Ravi Bishnoi and Kartik Tyagi shared the spoils as India Under 19 beat Japan Under 19 by ten wickets at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein in the Under 19 World Cup 2020 on Tuesday. This was India Under 19’s second successive win.

Opting to bowl, India Under 19 bowled out Japan Under 19 for 41 in 22.5 overs as Bishnoi picked up four wickets while Tyagi got three wickets.

Tyagi set the ball rolling for India Under 19 as he struck twice in the fifth over, dismissing Marcus Thurgate and Neel Date.

Bishnoi then reduced Japan Under 19 to 14/4 as he removed Shu Noguchi and Kazumasa Takahashi on the successive deliveries in the eighth over. Bishnoi added two more wickets to his tally before Tyagi, Akash Singh and Vidyadhar Patil ran through the Japanese Under 19 lower middle-order and tail.

Needing 42 runs to win, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kumar Kushagra chased down the target in 4.5 overs.

India Under 19 will next face New Zealand Under 19 on Friday.

Brief Scores: India Under 19 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 29*, Kumar Kushagra 13*) beat Japan Under 19 41 all out (Shu Noguchi 7, Kento Dobell 7; Ravi Bishnoi 4/5, Kartik Tyagi 3/10) by ten wickets