Afghanistan’s Uzairullah Niazai (proper) celebrates his century within the second semi-final of the ICC U19 World Cup on the Harare Sports activities Membership, Zimbabwe, February 4, 2026. — ICC
Afghanistan set India a frightening 311-run goal within the second semi-final of the ICC U19 World Cup on the Harare Sports activities Membership on Wednesday, courtesy of centuries from Faisal Shinozada and Uzairullah Niazai.
After successful the toss and opting to bat, openers Osman Sadat and Khalid Ahmadzai gave Afghanistan a gentle begin, including 53 runs for the primary wicket. India struck within the thirteenth over when Kanishk Chouhan dismissed Khalid for 31 off 39 balls.
Faisal then joined Osman and the pair added 64 runs for the second wicket, taking the overall to 117 earlier than Osman was eliminated by Deepesh Devendran after scoring 39 off 70 deliveries.
Faisal and Uzairullah then took management of the innings, sharing a 148-run partnership off 130 balls.
Faisal’s knock of 110 off 93 balls ended within the forty sixth over when he was bowled by Deepesh.
Uzairullah remained unbeaten on 101, whereas late contributions from Azizullah Miakhil (12 off 9 balls) and Abdul Aziz helped Afghanistan publish 310-4 of their allotted 50 overs.
For India, Deepesh and Kanishk claimed two wickets every.
The winner of the sport will meet England within the ultimate on Friday, who booked their place with a 27-run victory over Australia within the first semi-final on Tuesday.
Batting first, England posted a aggressive 277-7 of their 50 overs, due to a superb century from skipper Thomas Rew and essential contributions from Caleb Falconer, Joseph Moores, Ben Mayes and Farhan Ahmed.
Defending 278, England bowled out the Australians for 250 in 47.3 overs regardless of a valiant century from captain Oliver Peake, who scored 100 off 88 balls, that includes 10 fours and a six.
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