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MIRPUR: Having already assured a quarter-final berth, Indian team will be aiming to top their pool when they square off against a spirited Nepal in the final group league encounter of the ICC U-19 World Cup, here tomorrow.
Rahul Dravid’s boys have steamrolled their earlier opponents beating Ireland by 79 runs and New Zealand by a whopping 120-run margin. With Nepal also having qualified for the quarterfinals, tomorrow’s match will decide who will top Group D.
The group champion will face either Namibia or Bangladesh in the quarter-final after defending champions South Africa crashed out today. On paper, an India versus Nepal cricketing contest should have been declared as a mismatch but the teenagers from the Himalayan nation have been the ‘surprise package’ of the tournament so far, defeating New Zealand and Ireland with minimum fuss. (PTI)
