Agency report
Colombo, Feb 15: Cheteshwar Pujara slammed an unbeaten 129 as India routed England by 234 runs to storm into the final of the Under-19 World Cup in Colombo on Wednesday.
Winning the toss and electing to bat, the Indians piled 292 for four wickets in their allotted 50 over and then dismissed England for a mere 58 in 20.1 overs.
Medium pacer Abu Ahmed was India's wrecker-in-chief, claiming four wickets for 14 runs.
India meet the winners of the second semi-final between Australia-Pakistan which will be played on Friday.
Teams:
England: M.Ali (captain), V.Chopra, M.Stoneman, M. Nelson, R.Hamilton-Brown, B.Wright, S.Mullaney, G.White, J.Simpson (wkt), A.Miller, H.Waters. Super sub: N.James.
India: R.Shukla (captain), C.Pujara, G.Dhiman, R.Sharma, M.Tehlan, D.Das, R.Jadeja, P.Chawla, P.Shah (wkt), V.Yomahesh, Abu Nechim Ahmed. Super sub: Mohnish Parmar.
Umpires: B.Doctrove and S.Davis.
TV umpire: N.Ghauri