new delhi india registered a thumping 131run win over bangladesh in the quarterfinal match of the icc under19 cricket world cup 2018 played at the queenstown events centre queenstown on friday after posting a competitive total of 265 india bowled out bangladesh for 134 in 421 overs with kamlesh nagarkoti taking three for 18 with this win india booked their semifinal spot and also a mouthwatering clash against archrivals pakistan on tuesday 30th january in christchurch pakistan had beaten south africa in the quarters the other semifinal will be played between afghanistan and australia after winning the toss indian skipper prithvi shaw had no hesitation in batting first on a track on which australia had managed to defend a total of 127 against australia with batting not as easy as in bay oval mount maunganui where india played all their league games the indian toporder was tested for the first time in the competition but despite that the indianmiddle order did well to help their team put up a fighting total vicecaptain shubman gill was once again in the thick of runs scoring his third consecutive fifty plus score with a wellcompiled 86 off 94 deliveries shaw scored 40 at the top while allrounder abhishek sharma chipped in with 50 off 49 deliveries late in the inningsshaw was cautious at first while gill took on the role of the aggressor and despite bangladesh bowlers maintaining a disciplined line india managed 71 in the first 10 overs but when it looked shaw would up the ante mediumpacer qazi onik produced a peach of a delivery to get rid of the indian skipper qazi rolled his fingers over and the length ball zipped away after pitching and even though shaw got an edge the ball crashed on to the off stump harvik desai the wicketkeeper batsman then steady the ship for india with a 48ball 34 he along with gill put on 74 runs for the fourth wicket in 98 deliveries as bangladesh spinners curtailed the run flow in the middleovers gill consolidated in the middle and rotated the strike well he was strong square of the wicket and played the fulllength deliveries through the v however bangladesh pulled things back from a healthy 176 for 2 india slumped to 239 for 7 desai was castled by nayeem while gill departed soon after nicking one to wicketkeeper mahidul islam abhishek then stepped up to the plate he first settled in with riyan parag 15 and then accelerated when wickets started falling around him he fell to hasan mahmud and three balls later india were all out for 265 back on to defend the total the indian pace attack faced tough resistance from the bangladeshi openers but both batsmen pinak ghosh and mohammad naim were bogged down and could only add 23 runs in 84 overs before shivam mavi provided india the first breakthrough with the wicket of naim bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals and failed to stitch together any