IND vs PAK ACC U19 Asia Cup 2024 Highlights: India lose to Pakistan by 44 runs in their opener

It's all over. India's fight ends. Mohamed Enaan's valiant knock comes to an end. A run-out at the end and India go down by 44 runs in their opener.

Mohamed Enaan can bat. He is not going to go down without a fight. Two sixes and a four in the 44th over. Is there life in this?

THis might get over soon now. India are 9 down and still quite some way away from the target. Ali Raza got two-in-two before Abdul Subhan got one more. India have crossed 200 but are 9 down.

A big big moment into the game as India lose the settled Nikhil Kumar to the stumping.

Nikhil scored 67 runs in 77 balls.

IND - 179/6 in 38 overs.

Faham-ul-Haq stuns Kiran Chormale with a stunning delivery to rip off the middle stump. India lose their fifth wicket.

IND - 135/5 in 31 overs.

Nikhil Kumar finds some runs in the middle overs as India reach the 100-run mark. Pakistan stay ahead in the game.

IND - 104/4 in 25.2 overs.

Usman Khan stuns the Indian crowd with a wicket of captain Mohamed Amaan in his first over of the game. India go 4 down.

IND - 82/4 in 21 overs

India need 200 runs in 29 overs to win this game.

The Indian batters are struggling to keep up with the required rate in the chase. They are going under 4 an over currently. Captain Amaan is there and he needs to play a strong knock here. 

Another wicket gone. The two batters were building this up pretty well but could not continue. Faham-ul-Haq gets Siddarth and India are 3 down now.

The powerplay is done and India have not lost any further wickets after losing their openers. Siddarth and Amaan putting in the hard yards and they know their destiny is very far from now. Hope they can continue in this vein.

The task is hard, especially after the fall of both the openers. Amaan and Siddart are looking to build things up for India. Can they chase this down?

Amaan and Siddarth are in the middle and they are looking to stabilise the ship after the fall of two early wickets. 

Another one gone. Ali Raza gets Vaibhav Suryavanshi for 1. He has been caught behind on this delivery angling across the batter. Mohamed Amaan is in now

First wicket down. Subhan gets Ayush Mhatre caught behind on a back-of-a-length delivery. 

The second innings is underway now. Ayush Mhatre is out with 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Ali Raza to open the bowling for Pakistan. Off we go!

Pakistan post 281 on the board. India need to showcase a clinical batting display to chase this down.

Shahzaib Khan departs after scoring 159 off 147 balls. Pakistan are 274/7 after 49.1 overs.

Yudhajit gets his first wicket of the game. He dismisses Saad Baig. Pakistan are 274/6 after 49 overs.

Shahzaib Khan reaches 150. He has scored five fours and nine sixes in his innings so far. Pakistan are 264/5 after 48 overs.

Misbah-ul-Haq's son Faham-ul-Haq departs after scoring four runs. Pakistan are 253/5 in 46 overs.

Another breakthrough for India. Samarth Nagaraj gets Mohammad Riazullah and hold on! He gets two-in-two. Farhan Yousaf is caught behind

Shahzaib is piling on the pain and the Indian bowlers are looking clueless in the middle. Pakistan are 225/2 with 46 more balls to go in their innings.

Shahzaib has played a gem of a knock here. In the opening match against India in this tournament, he gets to his 100. 

India have two now as Ayush Mhatre gets Haroon Arshad but the major threat in Shahzaib is still out there

Finally a wicket for India. The 160-run opening stand ends. This is Pakistan's third-highest opening partnership against any U19 team. Ayush Mhatre gets the wicket as Usman holes out to deep mid-wicket.

Usman has got to his fifty and Pakistan have reached 150 too. A wicket eludes the Indians so far and this is looking dangerous now. 

Shahzaib Khan gets to his fifty. A strong half century by the Pakistan opener.

Shahzaib Khan is now closing in on his fifty. This is a good start for Pakistan now and they are building up on it.

Pakistan have brought up their 50. A good, careful start and they will look to build on this now.

It's change of bowling from both ends. Time for some spin as Kiran Chormale rolls his arm over. Pace from the other end from Nikhil Kumar.

Opener Shahzaib Khan is now looking to break free. He slammed two fours off Yudhajit Guha in the fifth over before hitting a six in the sixth over of Shahzaib Khan.

Samarth is getting some good swing and seam in the initial exchanges. He is consistently beating the bat of Pakistan openers and is threatening. 

Another right-arm quick Yudhajit Guha from the other end. A tight start for the Indians. No run off the bat in the first two overs. Only two from wide have come so far. Indians keeping Pakistan batters in check.

The two Pakistan openers are out in the middle as the action gets underway in Dubai. Shahzaib Khan and Usman Khan with the bat in hand. Samarth Nagaraj, right arm quick, with the ball in hand and he welcomes Usman with a bouncer.

Pakistan's Playing XI:

Shahzaib Khan, Usman Khan, Saad Baig(w/c), Farhan Yousaf, Faham-ul-Haq, Mohammad Riazullah, Haroon Arshad, Abdul Subhan, Ali Raza, Umar Zaib, Naveed Ahmed Khan

India's Playing XI:

Ayush Mhatre, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Andre Siddarth C, Mohamed Amaan(c), Harvansh Singh(w), Nikhil Kumar, Kiran Chormale, Hardik Raj, Mohamed Enaan, Samarth Nagaraj, Yudhajit Guha

Pakistan captain Saad Baig has won the toss and decided to bat first in Dubai.

All eyes will be on Vaibhav Suryavanshi who was brought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs 1.10 crore at the IPL mega auction 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It will also be interesting to see how C Andre Siddarth performs as well. He was bought by CSK for Rs 30 Lakhs.

ACC U19 Men's Asia Cup 2024 schedule:

Group A

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Japan
4. UAE

Group B

1. Sri Lanka
2. Bangladesh
3. Nepal
4. Afghanistan

• The first match of the tournament was played between the defending champions Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 45 runs.
• The second fixture was played between Sri Lanka and Nepal and the former emerged victorious by 55 runs.

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