New Zealand, January 16: Indian Under-19 cricket team breezed into the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup quarterfinals after hammering minnows Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets in a low-scoring group B clash in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, on Tuesday. Skipper Prithvi Shaw slammed a strokeful fifty while spinner Anukul Roy claimed a maiden five-wicket haul at the Bay Oval to earn India the win.
Papua New Guinea folded for a paltry 64 in 21.5 over, the tournament’s lowest score so far. India then returned to overhaul the target, reaching 67 for no loss in 8 overs,
Roy emerged as the wrecker-in-chief for India as he run through the opposition, returning with impressive figures of 6.5-2-14-5 after skipper Shaw won the toss and elected to field first under overcast conditions.
