Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup 2024 is being played in UAE. In this tournament, Team India played its first match against Pakistan. Team India had to face defeat in this match held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Pakistan won in a one-sided manner. In this match, neither the Indian bowlers nor the batsmen could perform anything, due to which the start of the tournament was very bad for the team. On the other hand, Pakistan made a good start to the tournament by winning the match by runs.
Pakistan put a big total on the board
In this match, Pakistan team had won the toss and decided to bat first and their batsmen proved it right. Batting first, Pakistan scored 281 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Usman Khan and Shahzeb Khan, who came to open the innings for Pakistan, batted brilliantly. Both players added 160 runs for the first wicket. During this, Usman Khan scored 60 runs on 94 balls. At the same time, Shahzeb Khan played a total inning of 159 runs in 147 balls, which included 10 sixes and 5 fours. On the other hand, from India’s side, Samarth Nagaraj took maximum 3 wickets. Ayush Mhatre also took 2 wickets and Yudhajit Guha-Kiran Chormale had one wicket each.
Indian batting was a flop
In response to the target of 282 runs, Indian batting was a complete flop. The team lost the first wicket in the form of Ayush Mhatre on the score of 28 runs. After this the process of falling wickets continued. Half of the Indian team returned to the pavilion at 134 runs only. However, Nikhil Kumar played a fighting innings. He scored 67 runs in 77 balls, but it was not enough for Team India’s victory. At the same time, 13 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi could also score only 1 run. On the other hand, Ali Raza bowled very well for Pakistan. He made 3 batsmen his victims.
Let us tell you, there are also teams from Japan and UAE in the India-Pakistan group. Now on December 2, the Indian team will face Japan in Sharjah and then it will play its last group stage match against the UAE team on December 4. After this, 2 teams each from both the groups will qualify for the semi-finals and then the final match will be played on 8th December.