India Under-19 230 for 2 (Raichandani 93, Vineeth 57*, Sehwag 51, Sohail 1-56) beat Afghanistan Under-19 227 for 8 (Sarafzai 51, Rahimi 51, Sood 3-43) by eight wickets
India Under-19 set up a final clash with Pakistan Under-19 on Saturday after easing past Afghanistan Under-19 in the semi-final. They beat Afghanistan Under-19 by eight wickets, after Pakistan had defeated Bangladesh by the same margin an hour earlier, at the adjacent Al Amerat ground in Muscat.
Captain Lakshya Raichandani guided India's chase of 228 with an imperious 93, which included 13 fours and a six. He put on an 117-run opening stand with Aaryavir Sehwag, who contributed with 51 off 57 balls.
Raichandani and VK Vineeth then added 77 for the second wicket to shut Afghanistan out of the game. Vineeth scored five fours and a six.
Raichandani fell in the nineties, but Vineeth completed the chase with Yashbardhan Chauhan who was unbeaten on 16 off 14 balls. India finished the chase in 36.5 overs.
Earlier in the day, India kept taking regular wickets to peg Afghanistan back in the first 20 overs. Noman Sarafzai (51) and Faisal Rahimi (51) briefly steadied the innings before captain Sohail Khan made a cameo (36 off 44 balls). India's bowlers hit their lengths at the death as well to keep Afghanistan in check.
Ishan Sood took three wickets while Aryan Savsani picked up two. Kavya Patel, Chauhan and Arjun Rajput got one wicket each.