U-19 Asia Cup: Pakistan beat India by two wickets

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Pakistan edged out a mediocre Indian side by two wickets in a last-ball thriller in the U-19 Asia Cup here on Saturday.

Pakistan rode on a stroke-filled 81 by one-down Muhammad Shehzad and a late cameo by Ahmad Khan (29 not out) to chase down a target of 238.

Ahmad hit Ravi Kumar for a boundary in the game's final delivery to seal the game for his side. Earlier in the day, the Pakistan U-19 bowlers, led by right-arm medium pacer Zeeshan Zameer (5-60), wreaked havoc as they bundled out the opposition for a sub-par 237.

India lost opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi (0), Shaik Rasheed (6) and skipper Yash Dhull (0) cheaply, with Zameer accounting for all the wickets to leave the batting side reeling at 14/3.
Nishant Sindhu (8) became Awais Ali's first victim as India slipped to 41-4.

Harnoor made a patient 59-ball 46, striking six boundaries. When it looked like he would score big, Ali dismissed him in the 19th over to leave India at 96-5. However, wicket-keeper Aaradhya Yadav's 83-ball 50, coupled with Rajvardhan Hangargekar's brisk 33 off 20 balls, took India past the 230-run mark.

Brief scores
India U-19 237 all out (A Yadav 50, H Singh 46; Z Zamir 5-60, A Ali 2-43) lost to Pak 240-8 (M Shehzad 81, I Khan 32; R Bawa 4-56) by two wickets

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