India reached semi-finals of Emerging Asia Cup, defeated UAE by 7 wickets

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|22-10-2024

In the ACC T20 Emerging Team Asia Cup 2024, Team India played its second match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team. In this match played at Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Oman, the Indian team won in a one-sided manner. With this victory, the Indian team has once again reached the top of its group. Before this, Team India had played its first match against Pakistan, where it won by 7 runs.

Team India defeated UAE easily

In this match, the United Arab Emirates team won the toss and decided to bat first. But this decision did not prove to be correct. Batting first in this match, UAE team was all out after scoring 107 runs in 16.5 overs. Fast bowler Rasikh Salam was India's most successful bowler. He gave 15 runs in 2 overs and took 3 wickets. Let us tell you, Rasikh Salam took these three wickets in his very first over. Apart from him, Ramandeep Singh got 2 successes. Anshul Kamboj, Vaibhav Arora, Abhishek Sharma and Nehal Wadhera took 1 wicket each.

Abhishek Sharma played match winning innings

Team India had to score 108 runs to win the match. Opener Abhishek Sharma made this target very easy for the team. Team India won the target by achieving the target at the loss of 2 wickets in just 10.5 overs. Abhishek Sharma played the biggest innings for Team India in this match. He scored 58 runs in just 24 balls at a strike rate of 241.66. This innings of Abhishek Sharma included 6 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, captain Tilak Verma also played an inning of 21 runs in 18 balls.

India made it to the semi-finals

With this victory, Team India has also become the first team to reach the semi-finals. The Indian team has played two matches so far and has won both the matches. In this situation, he has got 4 points and net run rate of 2.460. Whereas, Pakistan team is at second position with 1 win in 2 matches. UAE has also won 1 out of two matches, but due to run rate it is at third place. Now Team India has to play its last match in the group stage against Oman.

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