2018 under-19 World Cup: Five reasons why India beat Bangladesh in the quarter-final

Shubman Gill's knock that kept India going

For the first time in the tournament, the Indian openers failed to put on at least 50 runs for the first wicket as they lost left-hander Manjot Kalra for just 9 with the scorecard reading 16/1 after 3.3 overs.

Middle-order batsman Shubman Gill, who has amassed 930 runs in 12 innings at an average of over 103 at this level, walked into bat. He looked good right from the first ball he faced and wasted no time in taking on the Bangladesh bowlers. The straight drive and cover drive he played off Hasan Mahmud and Qazi Onik early on in his innings had class written all over it.

He kept the scorecard ticking by rotating the strike and hit some boundaries in-between. He reached his third half-century in as many innings in this tournament with a push to the mid-wicket fielder.

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He looked set for a well-deserved century but he was dismissed for 86 off 94 balls with nine fours in an unfortunate manner as a Nayeem Hasan delivery took the under-edge of his bat and was caught cleanly by wicketkeeper Mahidul Islam, who was stumping up to the stumps.

When he got out, his Youth ODI record read 1016 runs in 13 innings at an average of 101.60 and the right-hander from Punjab created history by becoming the first batsman to score 1000 runs at this level at an average of over 100.