The second semi-final of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 will take place at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo between India A and Bangladesh A on Friday, July 21.
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The second semi-final of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 will take place at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo between India A and Bangladesh A on Friday, July 21. India A are the only unbeaten team in the tournament so far. They have played three matches so far and won them all as well. They finished the group stages at the top of the points table after defeating Pakistan A in their last game. However, Rajvardhan Hangargekar picked up a fifer to help India A knock over Pakistan A on 205. In reply, Sai Sudharsan smashed a stunning unbeaten hundred to take his side across the line in the 37th over. India A will be trying to repeat that against Bangladesh A in the semi-final alo.
Bangladesh A, meanwhile, lost their first game against Sri Lanka A but rebounded to win the next two to seal a place in the semi-finals of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023. They beat Afghanistan A in their last league match and they will be eager to carry forward the winning momentum also. Batting first, Bangladesh A put up a mammoth total of 308 on the board, courtesy of a wonderful century from Mahmudul Hasan Joy. The bowlers then did well and restricted Afghanistan A to 287/8 to win the game by 21 runs as well.
The pitch at the R. Premadasa Stadium is a balanced one where the new-ball bowlers will get a lot of movement off the pitch and the batters will have to be cautious while batting here as well. However, they can play freely once they get their eye in. Meanwhile, heavy rain is predicted in Colombo on Friday, with temperatures likely to be between 27 and 30 degrees Celsius as well.
India A: Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma, Nikin Jose, Yash Dhull (c), Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Nitish Reddy, RS Hangargekar
Bangladesh A: Tanzid Hasan, Mohammad Naim, Saif Hassan (c), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Z Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Ripon Mondol
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Captain: Sai Sudharsan
Vice-Captain: S Sarkar
Wicketkeeper: Dhruv Jurel, Z Hasan
Batsmen: Sai Sudharsan, Yash Dhull, Mahmudul Hasan Joy
All-Rounders: Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Abhishek Sharma, Nishant Sindhu
Bowlers: Rakibul Hasan, Harshit Rana
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