Pakistan won the U-19 Asia Cup for the second time by defeating India by 191 runs.

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Pakistan won the Under-19 Asia Cup title

New Delhi. Due to the brilliant century innings of Sameer Minhas and the bowling performance of Ali Raza, Pakistan won the Under-19 Asia Cup title by defeating India by 191 runs in the final. The match was played at the ICC Academy in Dubai, where India won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first. Pakistan scored 347 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs, in which Sameer Minhas played important innings of 172 and Ahmed Hussain of 56 runs. In response, the Indian team lost the match by being all out for 156 runs.

India’s invincible campaign ends

Although India remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, their winning run was ended by Pakistan in the final. India had defeated Pakistan in the group stage, but Pakistan won one-sidedly in the final. With this win, Pakistan won the title of this tournament for the second time; Last time Pakistan became joint winner in 2012.

failure of indian bowlers

India had a good start while chasing the target, but Ali Raza shocked India by dismissing Ayush Mhatre as the first wicket. Mhatre scored only two runs. After this Aaron George was out after scoring 16 runs. Ali Raza then also dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored 26 runs in 10 balls. Only five batsmen from India could reach double figures. Interestingly, the last number batsman Deepesh Devendran scored the maximum 36 runs.

Pakistan’s bowling dominance

For Pakistan, Ali Raza took four wickets, while Mohammad Syam, Abdul Subhan and Huzaifa Ahsan took two wickets each. In this match, Sameer Minhas’s grand century helped Pakistan score big. Minhas scored 172 runs in 113 balls and included 17 fours and 9 sixes in his innings. Apart from him, Ahmed Hussain also scored an important 56 runs.

efforts of Indian bowlers

For the Indian team, Deepesh Devendran took three wickets, while Henil Patel and Khilan Patel took two wickets each. Kanishk Chauhan took one wicket. However, it was a disappointing day for India’s bowlers as they looked helpless against Sameer Minhas. This defeat has brought a lesson for India.