T20 World Cup warm-up: Jagadeesan slams 55-ball 104; AFG start with win
Narayan Jagadeesan's 55-ball 104 set the stage for India A to earn a 38-run victory over the United States of America. Along with Jagadeesan's effort, Priyansh Arya began the onslaught, scoring 28 off just 13 balls. Tilak Varma, in his comeback game, chipped in with a valuable 38 off 24 balls. Captain Ayush Badoni then followed it up with a 26-ball 60 as India A scored 238 for 3 in 20 overs.
The USA however, did not go down without a fight. Andries Gous (44), Sanjay Krishnamurthi (41) played some swashbuckling knocks while Harmeet Singh and Mohammad Mohsin chipping in with fiery cameos lower down the order to take USA to 200. With the ball, leggie Ravi Bishnoi picked up 3 for 37. Khaleel Ahmed and Naman Dhir picked up a brace, the latter after bowling just four deliveries as India A bowled their opponents out with two balls to spare. It was a tough day in the office for Mayank Yadav who conceded 37 runs in three overs and went wicketless.
Brief Scores: India A 238/3 in 20 overs (N Jagadeesan 104, Ayush Badoni 60; Shubham Ranjane 1-12, Ali Khan 1-36) beat United States of America 200 in 19.4 overs (Andries Gous 44, Sanjay Krishnamurthi 41; Ravi Bishnoi 3-37, Naman Dhir 2-6) by 38 runs
In the opening warmup game of the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan comfortably pipped Scotland by 61 runs in Bengaluru. Darwish Rasooli led the charge with the bat for Afghanistan as they piled up 184/6 before a collective bowling effort led by Azamatullah Omarzai's three-wicket haul saw the Scots bowled out for 123.
Afghanistan lost two early wickets with Gulbadin Naib and Sediqullah Atal departing for single digit scores. Rasooli and Ibrahim Zadran (36) then resurrected Afghanistan's innings with an 82-run stand. Rasooli smashed seven fours and five sixes in his whirlwind knock that blew Scotland away while veteran Mohammad Nabi played a quick cameo of 34 off 16.
Afghanistan were then too strong in the second innings, completely derailing Scotland's chase. Alongside Omarzai's three-fer (3-14), fast-bowler Ziaur Rahman Sharifi and Nabi picked up a brace as the latter had a dominant all-round performance. Scotland never posed any form of threat with a highest score of 21, scored by both Michael Jones and Matthew Cross.
Brief Scores: Afghanistan 184/6 in 20 overs (Darwish Rasooli 84, Ibrahim Zadran 36; Mark Watt 2-32, Jack Jarvis 2-57) beat Scotland 123 in 19.3 overs (Matthew Cross 21, Michael Jones 21; Azmatullah Omarzai 3-14, Mohammad Nabi 2-9) by 61 runs
Italy emerged victorious in a tight contest against Canada by 10 runs. Chasing 157, Canada were well-poised at 100 for 2 after 13 overs but lost their way towards the death, as they could only muster 146 for 6 after a collective bowling effort by the Italians. Only two of the six bowlers used by Italy conceded more than 8 runs an over.
Captain Dilpreet Bajwa top scored with 37 while Yuvraj Samra and Nicholas Kirton scored 33 each for Canada but it wasn't enough. Earlier, JJ Smuts top-scored for Italy with a 37-ball 49 while Harry Manenti added 33 off 24 balls.
Brief Scores: Italy 156/4 in 20 overs (JJ Smuts 49, Harry Manenti 33*; Dilpreet Bajwa 1-24, Kaleem Sana 1-26) beat Canada 146/6 in 20 overs (Dilpreet Bajwa 37, Yuvraj Samra 33; Grant Stewart 1-18, Ali Hasan 1-22) by 10 runs
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