Skipper Yash Dhull led from the entrance with a blazing unbeaten century after pacer Harshit Rana’s heroics with the ball as India ‘A’ registered a commanding eight-wicket win over UAE ‘A’ of their opening match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Cup on Friday. Right-arm quick bowler Rana (4/41) was proper on the cash after Dhull gained the toss and elected to discipline. He was ably supported by Andhra pacer Nitish Kumar Reddy (2/32) and gradual left-arm orthodox Manav Suthar (2/28) as India ‘A’ restricted UAE ‘A’ to a paltry 175 for 9 of their 50 overs.

The goal was by no means going to pose any menace to the Indians they usually accomplished the formalities in 26.3 overs, reaching 179 for the lack of two wickets.

Sent into bat within the Group B match, UAE ‘A’ by no means received going and located it troublesome to build up runs in opposition to the Indians’ incisive bowling.

Ashwanth Valthapa (46), opener Aryansh Sharma (38) and Mohammed Faraazuddin (35) have been the one three vital contributors for the Arab facet.

Chasing 176 to win, India ‘A’ misplaced each their openers — Sai Sudharsan (8) and Abhishek Sharma (19) contained in the sixth over with the scoreboard studying 41 however Dhull (108 not out) and Nikin Jose (41 not out) ensured a straightforward win, stitching unbeaten 138 runs for the third wicket.

Dhull’s attacking knock was filled with aptitude and timing as he scored his runs off simply 84 balls, discovering the boundary fence as many as 20 occasions and clearing it as soon as.

Jose, alternatively, performed the second fiddle and adorned his 53-ball innings with simply 5 boundaries.

Pace mixture of Ali Naseer (1/14) and Muhammad Jawadullah (1/47) have been the wicket takers for UAE ‘A’.

India ‘A’ will subsequent play Nepal right here on July 17 earlier than taking over arch-rivals Pakistan ‘A’ on July 19 within the closing group recreation.

The high two groups from every group will qualify for the semifinals to be performed on July 21. The closing is scheduled to be held on July 23.

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