IND-A vs OMA

8:48 PM local time, 11:18 PM IST: Okay then, India A are in the semi-finals. That is all that they and the Indian fans needed! Yes the performance has been slightly scratchy till now, but come the knockouts, it is all about being the better side on the day. India A will surely look forward to that! It is Friday afternoon here in Doha (12:30 PM local time and 3:00 PM IST) that Jitesh Sharma's men play their semi-final. So, we will all keep our eyes and ears open for that game! This is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Jitesh Sharma (India A captain): "(On not starting well) It's okay. We are in a learning phase. The way Suyash bowled today and also the way Priyansh showed intent are good signs. It is a tricky wicket, it looks good but when we start playing 1340-140 seems a good score. We have to be smart enough to adapt. After the loss, the boys were excited to take everything on. I was only telling them to take it one ball and one over at a time, that is what I told them in the huddle. There was no extra pressure, my boys just wanted to fight back after the loss. (on the learnings and the plans for the semi-final) We will know in the semis (smirks)."

Wasim Ali (Oman vice-captain): "Initially when our batting started, we were pretty good. But then, it tapered off a bit. The wicket did slow down, but, that was it I guess. Quite a few young guys made their debuts in this tournament, and we had a lot of positives to take! It was a long due for me to get the fifty, but, we will take a lot from this!"

Harsh Dubey has been awarded as the Player of the Match (53* off 44 & 1/30), here are his words: 

"Feeling really good. It was a good opportunity for me to prove myself as the captain promoted me up the order. I have been doing this from the age-group, going in up the order when the wicket falls. But due to the impact player, I have not had those opportunities. We had a plan to play till the 16th over, so I was following the captain's instructions. That gave me the result."

8:30 PM local time, 11:00 PM IST: India A win by 6 wickets with 13 balls to spare! 

Harsh Dubey 53* (44) | Suyash Sharma - 2/12 (4)
Wasim Ali 54* (45) | Jay Odedra - 1/18 (4)

It wasn't the most clinical batting performance, but, as expected, India A have got the job done and qualified for the first semi-final on Friday afternoon! 

Interestingly enough, the top-scorer was Harsh Dubey, with an unbeaten fifty, batting higher up the order today! There was one partnership of 50 runs or more, that, for the 4th wicket between Nehal Wadhera and Harsh, and it was good enough to take India A home. 

However, there were missed opportunities galore for the famed batting line-up as the shot-selection was slightly questionable. All the batters who batted, had the opportunity of finishing things off with a good score, but, only one went on to get a significant one. 

Oman were decent, but their fielding, especially towards the end, let them down a bit. But the effort put in by them for the first ten overs or so, was pretty good! 

17.5 Aryan Bisht to Jitesh Sharma, INDIA A WIN AND QUALIFY FOR THE SEMI-FINALS. Skipper Jitesh Sharma hits the winning runs, strolled out there just to finish the job and he takes no time. A filthy delivery, short and down leg side from Bisht, Jitesh swipes it past short fine and that skips away to the fence and completes a victory for India A taking them into the last-4.

17.4 Aryan Bisht to Nehal Wadhera, CAUGHT, anti-climatic as Wadhera perishes. He wanted to get it done with a reverse hit, switched his stance around but scuffed it straight to the man at short third who completed the easiest of catches. 

17.1 Aryan Bisht to Harsh Dubey, LANDS SAFE. Wanted to finish it with one blow, top-edged to slog sweep and it fell in no man's land just near square leg. One run taken.