India smashed main opponent Pakistan by 203 keeps running in their Under-19 World Cup semi-last in Christchurch Tuesday to set up a competition decider against Australia.
An unbeaten century from Shubman Gill helped India set an aggressive aggregate of 272, which Pakistan never looked like coming to as they were skittled for 69 with more than 20 overs remaining.
Ishan Porel was India's saint with the ball, taking four for 17 of every a match the competition top choices totally overwhelmed.
"It was a decent execution from everybody... we completed a decent activity," chief Prithvi Shaw said.
It was the Pakistan youth group's third-most reduced aggregate on record, underlining the batting troubles of a group that neglected to score more than 200 amid the competition in New Zealand.
Poor handling additionally undermined Pakistan's odds as they misused seven run-out possibilities.
"Shockingly our batsmen didn't generally perform and nothing truly worked out from the begin," Pakistan captain Hassan Khan said.
"We missed two or three shots and things didn't generally go our direction."
The outcome sees India square off against kindred heavyweight Australia in Saturday's last in Tauranga.
The two sides have won the competition three times, with India winning its last title in 2012 when they vanquished Australia in the last.
India is unbeaten in New Zealand, with five persuading wins from five matches, including a 100-run prevail upon Australia in the gathering stages.
Australia likewise looked defenseless in their quarter-last against England before a record-breaking eight-wicket spell from leg-spinner Lloyd Pope turned the match.
Against Pakistan, the Indians won the hurl and chose to bat initially, with openers Shaw and Manjot Kalra scoring at superior to a run a ball in the early overs.
Pakistan's vaunted pace assault, which let go them into the last four, neglected to make advances as handling mistakes saw Kalra dropped twice.
The 89-run opening association was at long last broken when Shaw was run out for 41, with the TV umpire administering he neglected to ground his bat legitimately while jumping for security.
Kalra withdrew on 47 yet India still seemed set for a major aggregate until paceman Arshad Iqbal impeded their energy with three wickets in the same number of overs.
Muhammad Musa helped clean up the tail, finishing with figures of four for 67 yet Gill proceeded with his rich vein of shape at the competition to guarantee India's aggregate was focused.
He steadied the center request and raised his 93-ball century in the last finished, completing on 102 not out.
Pakistan made an appalling begin, drooping to 28 for four as Porel tore through their best request. Shaw drove the path in the field with two strongly taken gets.
Just three Pakistan batsman achieved twofold figures, with Rohail Nazir top-scoring on 18 out of an uneven challenge.
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