U19 Asia Cup: Pakistan beat India in last-ball thriller - Live Scores, Updates, Blog
Pakistan beat India by 2 wickets off the last ball of the match to move to the top of the points table.
Yash Dhull of India and Qasim Akram of Pakistan at the toss
India U19, being led by Delhi's Yash Dhull, are taking on Pakistan in their second group match of the U19 Asia Cup, being held in Dubai. Both teams are on 2 points after their first round of matches, and the winner of Saturday's match will ensure progress to the knockout stage. Afghanistan and UAE are the two other teams in the group.
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India XI: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Yash Dhull (c), Nishant Sindhu, Raj Bawa, Aaradhya Yadav (wk), Kaushal Tambe, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Ravi Kumar
Pakistan XI: Abdul Wahid, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Shehzad, Haseebullah (wk), Qasim Akram (c), Irfan Khan, Rizwan Mehmood, Ahmad Khan, Ali Asfand, Zeeshan Zameer, Awais Ali
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Bangladesh have meanwhile climbed to the top of Group B, while Pakistan now top Group A.
India looked to have wrested control of the match with some late wickets but it was Pakistan who claimed a last-ball win.
It's a four off the last ball. Pakistan have won off the last ball! Ahmad Khan the hero for them. He smashed a six off the last ball of the 49th over and then shepherded the chase home in the last over, as Pakistan scrape through a 2-wicket win off the last ball. Ahmad Khan's 29 off 19 balls with 3 fours and 1 six, seals the deal in the end.
Ravi Kumar to bowl the last over. And there's a wicket off the first ball! Syed Zameer is out. Can Pakistan benefit from getting Ahmad Khan back on strike? Not for long. Just a single off the 2nd ball.
6 needed off 3 balls. Ahmad Khan back on strike, Ravi bowls. 2 runs. 4 needed off 2 balls! 2 more runs.
One last ball. 2 to get. It's Ravi to Ahmad.
Bawa strikes again! Mohammad Irfan Khan is now dismissed for 32. Bawa finishes with 4/56, has been the star turn for India with the ball. Hangargerkar now finishes off his quota in the 49th over, Ahmad Khan, Pakistan's Number 8, looks to give him the charge. Six off the last ball! Wow, just as India looked to have sealed this game, a six turns it around.
1 over left. 8 runs to get.
PAK 230/7 after 49, need 8 runs in 1 over
Rizwan Mehmood Syed is out for 29, Bawa gets the breakthrough again. Bawa's figures now 3/49. Mohammad Irfan Khan in his 30s now, continues to lead the chase.
PAK 213/6 after 47, need 25 in 3 overs
Two tight overs from Nishant and Rajvardhan Hangargekar, who has been brought into the attack in these closing stages. Pakistan's middle order till has the firepower to pull this chase off, it could go either way from here.
PAK 199/5 after 45, need 39 in 5 overs
Pakistan's chase now getting into the final stages. No further wickets are falling, but Pakistan's slow start means that now there is a thriller on the cards.
Pakistan U19 need 58 runs on 48 balls 5 wickets in hand.
PAK 190/5 after 43
Muhammad Shahzad is run out! He was taking this game away from India's grasp, having galloped into his 80s. But he is run out, Rajvardhan Hangargekar again the man with the crucial intervention.
PAK 167/5 after 37
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