India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Musheer sends back dangerous Pretorius

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Oliver Whitehead is the man who replaces Pretorius. He paddles the second ball of the 35th by Musheer to the boundary and moves to 11 off 14.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 132/3 in 34.2 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Oh that’s a blinder and that is what it took to dismiss Pretorius. Musheer Khan with the wicket, Murugan Abhishek with the catch. Pretorius absolutely pummels this to midwicket, Abhishek goes reverse cup, dives to his right and catches it right beside his head. That came at him like a bullet and he made all those movements in milliseconds. Pretorius can’t believe it, he hangs around for a few seconds out of exasperation and then tosses his bat up and catches it as he drags himself off the field. Huge breakthrough for India, they have got the best possible reward for all the pressure they built.

Pretorius c Abhishek b Musheer Khan 76 (102)

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 118/3 in 30.2 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Seletswane is on 19 off a whopping 56 balls, Pretorius has also slowed down to 69 off 87. Pretorius managed to hit a six off the first ball of the 26th but that was an isolated incident.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 109/2 in 27 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: A single off the fifth ball of the 23rd from Musheer breaks the run of dot balls. 16 of them, as Avanish kept counting them loudly in English behind the stumps. South Africa were going at a good click until the 20th over but these three overs have made a significant dent.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 92/2 in 23 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Well the runs have just dried off all off a sudden for the South Africans. Musheer Khan brought in for the 21st over and that goes as a maiden. Then Priyanshu Moliya comes in for his first over and that is a maiden as well.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Single off the first ball of the 19th from Pandey and that takes Lhuan-dre Pretorius to 50 in 59. This has been a very good innings thus far and South Africa would be hoping that he can convert this into a century.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 85/2 in 18.1 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: A rare boundary off Saumy Pandey as he sprays the last ball of the 17th wide outside off stump. Pretorius cuts it away to the boundary. He is on 48 off 55 now, Seletswane on 13 off 28.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 82/2 in 17 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Wicketkeeper Avanish has dropped a tough one here off the dangerous Pretorius. Abhishek gets the fifth ball of the 16th to spin sharply away from the batter, a little outside edge and it then bounces off Avanish’s gloves. Pretorius is looking dangerous and so India could regret that later on. He is on 44 off 51, Richard Seletswane on 11 off 26.

IND vs SA Live Score: South Africa 75/2 in 16 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: FOUR! Great skills from Pretorius. He walked across his stumps, Kulkarni doesn’t have a lot of pace and the left-hander just whips it across using his strong wrists to find the gap. A much-needed boundary for South Africa after two quiet overs.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Accurate as always is Saumy Pandey, only two runs from his first over. You can almost sense something happening here. Pretorius is not the one to be tied down for a long period.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Arshin Kulkarni starts well, two runs from it. He is India’s third seamer and you would feel he has a role to play on this surface today.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa U19 61/2 after 12 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: South Africa have stayed afloat largely because of Lhuan-dre-Pretorius. He has scored 34 in 36 balls with two fours and as many sixes.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 55/2 in 10 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Abhishek Murugan will bowl the 10th over, the last of the powerplay and the first over of spin. He replaces Naman Tiwari who has been the more expensive of the two fast bowlers.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 47/2 in 9 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Another for Limbani, this time he cleans up Teeger with the first ball of the ninth. Full length delivery that swings in sharply off the deck, it goes between Teeger’s bat and body and smashes into off stump.

Teeger b Limbani 0 (2)

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 46/2 in 8.1 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Pretorius steps down the pitch to Tiwari fifth ball of the eighth, and smashes this into the empty deep midwicket region. Two runs after that and Pretorius has moved to 27 off 30.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: India 46/1 in 8 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Pretorius has moved to 10 off 18 with a boundary off the fifth ball of that over from Tiwari. David Teeger at the other end and he has faced just one ball for no runs.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 28/1 in 6 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: EDGED AND GONE! That ball rushes at Stolk off the pitch and he is late on his cut shot. Thin edge and wicketkeeper Avanish does the rest.

Stolk c Avanish b Limbani 14 (17)

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 23/1 in 4.5 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Third ball of the fifth over from Limbani is in the arc for Stolk. The batter smashes that in front of square and the ball sails over the boundary.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: The two fast bowlers have got India off to quite a strong start. Tiwari got the ball to whistle past Proetrius’s outside edge off back to back balls at the end of that fourth over. Stolk is on eight off 13, Pretorius on four off 11.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 14/0

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Naman Tiwari bowling the second over, the last ball is met with a sensational drive through covers by Stolk. First boundary of the match.

