementing pacer Hangargekar’s spectacular five-wicket haul.
Pakistan, batting first, have been dismissed for 205 runs in 48 overs, primarily because of Hangargekar’s distinctive figures of 5 for 42 in eight overs. Subsequently, Sudharsan’s unbeaten knock of 104 runs from 110 balls ensured that the modest goal was comfortably chased down in simply 36.4 overs.
Sudharsan exhibited his dominance by consecutively hitting senior Pakistan workforce pacer Shahnawaz Dahani for sixes, first with a robust pull shot after which lofting the ball over the boundary. This exceptional show allowed Sudharsan to finish his fourth Listing A century in fashion.
His 99-run second wicket partnership with Kerala man Nikin Jose (53 off 64 balls) actually ended Pakistan’s hopes of a comeback.
Sudharsan, who was equally good in opposition to Nepal on the opposite night, hit 10 boundaries aside from three sixes. His driving on each side of the wicket was regal as soon as he was set. Essentially the most spectacular a part of his batting was practically 40 singles that he took to maintain the strike rotating.
Credit score ought to be given to skipper Yash Dhull (21 not out off 19 balls), who allowed Sudharsan to go for the milestone giving him bulk of the strike throughout their 53-run stand.
With two required for a win and his century, Sudharsan hit Dahani for an beautiful six over additional cowl to finish the sport.
“I used to be focusing extra on risk-free runs. Specializing in ones and twos, and decreasing dot balls. In opposition to spinners, it was dicey and difficult wicket to bat. It was higher to face in opposition to quick bowlers,” Sudharsan mentioned after the match.
Nevertheless Hangargekar and left-arm spinner Manav Suthar (3/36 in 10 overs) additionally deserve equal credit score for limiting Pakistan batters as nobody even obtained to a fifty.
Had Qasim Akram (48) and Mubasir Khan (28) not added 53 for the seventh wicket, Pakistan workforce’s complete would not have gained the appearance of respectability that it obtained ultimately.
Hangargekar, the muscular Maharashtra man, bowls again of the size stuff with occasional fuller deliveries which do the trick. The tempo is in and round 140 clicks which made it troublesome for the highest order batters to drive on the up.
Sutar, the Rajasthan man, additionally diverse his tempo and used the loop to good impact to get his share of dismissals.
Temporary Scores: Pakistan A 205 in 48 overs (Qasim Akram 48, Rajvardhan Hangargekar 5/42, Manav Suthar 3/36) vs India A 210/2 in 36.4 overs (Sai Sudharsan 104 not out, Nikin Jose 53).
(With PTI Inputs)
