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India vs UAE: Team India reached the semi-finals of Emerging Asia Cup, defeated UAE by 7 wickets

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India vs UAE: India A defeated UAE by 7 wickets in the Emerging Asia Cup on Monday, 21 October and secured a place in the semi-finals. Thanks to the brilliant half-century of star batsman Abhishek Sharma, India A achieved the target of 108 runs in 10.5 overs. With this victory, Team India registered its second consecutive win in the tournament.

The Tilak Verma-led team had earlier defeated Pakistan A and have now entered the semi-finals by topping Group B. The team will face host Oman on Wednesday.

Abhishek Sharma's half century

While chasing UAE's target of 108 runs, opener Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly. He completed his half-century in just 20 balls and hit 5 fours and 5 sixes in his innings of 58 runs. Captain Tilak Verma also supported Abhishek well and scored 21 runs and there was a partnership of 72 runs between the two. However, after Abhishek and Tilak were out, Nehal Vadhera and Ayush Badoni took the team to victory. Thanks to Badoni's sixes and fours, India won the match by 7 wickets.

UAE's weak batting

UAE team won the toss and came to bat first, but their start was very bad. Due to the lethal bowling of Rasikh Dar, UAE lost 5 wickets in the powerplay itself and the score was reduced to 40 runs. Rahul Chopra played an inning of 50 runs and made a partnership of 41 runs with Basil Hameed, but other batsmen of the team could not make any significant contribution. The entire UAE team was all out for 107 runs. Rasikh Dar took 3 wickets, while Ramandeep Singh and other bowlers also performed brilliantly.

India A's place confirmed in semi-finals

With this victory, India A has made it to the semi-finals and has occupied the top position in Group B. The team has won 2 matches and secured 4 points and has maintained a net run rate of +2.460.

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