India set a challenging target in three fifty. Despite losing wickets in the beginning, Pakistan bounced back in a great manner. Azan Awais unbeaten century won the record.
Pakistan won the Under-19 Asia Cup in Dubai by a huge margin of 8 wickets against their arch-rivals on Sunday. Batting first after losing the toss, India scored 263 runs for 2 wickets with 18 balls in hand in response to 259 runs for 9 wickets.
This is Pakistan’s record for the highest number of runs chased against India at the U-19 level. Earlier in 2013, they had the last laugh chasing a target of 251 runs in Dubai.
Left-handed opener Adarsh Singh led India’s innings first. He played an innings of 62 runs off 81 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. After his departure, the team lost 5 wickets for 158 runs. From there, their innings ended with the bat of captain Uday Ramana and Sachin Das. He scored 60 runs off 98 balls with 5 fours. Right-handed batsman Sachin gave an aggressive innings down for seven. He scored 58 runs off 42 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Zeeshan stopped Sachin and took 4 wickets for 46 runs. Amir Hasan and Ubaid Shah took two wickets each.
In response, Pakistan lost the first wicket for 28 runs. Shamil Hussain returns with 8 runs off 15 balls. Another opener Shahzaib Khan and Azan made a second wicket partnership of 110 runs to handle this shock. Shahzaib departed for 63 off 88 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. After that, Azan left the field after winning the team with the captain Saad Baig without any danger. They added unbroken 125 runs.
Man of the Match Azan played an innings of 105 runs. He hit 10 fours in 130 balls. Saad remained unbeaten on 68 runs in stormy batting. He hit 8 fours and 1 six in an innings of 51 balls.
