{"id":16168,"date":"2013-08-23T03:09:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T03:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16168"},"modified":"2013-08-23T03:09:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T03:09:52","slug":"india-u-23-lose-to-afghanistan-in-asian-cricket-council-emerging-teams-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16168","title":{"rendered":"India U-23 lose to Afghanistan in Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Singapore:<\/strong> India under-23 succumbed to a 28-run defeat against Afghanistan in group match of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on Thursday. This was the maiden win for Afghanistan against any Test-playing nation.<\/p>\n<p>India were defending a total of 184 runs, but some good bowling by Afghan skipper Mohammad Nabi, who scalped three wickets with an economy of 3.20, helped his team rattle the Indian batting order.<\/p>\n<p>However, the silver lining for the Indian team was opener Lokesh Rahul, who struck a gutsy half-century when all other batsmen simply bite the dust. India were restricted to 9\/156 in their 50 overs but this defeat didn\u2019t altered the table much for India as they still managed to qualify for the semi-finals where they will take on UAE on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>India were the hot-favourites to win the tie but middle-order failed to live upto the expectations as Unmukt Chand (10), Baba Aparajith (2) and Ashok Menaria (5) departed quickly and with that India was out of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, India won the toss and elected to bowl first but the Afghan\u2019s opening pair in<br \/>Karim Sadiq (25) and Mohammad Shahzad (38) ensured that India\u2019s new ball bowlers didn&#8217;t do much damage to their batting line-up. After their departure, it was the turn of Samiullah Shenwari to steer his side from the middle-muddle with his scintillating knock of 43 runs off just 44 balls which allowed them to post a competitive total of 184 runs on the board.<\/p>\n<p>Baba Aparajith made his presence felt in the bowling department as he picked up couple of wickets for just 16 runs he conceded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brief scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan under-23: 184\/7 in 50 overs (Samiullah Shenwari 43*, Mohammad Shahzad 38; Baba Aparajith 2\/16)<\/p>\n<p>India under-23: 156\/9 in 50 overs (Lokesh Rahul 51; Mohammad Nabi 3\/32)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore: India under-23 succumbed to a 28-run defeat against Afghanistan in group match of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on Thursday. This was the maiden win for Afghanistan against any Test-playing nation. 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