India suffered a crushing defeat by 191 runs at the hands of Pakistan in the Under-19 Asia Cup, Vaibhav and Ayush both failed.
India vs Pakistan, U19 Asia Cup Final: Pakistan has won the title of Under-19 Asia Cup played in UAE. In the final match, Pakistan did not give any chance to India and won by a huge margin of 191 runs. In this way, Pakistan has captured the title for the first time after becoming joint winner of the tournament with India in 2012.
In the final of Under-19 Asia Cup, Pakistan first did wonders in batting and then wreaked havoc in bowling against India. Pakistan also topped in fielding. The neighboring country left India behind in all three departments and this was the reason why the trophy went to them.
With the help of Sameer Minhas’s century, Pakistan made a huge score in the final against India.
In the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup, India won the toss and decided to bowl first and Pakistan, batting first, scored 347/8 in 50 overs. Pakistan thrashed India’s bowlers and opener Sameer Minhas was at the forefront. Minhas played a marathon century, which took Team India out of the match to a large extent. Minhas scored 172 runs in 113 balls at a strike rate of 152.21, which included 13 fours and 9 sixes.
In the final match against India, Sameer Manhas was seen in an aggressive mood from the beginning and he completed his half-century in just 29 balls. Even after this, he continued his stormy batting and scored a century in 71 balls. At the same time, he completed his 150 runs in 105 balls. Looking at Manhas it seemed that he would score a double century but it did not happen.
After Sameer Minhas, the second most successful batsman for Pakistan was Ahmed Hussain, who scored a brilliant half-century and scored 56 runs in 72 balls. Other batsmen could not contribute much and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Deepesh Devandran took maximum 3 wickets for India.
After a stormy start, India’s condition is in dire straits.
Team India set out to chase the target of 348. Vaibhav Suryavanshi Tried to get a fast start, due to which 21 runs were scored in the first over. 11 runs came in the second over and the score became 32. However, then India got its first blow in the third over and captain Ayush Mhatre was out after scoring 2 runs. Aaron George played some excellent shots but was caught out while trying to pull the short ball and had to return to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs in 16 balls.
While trying to play fast, Vaibhav Suryavanshi also lost his wicket and he scored 26 runs in 10 balls. With the top 3 batsmen getting out cheaply, the middle order also came under pressure and then wickets kept falling one after the other. The situation was such that the maximum runs in the entire innings of India were scored by number 10 batsman Deepesh Devandran, who played an aggressive inning of 36 runs in 16 balls. Due to poor batting performance, the entire Indian team collapsed after scoring 156 runs in 26.2 overs. Ali Raza bowled lethally for Pakistan and took 4 wickets.
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Sameer Minhas
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