Abhishek Sharma's brilliant performance took India to the semi-finals by hitting fifty in 20 balls

In the second match of the Emerging Asia Cup 2024 played on Monday, India A defeated UAE by 7 wickets and secured their place in the semi-finals. In the 11th over India A achieved the target of 108 runs. An outstanding play from Abhishek Sharma got him out after scoring 58 runs in 24 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 5 fours. This is the second consecutive win of the Indian team, and they have become the first team to reach the semi-finals. The UAE team reached a score of 107 runs thanks to Rahul Chopra's half-century after coming up for batting. India A lost 3 wickets and attained the target of 108 runs.

Earlier, in Al Amerat, UAE captain Basil Hameed won the toss and decided to bat first. They had a bad start where in the very first over, Anshul Kamboj dismissed Mayank Kumar. Then in the second over, Vaibhav Arora dismissed Aryansh Sharma in just 1 run. Rahul Chopra stuck to the one end, however, the whole team was out scoring 107 runs. In addition to this, Captain Basin Hameed scored 22 runs. No batsman could even reach the double-digit mark other than this. In just two overs, Rasikh Dar Salam took 3 wickets for 15 runs, and Ranmdeep Singh took two as well.

Anshul Kamboj, Vaibhav Arora Abhishek Sharma, and Nehal Vadhera took one each wicket. Chasing the target of 108 runs, India did not start well and Prabhsimran Singh was bowled after hitting a six over the boundary. After that, Abhishek Sharma along with Tilak Verma wreaked havoc and completed his half-century rapidly. However, just before his half-century, Captain Tilak went out after scoring 21 runs. Abhishek also left the pavilion after scoring fifty. After that, Ayush Badoni and Nehal Vadhera didn't allow any further damage and gave India its second consecutive win. Team India has now reached the number one position on the points table.