India displayed a stellar show at the ICC Academy Ground, Dubai, to beat Pakistan in their U19 Asia Cup clash on Sunday, December 14. The Indian side, led by Ayush Mhatre, first put up a fightable score of 240 on the board before the bowlers did their work well.
The hard-hitting youngster, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, could not make it big this time, but Aaron George played a brilliant knock of 85 from 88 balls. The match was reduced to 49-over per side due to rain but India did well enough to put strong runs on the board.
The bowlers did their job well as Deepesh Devendran and Kanishk Chouhan scalped three wickets each. For Pakistan, none of the batters - apart from Huzaifa Ahsan - got going. Once India ended his stay, they clinched the win pretty comfortably.
India reach in semifinals as bowlers star to bowl Pakistan out for 150
The Indian bowlers did a brilliant job with the ball. Deepesh took three of the first four wickets to fall as he pushed Pakistan into a hole from where they found it very hard to recover.
While Ahsan held one end up and made 70, the Indian bowlers did not let Pakistan come on even terms. Speedster Kishan Kumar Singh took two wickets, while Kanishk scalped three too as India dominated the proceedings and bowled the Men in Green for 150 in 41.2 overs to win the game by 90 runs.
With this win, India have also reached into the semifinals of the Asia Cup. They had earlier defeated the UAE in their opening clash in Group A. India will now face Malaysia on December 16.
Pakistan U19 (Playing XI): 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 (Playing XI): 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
