JE Sports Desk:  India A captain Yash Dhull led from the front with a remarkable century as they beat United Arab Emirates A by eight wickets in the low-scoring contest to kick off their ACC Men’s Emerging Team Asia Cup 2023 campaign.

India A after winning the toss decided to bowl first and were all over UAE A and never allowed them to put a crucial partnership.

 

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UAE A were three down inside the 11 overs for 49 runs as Harshit Rana dismissed Jonathan Figy (0) and Ansh Tandon (5) with Akash Singh getting Lovepreet Singh for 2 runs.

They lost another two wickets in the next four overs as Aryansh Sharma (38) and Ali Naseer (10) fell prey to Manav Suthar.

Ashwanth Chidambaram and Mohammed Faraazuddin then put up a much-needed partnership of 80 runs and took their team near to the 150-run mark before the latter was dismissed by Harshit for 35 runs.

Sanchit Sharma (2) was quick to follow and also the wicket of Chidambaram put UAE once again on the back foot as they managed to score just 175 runs in their 50 overs.

Harshit was the most successful bowler for the men in Blue with four wickets for just 41 runs with Nitish Reddy and Manav getting a couple of wickets each as well.

Chasing the target, India A had a poor start as they lost both the openers Sai Sudharsan (8) and Abhishek Sharma (19) inside the six overs.

There was no looking back when skipper Dhull joined Nikin Jose in the middle as the duo started building a partnership.

 

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Dhull and Nikin Jose took the mantle of completing the chase and went on to guide the Indian team to victory with 8 wickets.

Dhull remained unbeaten at 108 runs off 84 balls, smashing 20 boundaries and a six, while Jose chipped in with an unbeaten 41 off 53 balls, hitting five boundaries in his innings.

India comfortably chased down the target with 23.3 overs to spare, and will now face Nepal on July 17 in their next match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Team Asia Cup 2023.