Under-19 World Cup first semi-final today

Under-19 World Cup first semi-final today: India and host South Africa will face each other

The first semi-final of the Under-19 Men's World Cup will be played today between India and South Africa. The match will start at 1:30 pm Indian time at Willowmoor Park Stadium in Benoni. In the Super-6 stage, India topped Group-1, while host South Africa finished second in Group-2.

This is the 15th edition of the Under-19 ODI World Cup, which is being played in South Africa. The second semi-final will be played between Australia and Pakistan on 8 February. India is a strong contender to win the World Cup this year too. Team India is the most successful team of the tournament, having won five titles.

India dominates in head-to-head

A total of 25 ODIs have been played so far between India and South Africa Under-19 team. India won 19 matches, while South Africa could win only six matches. In the World Cup, both the teams faced each other 8 times. India won four matches and South Africa won only four matches.

These two teams had clashed in the 2008 World Cup final. Then, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, Team India won the title by defeating South Africa under the captaincy of Wayne Parnell.

India top run scorer Musheer Khan

India has won all its five matches in this tournament so far. It defeated Bangladesh by 84 runs in its first match, Ireland by 201 runs in the second match, America by 201 runs in the third match, New Zealand by 214 runs in the fourth match and Nepal by 132 runs in the fifth match.

The top run scorer for the team is Musheer Khan. He has scored 334 runs in five matches. During this period he scored two centuries and one half-century. The top wicket taker of the team is Soumya Pandey. He has taken 16 wickets in five matches.

Kwena Maphaka took the most wickets for South Africa

South Africa has won four out of its first five matches. They started on a winning note by defeating West Indies by 31 runs in their first match. But in the second match he had to face defeat against England. In the third match, they defeated Scotland by 7 wickets, in the fourth match, they defeated Zimbabwe by 9 wickets and in the fifth match, they defeated Sri Lanka by 119 runs.

Steve Stock has scored the most runs for the team. He has scored 214 runs in five matches. During this period he scored two half-centuries. Quena Mafaka has taken the most wickets for the team. He took 18 wickets in five matches, he is also the top wicket taker of the tournament.

Possible playing eleven of both teams

India U19: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Priyanshu Moliya, Uday Saharan(c), Sachin Dhas, Musheer Khan, Aravelly Avanish(w), Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Saumy Pandey, Aaradhya Shukla, Ansh Gosai, Dhanush Gowda, Naman Tiwari, Rudra Patel, Prem Devkar, Mohamed Amaan, Innesh Mahajan

South Africa U19: Lhuan-dre Pretorius(w), Steve Stolk, David Teeger, Richard Seletswane, Dewan Marais, Juan James(c), Romashan Pillay, Riley Norton, Tristan Luus, Nqobani Mokoena, Kwena Maphaka, Martin Khumalo, Oliver Whitehead, Sipho Potsane, Ntando Zuma, Raeeq Daniels

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