Amaan’s unbeaten century helps India trounce Japan

Mohamed Amaan scored an unbeaten century, whereas Okay.P. Karthikeya and opener Ayush Mhatre made fifties at hand India a 211-run win over Japan within the Below-19 Asia Cup in Sharjah on Monday. Amaan slammed an unbeaten 122 off simply 118 balls, a knock studded with solely seven boundaries, after India was invited to bat.

Apart from Amaan, Karthikeya made 57 off 49 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and one six, whereas Mhatre’s fiery 29-ball 54-run knock featured six boundaries and 4 hits over the fence.

C. Andre Siddarth (38), Hardik Raj (25 n.o.), and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (23) additionally performed helpful knocks to assist India put up a mammoth 339 for six in its 50 overs.

It was a simple outing for the Indians, as they restricted Japan to 128 for eight securing its first win in Group-A.

The scores: India U-19 339/6 in 50 overs (Amaan 122 n.o., Karthikeya 57, Mhatre 54) bt Japan U-19 128/8 in 50 overs (Kelly 50).