Pakistan's Under-19 team defeated India by 2 wickets in a thrilling match. Batting first (Under 19 Asia Cup), the Indian team was out for 237 runs. In response, Pakistan's team (India vs Pakistan) managed to win by hitting a four on the last ball. He achieved the target by losing 8 wickets. This is Pakistan's second consecutive win of the tournament. Wicket-keeper batsmen Aaradhya Yadav and Rajvardhan Hangargekar performed well for India, but they could not win the team.

Chasing the target, the start of the Pakistan team was not good. The team lost its first wicket in the very first over. Muhammad Shahbaz (82) and Maz Sadaqat (29) added 64 runs for the second wicket. Habibullah was dismissed after scoring 3 runs. Captain Qasim Akram scored 22 runs. After the fall of 5 wickets for 159 runs, Irfan Khan and Rizwan Mahmood took over the team.


39 runs to be scored in 5 overs

Pakistan had to score 39 runs in the last 5 overs to win and 5 wickets were remaining. Irfan Khan was playing on 25 and Rizwan Mahmood was scoring 28 runs. In the 46th over, fast bowler Raj Bawa gave 7 runs and took the important wicket of Rizwan. Rizwan scored 29 runs. 7 runs were scored in the 47th over. In the last 3 overs, Pakistan had to score 25 runs with 4 wickets remaining. Raj Bawa bowled the 48th over. 7 runs were scored and Irfan's wicket fell. He scored 33 runs. Bawa took 4 wickets for 56 runs in 10 overs.

18 runs needed in 2 overs

Now Pakistan needed 18 runs in 2 overs with 3 wickets remaining. Rajvardhan gave 10 runs in the 49th over. Ahmed Khan hit a four and a six. Now Pakistan had to score 8 runs in the last over. The last over was bowled by fast bowler Ravi Kumar. He dismissed Zeeshan for zero on the first ball. Ahmed Khan took a run on the second ball. Ali took a run on the third ball. Now 6 runs were to be scored in 3 balls. Ahmed took 2 runs off the fourth ball. 2 runs off 5 balls too. 2 runs were needed off the last ball. Ahmed gave a thrilling victory to Pakistan by hitting a four on the last ball. Ahmed remained unbeaten on 29 off 19 balls.

3 wickets lost in three overs

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. India did not start well. English Raghuvanshi (0) was dismissed in the first over. In the third over, fast bowler Zeeshan Jamir dismissed Rashid (6) and captain Yash Dhul (0). After this Nishant Sindhu went on after scoring 8 runs. The team's score became 41 runs for 4 wickets. Opener Harnoor Singh added 55 runs for the 5th wicket with Raj Bawa. Harnoor scored 46 runs with 6 fours. Raj contributed 25 runs.

Aaradhya and Rajvardhan played a brilliant innings

Aaradhya Yadav and Kaushal Tambe added 50 runs for the 7th wicket. Wicketkeeper Aaradhya scored 50 runs in 83 balls to take the score beyond 200 runs. He hit three fours. The score was at one time 204 for 9 wickets. Rajvardhan Hangargekar added 33 runs with Ravi Kumar for the final wicket. Rajvardhan scored 33 runs in 20 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six to take the team's score beyond 230 runs. The entire team got out after scoring 237 runs in 49 overs. For Pakistan, fast bowler Zeeshan Zameer took 5 wickets for 60 runs.