Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Priyansh Arya fire fastest team 50 in Asia Cup Rising Stars semifinal

14-year-old wonderkid Vaibhav Suryavanshi and promising opener Priyansh Arya combined to raise the fastest team fifty in the ongoing Asia Cup Rising Stars as the India A opening duo helped the team reach the half-century mark in just 3.1 overs in the semifinal against Bangladesh A on Friday, November 21 in Doha.

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Bangladesh A had set a 195-run target for India A who started the chase with a bang with both the left-hander on fire.

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Suryavanshi, who previously hit a 32-ball century in the tournament, was off to a thunderous start as he launched Bangladesh A new ball pacer Ripon Mondol for two sixes in the first three balls of the chase. The first over went for 19 but Suryavanshi was just starting.

Bangladesh A skipper Akbar Ali brought off-spinner SM Meherob into the attack in the second over but Suryavanshi continued his assault. He hit Meherob for two sixes on his last two balls to continue his aggressive approach.

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In the third over, Priyansh Arya, who has looked off-colour in the competition, took charge. He smashed Jishan Alam for back-to-back sixes to take India A to 49 without loss in three overs.

Suryavanshi then hit the very first ball of the fourth over for a boundary to help India A complete 50 runs in just 19 deliveries.

The 14-year-old fell in the fourth ball of the over, handing a simple catch to long-on. He walked back disappointed for 38 in just 15 deliveries but not before he had displaced Pakistan A’s Maaz Sadaqat to become the highest run-scorer of the tournament.

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He also took back the top place in the list of batters with most sixes in the tournament with his four maximums taking his tally to 22, three more than Bangladesh A’s Habibur Rahman who hit a half-century earlier in the game to set up the foundation of his team’s total of 194/6.

At the time of writing, India A had reached 62/1 after the end of the powerplay, needing 133 more to win in 84 balls.