Sameer Minhas played explosive innings in Under 19 World CupImage Credit source: GETTY IMAGES
Pakistan performed brilliantly and defeated New Zealand in the ICC Under-19 World Cup. Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets in the match played in Harare. The amazing thing is that Pakistan won this match in just 103 balls. Batting first, New Zealand scored only 110 runs in 28.3 overs, in reply Pakistan achieved this target in just 17.1 overs. Sameer Minhas was the big hero of Pakistan’s victory. This player scored unbeaten 76 runs in 59 balls. Apart from him, fast bowler Ali Raza took 3 wickets. Abdul Subhan took 4 wickets.
Sameer Minhas showed his strength
Sameer Minhas was the only player to score a half-century on the difficult pitch of Harare. This explosive right-handed batsman hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Minhas played an inning of 76 runs in 59 balls and his strike rate was 128.81. Apart from Sameer Minhas, 14 players played in this match and no one could even touch the score of 40. It is clear that this innings of Sameer Minhas on the difficult pitch of Harare is very special. Let us tell you that Sameer Minhas played a bigger innings than his opponent Vaibhav Suryavanshi today. Suryavanshi scored 52 runs against Zimbabwe.
New Zealand team collapsed on 110
New Zealand’s batting got stacked like a pack of cards on the Harare pitch. This team had lost only one wicket for 59 runs but after that the game was over. New Zealand lost 6 wickets in the next 9 runs. After this the team collapsed for 110 runs. Abdul Subhan was given the Player of the Match award for his lethal bowling. After winning this match, Pakistan team has come to second place. Pakistan has won 2 out of 3 matches. Whereas the England team has won all three matches. India has also won both the matches.