http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 enter final of Emerging Players tournament
India Emerging Players won their second successive match of the Emerging Players T20 Tournament to book their place in the final. India beat their South African counterparts by a whopping 102-run margin to seal their berth. In the other game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
India Emerging Players batted first at Brisbane and thanks to a first wicket stand of 66 between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970, Cheteshwar Pujara and Manish Pandey, all getting out for 14. In the end, India ended the innings on 166/7 in 20 overs.
However, the South African side were never with a chance to win it. They lost Davey http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaidev-Unadkat-c1626 ended with figures of 4/10 off his three overs.
In the other match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. Captain Jamie How led the charge with a 29-ball 40 as the Kiwis piled on a solid 161/8 in the 20 overs. Josh Hazlewood, who had recently played a Test match for Australia was smashed for 46 runs in his four overs, while Peter George was the pick of the bowlers with a 2/22 off his four.
In reply, wicket-keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Dunk-c1133’s unbeaten, 44-ball 64 ensured that the result was never going to be in doubt as they picked up the runs in 14.4 overs only, with eight wickets to spare.
Earlier, in India had beaten Australia by a slender two-run margin, with Unadkat scalping two wickets again. New Zealand had also won their first game by 21 runs when they beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the first game of the tournament.
Looking at the points table, not only does India have full points from two games, their net run-rate of 2.6 means that even if they lose their last league game to New Zealand, and Australia beat South Africa – thereby ensuring a three-way tie – they will still qualify for the finals of the tournament.
The final will be played on 12 August at Brisbane.
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