Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy finished with a superb haul of five for 14 as three-time champions India completed a facile 10-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea (PNG) for a second successive win at the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup that took them closer towards qualification for the Super League stage.
Roy’s haul followed a fine spell by opening bowlers Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti as PNG could only set a measly 65-run target in the Group B match played in Tauranga. Captain Prithvi Shaw then knocked up a neat half-century as the target was achieved in only eight overs.
In the other match of the day, 17-year-old Shaheen Afridi produced the best bowling figures for his country in an U-19 World Cup as two-time former champions Pakistan bounced back in style after their five-wicket loss to Afghanistan with an easy nine-wicket victory over Ireland.
The tall left-arm fast bowler grabbed six for 15, the fifth best figures in the tournament to date, as Ireland were bowled out for 97 in 28.5 overs in a Group D match in Whangarei. Pakistan got to the target in only 8.5 overs to brace up for their last match against Sri Lanka on Friday.

Brief Scores
Group B: PNG 64 all out, 21.5 overs (Anukul Roy 5-14, Shivam Mavi 2-16) lost to India 67 for no loss, eight overs (Prithvi Shaw 57 not out)
Player of the Match: Anukul Roy (India)
Group D: Ireland 97 all out, 28.5 overs (Joshua Little 24 not out; Shaheen Afridi 6-15) lost to Pakistan 98-1, 8.5 overs (Zaid Alam 43 not out, Hassan Khan 27 not out)
Player of the Match: Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)