India crushes Australia in U-19 series

India's colts on Tuesday twisted a record for the fastest chase of a total more than 100 in Under-19 cricket throughout their 10-wicket defeat of Australia in the first ODI.

Chasing 164 for victory, openers Manan Vohra and Captain Unmukt Chand were brutal in their reply as they chased down the target in just 12 overs, scoring 167 runs.

Vohra struck 15 boundaries and two sixes in his 35-ball 79 while Chand came up with 40-ball 72 that was lace with 11 hits to the barrier and three over it.

Earlier, opting to bat, Australia was dismiss for 163 in 41.1 overs with off-spinner Baba Aparajit picking up five wickets for 38 runs from 8.1 overs.

Only wicketkeeper James Peirson provides some confrontation with a patient 51. Apart from Peirson, only skipper Cameron Bancroft (27) and William Bosisto (21) managed to get past 20.

While defensive the total, Australia captain Cameron Bancroft deploy five bowlers but none of them could manage an economy-rate of below 10.

Vohra and Chand mainly targeted spinners Ashton Turner and Shane Cassell, slamming them for 17.50 and 23 runs an over respectively.

India takes on Sri Lanka in their next game on September 29, while Australia plays West Indies on the same day.

In the other match of the day, Sri Lanka beaten West Indies by two wickets in their tournament opener.

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Gautam Gambhir: We played well in scrap

KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir said his side played well in patches but praise resistance batsman Callum Ferguson and Daniel Christian for their match-winning efforts.

Ferguson scored an winning 40-ball 70-run knock and together with Christian (42) added quick fire 84 runs for the fourth wicket to propel South Australia to a spirited 188 for five after opting to bat.

The target finally twisted out to be too steep for KKR as they lost wickets at normal intervals to be restricted to 169 for nine, in that way handing South Australia a 19-run victory.

"I never thought they would get to 180-odd. It was a brilliant attempt from Ferguson and Christian," a visibly dissatisfied Gambhir said after the match.

"Sometimes we've bowled well in patches, and sometimes batted well in patches. At times we haven't complement our batsmen, sometimes our bowlers," he added.

His equivalent Michael Klinger was also full of praise for Ferguson and Christian, saying the two batsmen laid the basic basis for South Australia's win.

"The innings from Callum (Ferguson) and Christian were incredible. Those two were fantastic, they pushed a lot of twos and ran really hard when the pitch slow up," Klinger said.

Asked about the reason behind leaving out speedster Shaun Tait for today's match, the South Australia captain said, "We left out Tait purely because of the circumstances. Tait, with extra pace, on this wicket is slightly easier to way probably."

Man-of-the-match Ferguson, in turn, accredited his partner Christian for his match-winning knock.

"It was hard early on, took a while to get in.

Christian came in and made it easier for me by hitting some boundaries. We finished the innings well," he said.

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'T&T eyeing better show beside NSW'

Trinidad and Tobago would look to list their first win in the NCL T20 with a better show in their second game Wednesday, Denesh Ramdin said.

Ramdin assered the West Indians were far from being dissatisfied after their narrow one-wicket loss alongside Mumbai Indians,

T&T came close to dramatic Mumbai in Bangalore Monday and Ramdin said his team would draw self-assurance that they stretched their fancied opponent to their limits before losing by one wicket in the last ball of the innings.

"We are dissatisfied (at the defeat against Mumbai). But as I said, we fought well and extended Mumbai. They have a strong batting order with Kieron Pollard and Andrew Symonds.

"But our bowlers bowled well under lot of force," he said about yesterday's hit at the hands of Mumbai.

Ramdin said his side would look to post a spirited total in case they bat first in their second match of the tournament next to New South Wales.

"We would hope to shoot them out for about 130 or 140 runs and then chase it down. If we bat first, we would also look to maintain impetus and try to post a spirited total," he said.

T&T were shot out for 98 in their last match and Ramdin admit that his side would have to produce a better show in their batting department.

"We misinterpret the pitch in Bangalore and it was bad that we didn't score runs. (Lendl) Simmons' run out was unlucky and as a result we kept losing wickets. We fought, but couldn't pull off victory," he said.

"(Against NSW) it's a different attack, different surface, different game as well, so hope the boys pick themselves up (and post a win)," he added.

He said the Chepauk wicket here looks a bit slow and "should almost certainly aid our slow bowlers."

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