Expressing happiness over the India Under-23 team clinching the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup, Indian cricket board interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya Sunday congratulated the young players for making the most of the opportunity.
The India Under-23s won the ACC Emerging Teams Cup by beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final at Singapore. Lokesh Rahul was the best performer in what was a team-effort throughout the tournament. Nishad Pai Vaidya reviews India’s success in the South-East Asia.
Inspired by a brilliant all-round display, India beat Pakistan in the Under-23 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Teams Cup final by nine wickets at the Kallang Ground, Singapore, on Sunday.
India suffered a shock 28-run defeat against Afghanistan but still qualified for the semifinals of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup tournament for the under-23 cricket teams, in Singapore on Thursday.
One of the features of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 victory that would have certainly delighted Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the Indian selectors would have been the contributions of each and every member in the team, who combined well as a unit and fired in unison. There were no noticeable weaknesses in the team and Indians were the team to beat after their convincing margin of victory in every match barring the final. Even in the final the team didn’t give up and believed in themselves and pulled off an incredible heist.
Tamil Nadu lost wickets in a heap towards the end as their match against Karnataka in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Cricket Tournament ended in a tie at Shimoga on Tuesday.
Openers Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal hammered a half century each as Karnataka scored a thumping nine-wicket victory over Goa in the South Zone leg of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 zonal tournament at Shimoga on Sunday.
Yusuf Pathan continued his fine run in limited-overs format as his smashing half-century helped West Zone crush South by five wickets as they entered the final of the Deodhar Trophy.
Young Baba Aparajith scored his maiden century in limited overs cricket as South Zone beat East by 11 runs in the Deodhar Trophy quarter-final on Sunday.
Riding on fine knocks by Dinesh Karthik (90) and Baba Aparajith (75), Tamil Nadu registered a comprehensive 92-run victory over Goa in a South Zone leg encounter of the Vijay Hazare National One Day Championship at Goa on Friday.