DUBAI (Dunya News) – India defeated Pakistan by 90 runs in the fifth match of the Under-19 Asia Cup.
Chasing a target of 241, Pakistan’s Under-19 cricket team was bowled out for 150 in the 42nd over.
Hazifa Ahsan was the top scorer with 70 runs, while captain Farhan Yousuf contributed 23 and Usman Khan added 16. No other Pakistani batsman reached double figures.
Earlier, in the match played at the ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai, Pakistan’s captain won the toss and opted to field first. India scored 240 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 41.1 overs.
Indian batsmen scored as follows: Ayush Mhatre 38, Vaibhav Suryavanshi 5, Vihaan Malhotra 12, Vedant Trivedi 7, Abhigyan Kundu 22, Aaron George 85, Khilan Patel 6, Kanishk Chouhan 46, Henil Patel 12, and Deepesh Devendran 1.
For Pakistan, Mohammad Sayyam and Abdul Subhan took 3 wickets each, Niqab Shafiq claimed 2, while Ali Raza and Ahmed Hussain took 1 wicket each.
It is worth noting that due to rain, the toss was delayed and the match was reduced to 49 overs per side.
Playing XIs
Pakistan U19: Usman Khan, Sameer Minhas, Ali Hassan Baloch, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf (c), Hamza Zahoor (w), Huzaifa Ahsan, Niqab Shafiq, Abdul Subhan, Mohammad Sayyam, Ali Raza
India U19: Ayush Mhatre (c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (w), Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar Singh, Henil Patel