Pakistan has become the new champion of Under-19 Asia Cup. Pakistan defeated India by 191 runs in the final of 2025 Under-19 Asia Cup. In the title match, after playing first, Pakistan had scored 347 runs thanks to the stormy century of Sameer Minhas. In response, Team India was all out for only 156 runs. All the stars including Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre were flops.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out for India in the final after scoring 26 runs in 10 balls. Captain Ayush Mhatre could score only two runs. Six Indian players could not touch double figures. Deepesh Devendran, who came at number 10, scored the most runs. He played an inning of 36 runs in 16 balls. In bowling for Pakistan, Ali Raza took 4 wickets for 42 runs. Apart from this, Mohammad Sayam, Abdul Subhan and Huzaifa Ehsan took two wickets each.
India had a very bad start, all the stars flopped
The Indian team, which came to chase the huge target of 348 runs from Pakistan, had a very bad start. India’s first wicket fell on the score of 32 in the third over. Ayush Mhatre was out after scoring two runs in seven balls. Then Aaron George left after scoring 16 runs in 9 balls. After this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out after scoring 26 runs in 10 balls with the help of one four and 3 sixes.
No top order Indian batsman batted steadily. Everyone was out in the pursuit of scoring runs quickly. Vedant Trivedi was out after scoring 9 runs in 14 balls, Abhigyan Kundu after scoring 13 runs in 20 balls, Kanishk Chauhan after scoring 9 runs in 23 balls and Khilan Patel was out after scoring 19 runs in 23 balls. After this Henil Patel 6 and Deepesh Devendran 36 returned to the pavilion.
Sameer Minhas played an inning of 172 runs
Earlier in batting, opener Sameer Minhas played a brilliant inning of 172 runs in 113 balls for Pakistan. During this period, 17 fours and 9 sixes came from his bat. In the final, Sameer completed his century in just 71 balls. Thanks to Sameer’s stormy batting, Pakistan scored 347 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs in the title match.
