Indian team got defeated.
Sports Desk, New Delhi. After Sameer Minhas' stormy innings of 172 runs, Ali Raza's fiery bowling helped Pakistan Under-19 cricket team defeat Indian Under-19 cricket team by 191 runs in the final of ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup 2025. Deepesh Deependran, who came to bat at number 10 for India, saved India's pride by playing the highest inning of 36 runs.
Indian team limited to 156 runs
Coming to bat first, Pakistan team scored 347 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, the entire Indian team collapsed for 156 runs. If Deepesh had not scored runs in the end and the Indian team had been all out on a score of 152 or less, then a shameful record would have been added to India's name. India will have to face its biggest defeat by a margin of runs in the Under-19 Asia Cup final. Currently UAE holds this record. In the 2023 final, Bangladesh defeated UAE by 195 runs.
A defeat for India U19 in the #Final by 191 runs.Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/ht0DLU8XQ3#MensU19AsiaCup2025 pic.twitter.com/FTmHWPbkVD
Talking about the match, after losing the toss and opting to bat first, Pakistan scored 347 runs with the help of Sameer Minhas' 172 runs and Ahmed Hussain's 56 runs. Usman Khan scored 35 runs and captain Farhan Yusuf scored 19 runs. Deepesh Devendran took 3 wickets for India.
India had a bad start to chase 348 runs. Deepesh scored 36 runs and Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 26 runs in 10 balls. Aaron George scored 16 runs, Abhigyan Kundu scored 13 runs, Khilan Patel scored 13 runs and Vedant Trivedi scored 9 runs. Ali Raza got 4 successes from Pakistan's side.
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