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DUBAI: Sameer Minhas imperious knock propelled Pakistan to a strong total against India in the ACC Men’s Asia Cup U19 final here at the ICC Academy on Sunday.
Pakistan capitalized on the decision to bat first against India and racked up 347/8 in their allotted 50 overs.
Hamza Zahoor and Sameer Minhas provided a brisk start, adding 31 in 3.3 overs before the former was caught after scoring 18. He hit two sixes and a boundary in his knock.
The wicket brought Usman Khan to the crease, who then stitched a 92-run partnership for the second wicket with Minhas, which brought the score to 123 in 16.4 overs.
Khilan Patel provided the much-needed breakthrough for India, removing Usman, who made 35 from 45 with the aid of three fours and a six. Meanwhile, it continued on and reached half a century.
However, it was the third wicket stand of 137 runs between Sameer Minhas and Ahmed Hussain, which put Green Shirts in a position to score a big total.
Sameer Minhas reached the century on the third ball of the 28th over with a four and continued while Ahmed Hussain departed after making 56 off 72 balls.
At this stage, Pakistan were 260-3 in 37.3 overs.
But India made a comeback in the last phase of the innings and restricted Pakistan’s scoring rate, including the prized wicket of Minhas.
The right-hander was eventually caught after amassing 172 off just 113, peppered with 17 fours and nine sixes.
For India, Deepesh Devendran stood tall among the bowlers and picked up three wickets in his quota of `10 overs.
Playing XIs
India: Ayush Mhatre (c), V Suryavanshi, Aaron George, VM Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, AA Kundu (wk), Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, D Deepesh, KK Singh
Pakistan: Sameer Minhas, Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf (c), Hamza Zahoor (wk), Huzaifa Ahsan, Niqab Shafiq, Mohammad Shayan, Ali Raza, Abdul Subhan, Mohammad Sayyam
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