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The second semi-final of the Emerging Asia Cup 2024 will be played between India-A and Afghanistan-A on Friday, 25 October. The match will start at 7 pm at Al Amrat Cricket Ground in Muscat, the toss will be at 6:30 pm.
The first semi-final match will be between Sri Lanka-A and Pakistan-A. The match will be played at 2:30 pm at Al Emirates itself.
India-A won all three of their matches played in the group stage and topped the points table with 6 points to make it to the semi-finals. Pakistan was in India's group, which won 2 out of 3 matches and entered the semi-finals with four points.
Sri Lanka won two out of 3 matches from Group-A, while Afghanistan also won 2 matches. On the basis of better net run rate, Sri Lanka topped its group while Afghanistan's team finished second.
India's all-rounder Abhishek Sharma is the team's top scorer in the tournament. He has scored 127 runs in 3 matches. This includes a fifty. Rasikh Salam is the team's top wicket-taker. He has taken 6 wickets in 3 matches.
Afghanistan opener Sediqullah Atal is the team's top scorer in this Emerging Asia Cup. He scored half-centuries in all three matches of the group stage. He has 230 runs in these matches. His highest score is 95 not out. Abdul Rahman has taken the most wickets, 3.
This is the sixth season of the ACC Men's Emerging Asia Cup. This time six teams participated. Group A had Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Group B included India, Pakistan, Oman and UAE. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won two titles each. India has won once. India won the title by defeating Pakistan in 2013.
India-A: Tilak Verma (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Ramandeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Ayush Badoni, Aaqib Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Chahar, Rasikh Dar Salam and Vaibhav Arora.
Afghanistan-A: Abdul Rahman, Bilal Sami, Darwish Rasoodi, Faridun Davudzai, Ghazanfar, Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishak, Nangyliya Kharote, Numan Shaha, Qais Ahmed, Sidiqullah Atal, Shahidullah, Shairuuddin Ashraf, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Zubaid Akbari.
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