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[caption id="attachment_5990" align="alignnone" width="580"] India colts stormed into the quarter finals of ICC U'19 World Cup at Dhaka . Image Source : twitter@ICC[/caption] Mirpur : India stormed into the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup quarter finals here on Saturday . The colts produced a clinical all-round performance to beat New Zealand by 120 runs in their penultimate group D encounter here . Put into bat on a slow track, the three-time champions scored a decent 258 for eight with Sarafaraz Khan continuing his fine form hitting a polished 74. Left-handed opener Rishabh Pant and middle-order batsman Armaan Jaffer contributed 57 and 46 respectively. All-rounder Mahipal Lomror also chipped in with a quickfire 42-ball-45. In reply, New Zealand were decimated for 138 in only 31.3 overs with pacer Avesh Khan bowling a deadly opening spell to finish with figures of 4/32 in 10 overs which also earned him the Man of the Match award. Lomror could have also got the award as he capped his 45 with figures of 5/47 in 7.3 overs to polish off the tail. The 'Boys in Blue', coached by Rahul Dravid, virtually wrapped up the match in the first 10 overs of New Zealand's chase as Avesh reduced them to 16 for four wreaking havoc. India will next play Nepal, who have also qualified for the quarterfinals, on Monday (February 1). Pakistan and Sri Lanka advanced from Group B, which also included Afghanistan and Canada, and will play each other onWednesday, February 3, to determine who tops the group. Nepal rode on a five-wicket haul by leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane – which included the first hat-trick in the tournament – to defeat Ireland by eight wickets and confirm its maiden appearance in the quarter-finals. Ireland was tied down to 131 for nine after electing to bat and Nepal, which had stunned New Zealand in its opening match, coasted home in the 26^th over with Yogendra Karki making 61. Lamichhane had Lorcan Tucker and Adam Dennison caught off successive balls in his fourth over and then bowled Fiachra Tucker with his next delivery to complete the hat-trick. Sri Lanka survived a tense run-chase by Afghanistan before clinching victory and a place in the quarter-finals. Skipper Charith Asalanka top-scored with 71 in Sri Lanka's modest 184 all out, but Afghanistan was itself bowled out for 151 despite opener Karim Janat’s 40 and Waheedullah Shafaq’s 47. Kamindu Mendis, who possesses a rare talent of bowling both right-arm off-spin and left-arm orthodox spin, claimed three wickets for 36 runs. Pakistan scored a seven-wicket win over Canada after bowling out the unfancied rival for 178. Hasan Khan took three wickets and Shadab Khan took two. The Pakistanis surpassed the target in the 41^st over with opener Zeeshan Malik scoring an unbeaten 89 and Saif Badar 44. Zeeshan was later declared player of the tournament.   Scores in brief: Group B: Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 33 runs in Sylhet Sri Lanka 184 all out, 48.1 overs (Charith Asalanka 71; Shamsurrahman Wali 3-19, Karim Janat 2-37, Zahir Khan 2-36) Afghanistan 151 all out, 44.5 overs (Waheedullah Shafaq 47, Karim Janat 40; Kamindu Mendis 3-36). Group B: Pakistan beat Canada by seven wickets in Sylhet Canada 178 all out, 48.3 overs (Bhavindu Adhihetty 51, Abraash Khan 44; Hasan Khan 3-36, Shadab Khan 2-44) Pakistan 180-3 in 40.5 overs (Zeeshan Malik 89 not out, Saif Badar 44) Group D: India beat New Zealand by 120 runs in Mirpur India 258-8, 50 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 74, Rishabh Pant 57, Armaan Jaffer 46, Mahipal Lomror 45; Zak Gibson 3-50, Nathan Smith 2-39, Rachin Ravindra 2-41) New Zealand 138 all out, 31.3 overs (Christian Leopard 40; Mahipal Lormor 5-47, Avesh Khan 4-32) Group D: Nepal beat Ireland by eight wickets in Fatullah Ireland 131-9, 50 overs (Harry Tector 30 not out; Sandeep Lamichhane 5-27, Dipendra Airee 2-18) Nepal 132-2, 25.3 overs (Yogendra Karki 61, Aarif Sheikh 31 not out)