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Legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane's 5 for 27, which included a hat-trick, set up Nepal Under-19s' eight-wicket win over Ireland Under-19s, taking the side into the quarter-finals.
Nepal needed 25.3 overs to wrap up the chase. They lost opener Sandeep Sunar off the first ball of the innings. Yogendra Singh Karki's unbeaten 61 and his unbroken, 77-run partnership for the third wicket with Aarif Sheikh sealed the win.
India Under-19s joined Nepal in the quarter-finals after a comprehensive 120-run win over New Zealand Under-19s in Mirpur. Fast bowler Avesh Khan made the key strikes for India, picking up the first four wickets to leave New Zealand 16 for 4 chasing 259. There was no way back for New Zealand, and they were eventually bowled out as early as the 32nd over, with left-arm spinner Mahipal Lomror grabbing a five-wicket haul. Lomror also contributed a handy 45 with the bat.
Sent in to bat, India slipped to 19 for 2 before Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan put them back on track with an 89-run stand for the third wicket. Pant made 57 off 83 balls, and Sarfaraz was beginning to look dangerous with a series of boundaries all around the ground when he fell for 74 (80b, 9x4) in the 34th over, leaving India 156 for 4. It was 165 for 5 soon after, but sensible batting from Armaan Jaffer (46) and Lomror steered India to a total of 258 for 8.

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