Get ready for another Pakistan-India face-off in U-19 World Cup Semi Final. Another exciting and thrilling face-off match is on its way for cricket freaks at Hagley Oval. Yes! Get ready for another Pakistan-India face-off, but this time in Under-19 (U-19) cricket World Cup.
It’s all same and breathtaking, no matter if juniors are playing. When it comes to Pakistan-India clash we got this epic rivalry.
Pakistani U-19 team got the ticket to semi final by beating South Africa in a face off round. On the hand, India U-19 stormed their way into the semi-final of U-19 World Cup by overriding Bangladesh U-19 earlier today.
The Indian team under the supervision of Prithvi Shaw effortlessly defended 265 to make their way into yet one more semi-final.
Hagley Oval is going to be witness the arch-rivals clash between India-Pakistan juniors’ teams, which will be played at Christchurch on Tuesday 30th January 2018.
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Now, all eyes eagerly waiting for the biggest game of the tournament, as cricket fans are already waiting for that moment and looking forward a smash as just happened in Champions Trophy with senior rivals of both countries.
Both teams are in good form, and have their own competitive advantages as India slightly to the lead in terms of their batting and fielding, however Pakistan have an extraordinary bowling line-up which would turn out to be a dare for the in-form Indian top order batting line.
It would be attention-grabbing how the Indian batsmen deal with the left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has a supernatural tendency to picking up early wickets in the innings.
So let’s see how Indian top order batting line is going to handle all the pressure, making this encounter a spectacle to watch.
Both Pakistanis Indians players are also excited about the big match. While Pakistanis juniors will look to go over the performance their senior team gave in the Champions Trophy Final last year, the Indians juniors will look to take revenge to make things equal.
“We are excited to play Pakistan. It will be a great match,” said Shubman Gill, who played 86 runs innings and was top-scorer for India today and got the Player of the Match award.
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If we look around the journey of the last five completed matches, India have had the greater edge, by winning on three occasions with Pakistan got chance once and one match ended in a tie.
Though, it would be unjust to judge these teams based on what’s took place in the past as those players who played in those encounters no longer play for junior teams.
NetMag team wishes a very good luck to juniors’ Under-19 team and we hope they could make through this challenge tremendously.