IND U19 vs SA U19 Live Score: South Africa 7/0 in 2 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: A great start from Limbani, he beat Pretorius with the second ball and then produced an edge off the fifth. Pretorius played that with a loose drive, the ball went off his outside edge and rolled to third man. The batters ran a single off that.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Captain Saharan gives a rousing speech in the Indian huddle before they break and charge out to the field. South Africa openers Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Steve Solk take a knee and stay there for a few seconds before continuing their walk out to the middle. Rousing scenes from both sides here. Raj Limbani has the ball in his hands for India. Here we go!

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: The two teams have lined up adjacent to each other with the officials. First comes India’s national anthem and then the hosts South Africa’s.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Ed Rainsford is pitchside and says that there is a nice breeze blowing and adds that on one side, the boundary is 82 meters and on the leg side is just 58 meters. Abhinav Mukund joins him and says that he isn’t surprised India decided to bowl first. Adds that the pitch is quite dry but the pacers have had more success and there is a bit more grass on the pitch as well.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Lhuan-dre Pretorius(w), Steve Stolk, David Teeger, Richard Seletswane, Dewan Marais, Juan James(c), Oliver Whitehead, Riley Norton, Tristan Luus, Nqobani Mokoena, Kwena Maphaka

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan(c), Priyanshu Moliya, Sachin Dhas, Aravelly Avanish(w), Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Saumy Pandey

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: “Would have liked to bowl first as well. Just want the boys to go out there and enjoy themselves. We feel confident playing them, we’ve beaten them twice. One change for us.”

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: “We’ll bowl first. There is always something in the morning, and this is a new wicket for us. We were prepared to bowl first as well, we lost the toss a couple of times that’s why we have had to always bat. We are completely prepared, the pressure and outside noise doesn’t concern us. We want to just execute our plans.”

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Uday Saharan has won the toss and he has chosen to bowl first for a change!

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: India have batted in every game so far, South Africa like to bowl first. Let’s see what happens today.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Hrishikesh Kanitkar pointed out the fact that India have multiple players stepping up and making key contributions throughout the campaign. “Different players stepping up is a good thing. We aren’t thinking of dominance. We are just looking to play to the best of our ability on any given day. All the players are working hard, we are playing well as a team,” he said.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Kulkarni stands out in this team because of the fact that he is a fast-bowling all-rounder and the reputation he has made for big-hitting. Against the USA, though, he showed why he really is an opening batter in ODI cricket and not a lower order dasher. Kulkarni scored 108 runs in that match off 118 balls and gave just seven runs away in the two overs he managed to bowl. He wears the No.33, which belongs to Hardik Pandya in the senior squad and the latter took note of Kulkarni’s performance. “Excellent performance yesterday, Arshin. Congratulations and my best wishes for your future. Good choice on the number,” Hardik wrote on his Instagram story.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: India fans of a certain vintage will remember Hrishikesh Kanitkar for hitting the winning boundary off Saqlain Mushtaq in fading light in India’s memorable victory over Pakistan at Dhaka in January 1998, when the team chased a 300-plus target in the Independence Cup final. Kanitkar’s international career was a short-lived one though, consisting of two Tests and 34 one-day internationals. However, he was a seasoned veteran in the domestic circuit, scoring 10,400 runs at an average of 52.26 in 146 first class matches.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Uday Saharan has been the backbone of the Indian batting effort in this tournament. He is the second highest run scorer behind Musheer, scoring 308 in five matches with one century and two half-centuries.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: It could very much be a possibility. For a chance, India and Pakistan were not drawn into the same group, something that happens with metronomic consistency in every tournament the two sides are playing in regardless of what level of men’s or women’s cricket is being played. Pakistan are playing Australia at Willowmoore Park on Thursday in the other semi-final and so, an India vs Pakistan final is on the cards.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Kwena Maphaka has been the life and blood of this South African team. He has taken a whopping 18 wickets in five matches and is already level with Wayne Parnell for most wickets taken by a South African in a single edition of the U19 World Cup. Maphaka tends to stay around the 140kph mark, can bang in hostile bouncers and has a mean and accurate yorker. Maphaka had also played in the 2022 U19 World Cup aged just 15. He played three of South Africa’s six matches and took seven wickets at an average of 18.28 with an economy rate of 18.28.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: The Indian captain has shown that he is the quintessential batter to have in a 50-over tournament. Saharan has often been content with playing a supporting role to the likes of Musheer but he has been crucial to India batting long and cruising through the middle overs of their innings. Musheer and Sachin Dhas, who are the centurions in this team, both credited Saharan for helping them along in their innings after winning player of the match awards. Saharan has also been almost flawless in the field as captain, attacking with his field placements and being decisive with his bowling changes, with the input of his deputy Pandey.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: India’s vice-captain Saumy Pandey has been the standout bowler for them in this tournament. He has taken 16 wickets in five matches at a stunning average of 6.62 and economy rate of 2.17. The average and economy is the best for a bowler with more than five wickets this year.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: The all-rounder 334 runs in five matches at an average of 83.50, with two centuries and a fifty. His best score is 131. He has also taken four wickets at an average of 24.25. With a maximum of two matches left, including the final, Musheer can surpass Shikhar Dhawan’s (505 runs in 2004) tally to become the Indian with the most runs in a single U19 World Cup.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: To say India dominated the group stage would be an understatement. They started off by beating Bangladesh by 84 runs. Then they smashed Ireland by 201 runs before beating the USA by the exact same margin. That was followed by an even more comprehensive hammering of New Zealand as they won that match by 214 runs and then, India beat Nepal by 132 runs.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Musheer was completely focused on the team’s cause ahead of the semi-final clash against South Africa. “I am happy with my performances but I won’t be satisfied until we win the World Cup. As far as being the highest run-getter, I don’t really want to think about it,” he said. “Since we started playing the tournament, it was only about winning the World Cup and that’s what we are focussing on. I only want to do well for the team and take the results as they come. I have learnt a lot from Sarfaraz – right from how he bats to how he is always thinking about winning the game for his team to how he builds his innings.”

