Sameer Minhas created history. (Photo-X/ACC)
Sameer Minhas U19 Asia Cup 2025: In the thrilling final of Under-19 Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan’s young opener Sameer Minhas took the class of Indian bowlers fiercely. He played an explosive inning of 172 runs in 113 balls at an excellent strike rate of 152.21, which included 17 fours and 9 sixes. With this, he made the record of playing the biggest innings in the final of Under-19 Asia Cup. Before this, no batsman could even touch the 150-run mark in the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup. This stormy batting of Sameer took Pakistan to a strong position.
Sameer Minhas created history
Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 was very memorable for Sameer Minhas. His bat played very well in this tournament. Sameer Minhas scored 471 runs in 5 matches at an average of 157.00. During this period, 2 centuries and 1 half-century were seen from his bat. His strike rate was also very good in this tournament. He hit 41 fours and 19 sixes at a strike rate of 117.45. With this, he also became the batsman who scored the most runs in an edition of the Under-19 Asia Cup. Earlier in the Under-19 Asia Cup 2012, Pakistani batsman Sami Aslam had scored 461 runs in 5 matches. But Sameer Minhas defeated him and took this record in his name.
Pakistan put a big total on the board
In this match, Pakistan team batted first after losing the toss and managed to score a big score. Pakistan scored 347 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. During this, apart from Sameer Minhas, Ahmed Hussain also played a brilliant innings. Ahmed Hussain played a strong inning of 56 runs in 72 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 1 six. Whereas, Usman Khan contributed 35 runs in 45 balls. But apart from these, no other batsman could touch the 30 run mark.
On the other hand, Deepesh Devendran took maximum 3 wickets from India’s side. But he also spent 83 runs in 10 overs. At the same time, Henil Patel and Khilan Patel took 2-2 wickets. Kanishk Chauhan also got 1 success in his name. In this match, except Khilan Patel, the economy of every Indian bowler was more than 6, due to which Pakistan team was successful in making a big total.