Al Amerat: On the strength of Ayush Badoni‘s aggressive half-century innings, India A defeated Oman by six wickets with 28 balls remaining in their last match of Group A of the Emerging Asia Cup here on Wednesday. The Indian team, which had already secured a place in the semi-finals before this match, after restricting Oman to 140 runs for five wickets, scored 146 runs for four wickets in 15.2 overs and achieved the top position in the group with three wins in three matches.Badoni’s fifty in 25 balls
India A will face the challenge of Afghanistan A in the semi-finals on 25th October. Badoni hit six fours and two sixes during his innings of 51 runs in 27 balls. He scored 24 runs against Samay Srivastava in the 10th over with the help of three fours and two sixes. The right-handed batsman took India closer to the target with a partnership of 85 runs in 52 balls with captain Tilak Verma. Tilak scored unbeaten 36 runs in 30 balls.
Abhishek Sharma’s bat went again
Opener Abhishek Sharma, who was in excellent form, once again gave a fast start to India with an aggressive innings of 34 runs with the help of five fours and one six in 15 balls, while at the end of the Indian innings, Ramandeep Singh (not out in four balls) 13) ensured the team’s victory by hitting two sixes.
The bowlers did the job first
Earlier, after winning the toss and deciding to bat, Mohammad Nadeem played an inning of 41 runs in 49 balls for Oman. He took the team to a respectable score with a partnership of 47 runs in 60 balls with Wasim Ali (24) for the fourth wicket and 54 runs in 14 balls with Hammad Mirza for the fourth wicket. Mirza hit one four and two sixes in his unbeaten innings of 15 balls. For India, Aaqib Khan, Rasik Salam, Nishant Sindhu, Ramandeep and Sai Kishore took one wicket each.