Emirates. The Indian Under-19 cricket team crossed the limits of excitement and won the title of Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan by one wicket on the last ball. India won this trophy for the ninth time. While chasing the target of 338 runs, the Indian team was in trouble at one time, but the brilliant partnership of Mohit Ulva and Manal Chauhan turned the tide of the match. Mohit scored unbeaten 49 runs in 26 balls with the help of five fours and three sixes, while Manal played an important inning of 47 runs. Chigurupathi Venkata, who came in as the last batsman, made a decisive contribution to the victory by scoring 11 unbeaten runs.
Lakshya and Sehwag gave a strong start
Captain Lakshya Raichandani and Aryaveer Sehwag gave a great start to the Indian team chasing the target of 338 runs. Both added 95 runs for the first wicket. In the 18th over, Niqab Sharif gave the first success to Pakistan by dismissing Aryaveer Sehwag on a personal score of 58 runs.
After this, Lakshya Raichandani and VK Vineet added 51 runs for the second wicket. In the 27th over, Rizwanullah sent Vineet to the pavilion for 24 runs. In the 37th over, Ali Raza gave a big blow to India by dismissing brilliant batting captain Lakshya Raichandani for 80 runs.
Indian innings faltered, Mohit-Manal took charge
After the captain's dismissal, the Indian batting came under pressure. Arjun Rajput was out after scoring 16 runs, Yashvardhan Chauhan nine, Anvay Dravid 19, Aryan Savsani nine and Kavya Paresh Patel scored eight runs. After this, Manal Chauhan and Mohit Ulva kept India's hopes alive by making a partnership of 57 runs for the ninth wicket. On the second ball of the 48th over, Niqab Sharif dismissed Manal Chauhan on the score of 47 runs.
Manal hit three fours and three sixes in 32 balls. After this Chigurupathi Venkata collaborated with Mohit Ulva. Both of them fought till the end and gave victory to India. The Indian team won the title by scoring 339 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs. For Pakistan, Rizwanullah took three wickets, while Niqab Sharif got two wickets. Ali Raza, Mohammad Syam and Hasnain Abbas Dar took one wicket each.
Pakistan scored 337 runs with Usman Khawaja's century
Earlier, after winning the toss and opting to bat first, Pakistan Under-19 team scored 337 runs for nine wickets thanks to the brilliant innings of Usman Khawaja, Abdul Qadir and captain Farhan Yusuf. Usman contributed 107 runs, Abdul Qadir 80 and Farhan contributed 63 runs.
Pakistan's openers Usman Khan and Hayam Khan added 62 runs for the first wicket. In the ninth over, Kavya Paresh Patel broke this partnership by dismissing Hayam Khan for 21 runs. After this Abdul Qadir took the innings forward with Usman Khawaja. There was a partnership of 135 runs between the two for the second wicket.
Indian bowlers made a comeback in the last overs
Arjun Rajput dismissed Abdul Qadir in the 27th over. Qadir scored 80 runs in 54 balls with the help of three fours and eight sixes. In the 37th over, Kavya Paresh Patel sent Usman Khawaja, who had completed his century, to the pavilion. Usman scored 107 runs in 111 balls with 11 fours and three sixes. Captain Farhan Yusuf was out after scoring 63 runs in the 45th over. In the last overs, Indian bowlers restricted Pakistan to 337 runs by taking consecutive wickets. For India, Kavya Paresh Patel took four wickets and Chigurupathi Venkata took three wickets. Arjun Rajput got a success.
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