India U-19 team overcame a top-order collapse to score a competitive 233/9 in their 50 overs in the ICC U-19 World Super League Cup quarterfinal 1 match, at Potchefstroom in South Africa.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with 62, while Atharva Ankolekar (55*), too, chipped in with a useful fifty down the order. In fact, it was the latter's 61-run partnership with leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (30) that propelled India past the 200-run mark.
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The Australian bowlers were on target, with Corey Kelly and Todd Murphy taking two wickets each.
After being put into bat, the Indians were reduced to 54/3 by the 16th over. But Jaiswal dropped anchor as he scored an 82-ball 62 with six fours and two sixes.
When Jaiswal was finally bowled by Tanveer Sangha, it seemed India would fold up soon. But Ankolekar found an able partner in Bishnoi, who has been in great form with the ball, taking 10 wickets in three matches so far.