Aaryavir Sehwag had a fantastic run at the U19 Asia Cup and ended the tournament as the leading run-scorer. Sehwag scored 361 runs in five games, including three fifties and a century.
Sehwag missed out against Pakistan in the group stage; however, he made the Men in Green pay in the final, scoring 58 and giving India a blazing start in the 338-run chase. Sehwag’s outstanding start, along with Lakshya Raichandani’s 80 and stellar cameos from Mohit Ulva and Manal Chauhan, helped India beat Pakistan to win the title.
Following India’s win, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi took to Instagram and shared a heartfelt story for .He also congratulated the Indian team for winning the Asia Cup.
As It Happened
A hundred by Usman Khan, clubbed with 80 by Abdul Qadir and 63 by Farhan Yousaf, helped Pakistan post 337 on the board. India were off to a great start and added 95 runs for the first wicket before Sehwag departed. Lakshya and Vineeth added another 51 runs for the second wicket to take India to 146-1 before Vineeth fell. His wicket triggered a collapse, and India were left reeling at 252-8.
Manal Chauhan launched a counterattack and scored a flurry of boundaries to trigger panic in the Pakistan camp. He got India really close but fell for 47 when India still needed 29 runs. With the last pair at the crease, Mohit took it on himself and played some wonderful shots to bring the equation down to 8 in the last over. He was also helped by a couple of streaky boundaries from Chigurupati Venkata.
India could not hit a boundary on the first five balls and needed three off the last ball. Mohit kept his calm and scored a boundary to take India to a stunning win in the U19 Asia Cup.