Who won U-19 Asia Cup final? Pakistan Crush Ayush Mhatre's India to Lift Asia Cup Trophy After Dominant All-Round Show
Big names like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre, Aaron George were flops. While Sameer Minhas's explosive innings from Pakistan took Pakistan to 347 runs. This batter scored 172 runs in 113 balls.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Indian batters flopped
Chasing a big target of 348 runs, India's Under-19 team could score only 156 runs in just 26.2 overs. The Indian batsmen looked completely helpless in front of Pakistan's bowling and the team had to suffer a big defeat. India's start was strong. Opener Vaibhav Suryawanshi hit Ali Raza for 26 runs in the first over with three sixes and a four. But after this, there was a flurry of wickets. Captain Ayush Mhatre was dismissed for just 2 runs. Aaron George scored 16 runs, but he also returned early. Vaibhav also went to the pavilion after scoring 26 runs in 10 balls.
No batter could stay at the crease
After this, no batsman could stand. Vihaan Malhotra scored 7 runs, Vedant Trivedi 9 runs, Abhigyan Kundu 13 runs, Kanishk Chauhan 9 runs. Khilan Patel scored 19 runs, including two sixes. Hanil Patel was dismissed for 6 runs. In the end, Dipesh Devendran tried his best but he could not get the support of any other batter. In the end, Kishan Singh came with him and both of them started adding runs somehow. But in the end, Ali Raza caught Deepesh and put victory in Pakistan's bag. This is a very big defeat for India. This defeat will prick Team India, which flops first in bowling and then batting, for months.
Pakistan's bowling was fantastic. Ali Raza took 4 wickets for 42 runs in 6.2 overs. Mohammad Sayyam took 2 wickets for 38 runs, Abdul Subhan took 2 wickets for 29 runs and Husaifa Ahsan took 2 wickets for 12 runs in just 2 overs.
Sameer's century gave Pakistan victory
In the final match of the Under-19 Asia Cup, the Pakistan Under-19 team batted first and scored 347 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. This big score proved to be a difficult target for the India Under-19 team. Pakistan's start was not good. Opener Hamza Zahoor was dismissed for just 18 runs. But after that, Sameer Minhas played a brilliant innings. He scored 172 runs in 113 balls, which included 17 fours and 9 sixes. His innings was one of the best innings of the tournament.
Sameer got good support from Usman Khan (35 runs) and Ahmed Hussain (56 runs). These three together put Pakistan in a strong position. Ahmed and Sameer shared a 137-run partnership for the third wicket. Captain Farhan Yousuf scored 19 runs. In the end, Niqab Shafiq (12*) and Mohammad Sayyam (13*) remained unbeaten and took the score to 347.
Deepesh Devendran was the most successful in India's bowling, he took 3 wickets for 83 runs in 10 overs. Kanishk Chauhan took 1 wicket for 72 runs, Henil Patel took 2 wickets for 62 runs and Khilan Patel took 2 wickets for 44 runs.