Record four-time champions and title contenders India stormed into the Super League quarter-finals of the U-19 World Cup after thrashing minnows Ireland by 174 runs in a league game here. Team India fielded only available 11 players after six members of the side were forced into isolation after testing COVID positive.

Put into bat, India first rode on Harnoor Singh’s brisk 88 and his opening partner Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s run-a-ball 79 to post a challenging 307 for five. The Hrishikesh Kanitkar-coached side then bundled out the opposition for 133 in 39 overs to register a comfortable win.