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: He is currently the leading run-scorer in the tournament, and with a semi-final against South Africa on Tuesday looming, has a chance to further cement his name alongside other luminaries of Indian cricket who walked the same path. One of those was Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer’s older brother, who played two editions of this tournament – in 2014 and 2016 – and was recently called up to the Indian Test squad for the series against England. His brother remains a big benchmark, but Musheer’s biggest source of inspiration – like almost every other cricketer hailing from Mumbai – is Sachin Tendulkar. That was evident during a standout moment against New Zealand when Musheer executed a remarkable upper-cut, prompting commentators to highlight the striking resemblance to the Little Master’s influence.

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Lhuan-dre Pretorius(w), Steve Stolk, David Teeger, Richard Seletswane, Dewan Marais, Juan James(c), Romashan Pillay, Riley Norton, Tristan Luus, Nqobani Mokoena, Kwena Maphaka, Martin Khumalo, Oliver Whitehead, Sipho Potsane, Ntando Zuma, Raeeq Daniels

India vs South Africa Live Score, U19 World Cup semi-final 2024: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Priyanshu Moliya, Uday Saharan(c), Sachin Dhas, Musheer Khan, Aravelly Avanish(w), Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Saumy Pandey, Aaradhya Shukla, Ansh Gosai, Dhanush Gowda, Naman Tiwari, Rudra Patel, Prem Devkar, Mohamed Amaan, Innesh Mahajan

India vs South Africa Live Score, Semifinal U19 World Cup 2024: India vs South Africa Live Score, Semifinal U19 World Cup 2024: It has been an all-round show from the Indian boys thus far and they will be looking to continue their good work in the chase for a record-extending sixth title. If the batters have buried the opponents under a mountain of runs, the bowlers have delivered wins that have exceeded a minimum of 130 runs in terms of margins. With two centuries and a fifty, the 18-year-old Musheer Khan has lit up the tournament as he sits atop the list of batters with most runs in this edition, amassing 334 runs in five outings at 83.50. Hot on his heels is India skipper Uday Saharan, who has led by example to rake up 304 runs with two fifties and a ton while averaging 61.60. Sachin Dhas has also given a fine example of himself, hitting a 116 in India’s last Super Six game against Nepal after his side was put in a spot of bother at 62 for three. Each of India’s opponents have hitherto found it difficult to score runs off India vice-captain and left-arm spinner Saumy Kumar Pandey, whose enviable economy rate of 2.17 have helped him snare 16 wickets with three four-fors, placing him third in the list of most successful bowlers in this World Cup. Pandey’s ability to keep a lid on the opposition batters with suffocating line and lengths in the powerplay have allowed India to dominate the proceedings with the ball in hand. Pandey’s accuracy has also aided the seamers, with Naman Tiwari (9 wickets) and Raj Limbani (4 wickets) thriving from the other end. Besides India’s winning run, their recent success against South Africa also makes them favourites to book a place in the final