DUBAI (Kashmir English): India defeated Pakistan by 90 runs in the U-19 Asia Cup match (Pak u19 vs Ind u19) on Sunday in Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The Pakistan team only managed to score 150 while chasing the 241-run target in the important match of the tournament.
The Green Shirts decided to field first, after which the Blue Shirts scored 240 runs while batting.
Aaron George stood out for India with 85 runs, Ayush Mhatre scored 38, Kanishk Chauhan scored 46, and Abhigyan Kundu scored 22 runs, while other Indian batsmen failed to show a significant performance.
Mohammad Sayem and Abdul Subhan took 3 wickets each, while Naqeeb Shafiq dismissed 2 players.
Huzaifa Ahsan made the only resistance from Pakistan and scored 70 runs off 83 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Apart from him, no Pakistani batsman was able to show a significant performance.
Pakistan started cautiously and scored 21 runs without any loss in 8 overs, but then Deepesh Devendran bowled brilliantly, dismissing Sameer Minhas for 9, Ali Hassan Baloch for 0, and Ahmed Hussain for 4 runs to destroy the top order.
Usman Khan fell victim to Kanishk Chauhan in the 14th over, and at that time Pakistan’s score was 4 wickets for 30 runs.
Huzaifa Ahsan and captain Farhan Yousuf shared a 47-run partnership for the fifth wicket, but Farhan Yousuf was dismissed after scoring 23 runs.
Huzaifa Ahsan kept her wicket for some time, but in the 39th over, she too fell victim to Kanishk Chauhan. Finally, Kishan Singh dismissed Ali Raza for 6 runs to end Pakistan’s innings.
Deepesh Devendranand Kanishk Chauhan took 3 wickets each, Kishan Singh took 2, while Khulna Patel and Vaibhav Suryavanshi took one wicket each.
