India Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s – Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup (Final) – Match Update – U-19 Asia Cup ends in a tie between Pakistan and India
The Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup ended in a thrilling tie between the two evenly-matched finalists, India Under-19s and Pakistan Under-19s, in the tournament final, played at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur on July 1.
India U-19 won the toss and elected to field first, and Sami Aslam and Pakistan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sandeep-Sharma-c88505 and wicketkeeper Patel), and the latter sent back to the pavilion by Baba Aparajith.
However, Sami Aslam, who went on to win the Player of the Series and Batsman of the Series awards, contributed a colossal 134, in addition to teaming up with Umar Waheed (48) for a 100-run partnership, which got the team up to 162 by the 32nd over.
Pakistan appeared to be cruising at this point, but Rush Kalaria gave them something to worry about when he eliminated Saad Ali (23) and Aslam one after the other in the 46th over. Kalaria went on to claim a total of 5 for 37, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 still managed to post a sizeable score of 282 on the board.
During their turn at bat, India also managed a century – skipper Unmukt Chand scored a formidable 121, and was aided in his efforts by Aparajith’s 90. The two batsmen contributed a formidable combined total of 175 on the board.
The rest of the batting order remained unremarkable, with Ehsan Adil (10-0-68-3), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-c77587 Sayyed (0) – all gave their wickets away without much of a fight.
However, in the end the two sides proved too evenly matched, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 finished at 282 by the end of 50 overs, with the match culminating in a tie. The Player of the Match award was also shared, between Chand and Aslam.
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