Pakistan give India 173-run target in U-19 World Cup semi-final

Following a topsy turvy innings, Pakistan gave arch-rivals India a 173-run target to chase in the   ICC Under-19 World Cup semi-final in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.

The Men in Green  elected to bat first after winning the toss against India.

Irfan Khan followed by Abbas Afridi were dismissed after a paltry score of three and two runs respectively.

Mohammad Haris left the filed after piling just 21 runs.

Qasim Akram departed for 9 runs after the right-handed batsman was subjected to a run out.

The Men in Blue looked to topple Pakistan's top order as Haider Ali became the third casualty after amassing 56 runs.

Opener Muhammad Huraira was sent back to the hut by Mishra, scoring just four runs after he had debuted in the previous match with 50, snagging away the player of the match title as well.

Fahad Munir also followed Huraria to the pavilion having scored zero on 16 balls.

Line-ups

India: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Divyaansh Saxena, 3 Tilak Verma, 4 Priyam Garg (capt), 5 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 6 Siddhesh Veer, 7 Atharva Ankolekar, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Sushant Mishra, 10 Kartik Tyagi, 11 Akash Singh

Pakistan: 1 Haider Ali, 2 Mohammad Huraira, 3 Rohail Nazir (capt, wk), 4 Fahad Munir, 5 Qasim Akram, 6 Mohammad Haris 7 Irfan Khan, 8 Abbas Afridi, 9 Tahir Hussain, 10 Amir Ali, 11 Mohammad Amir Khan