da dobrowin： Predictably enough, the India-Oman ACC Under-17s Asia Cup encounter at theBangladesh Krira Shixa Protisthan Ground 1 at Savar in Dhaka on Mondayturned out to be woefully one-sided with India crushing the opponents byten wickets
da betsul： Staff Reporter19-Feb-2001Predictably enough, the India-Oman ACC Under-17s Asia Cup encounter at theBangladesh Krira Shixa Protisthan Ground 1 at Savar in Dhaka on Mondayturned out to be woefully one-sided with India crushing the opponents byten wickets. The hero of the day was medium pacer Kuldeep Rawat who rippedthrough the Oman line up with figures of seven for 11 in his nine overs.Opting to bat, Oman opener J Thompson (2) lost his defences to BigneshMohanty in the fourth over of the day. This started the dramatic sequenceof events as Rawat took over the proceedings. The very next over bowled byRawat saw the other opener and stumper Omar Arif (3) return to thepavilion, bowled by Rawat. In his next over, Rawat had the skipper of theOman side Adnas Ilyas bowled for nought. Three balls later Rustam Ali Khan(1) departed in much the same manner, bowled by Rawat. New batsman K Hashmi(0) lasted just two balls. Off the last ball of the seventh over, Hashmiwas bowled by Rawat.Five balls later, Bignesh Mohanty bowled G Thakkar (0) for his secondwicket. At the end of the eighth over, Oman were tottering at 12 for six.Rawat claimed his next wicket in the eleventh over of the innings. AbbasMurtaga (2) was bowled by Rawat with the score at 25. In his next overRawat sent back Shameel Kazmi (15), the only batsman to reach doublefigures. Shameel was caught by Parthiv Patel off Rawat. It was only amatter of time before the innings folded up and Rawat came back in the 17thover to pack off Riyami Mohammad (6) who was caught by Rakesh Mohanty.Shikhar Dhawan then picked the last wicket, that off G Udeshi (3),terminating the Oman innings at 46 off 18.4 overs.India hit off the required runs in just 5.4 overs. Openers S Dhawan (18)and skipper Parthiv Patel (25) thrashed the Oman bowling to shreds to guideIndia, who were playing their first match to a facile victory.
