MUSCAT (The Thursday Times) — Hamza Zahoor ki naqabil-e-shikast century ki badaulat Pakistan ne itwar ko Oman ke Al Amerat Cricket Ground mein Under-19 Asia Cup ke group match mein Bharat ko teen wickets se shikast de di. Aik mauqe par Pakistan ka score 61 runs par paanch wickets tha.
209 runs ke hadaf ke taaqub mein Pakistan ne 48.1 overs mein saat wickets par 209 runs bana liye. Hamza Zahoor jab batting ke liye aaye to jeet ke liye 148 runs darkar the, aur woh 100 runs bana kar not out rahe aur chauke se match khatam kiya. Unhon ne Hasnain Abbas Dar ke saath chhati wicket ke liye 107 runs ki shirakat qaim kar ke match ka rukh mor diya. Dar 67 gendon par 38 runs bana kar us waqt out hue jab jeet ke liye 41 runs baqi the.
Bharat ki innings: Bharat ne toss jeet kar batting ka faisla kiya aur 46.3 overs mein 208 runs par out ho gaya. Ali Raza ne match ki doosri hi gend par Bharati captain Lakshya Raichandani ko sifar par bowled kar diya, aur Bharat ka score pehle 22 runs par teen aur phir 86 runs par paanch wickets ho gaya. Arjun Rajput ne 85 gendon par 107 runs bana kar team ko sambhala, unhon ne 80 gendon par century mukammal ki, aur un ke crease par rehte hue banne wale 148 runs mein se 107 unhi ke the. Rizwanullah ne 24 runs de kar teen, Ali Raza ne 37 runs de kar teen aur spinner Niqab Shafiq ne teen wickets hasil kin.
Niqab ne Bharat ke dono mashhoor beton ko out kiya: sabiq Bharati opener Virender Sehwag ke bete Aaryavir Sehwag, aur Rahul Dravid ke bete wicketkeeper Anvay Dravid, jinhein Pakistani captain Farhan Yousaf ne usi jagah catch kiya jahan unhon ne khud ko un ke liye khara kiya tha.
Hadaf ka taaqub: do baar drop hone wale opener Usman Khan ke 16 runs par out hone ke baad Pakistan ki innings larkhara gayi. Abdul Qadir ne 20 runs banaye, lekin captain Farhan Yousaf do aur Ahmed Hussain aath runs bana kar out hue, aur 15wein over mein score 61 runs par paanch wickets tha. Is ke baad Zahoor aur Dar ne 20 se zaid overs tak koi wicket nahin girne di. Mohit Ulva ne Seyam ko us waqt out kiya jab jeet ke liye 26 runs darkar the, aur aakhri do overs mein Pakistan ko chaar runs chahiye the jis ke baad Zahoor ne match khatam kiya.
Match ke baad Zahoor ne camera ke samne aik parchi dikhayi jis par unhon ne apne liye nisf century ki pesh goi ki thi. Unhon ne us se dugne runs banaye.
Points table: is jeet ke baad Pakistan do matches mein chaar points ke saath Group A mein sar-e-fehrist hai, jabke Bharat ke do points hain. Pakistan ne apne pehle match mein UAE ko nau wickets se haraya tha jis mein Usman Khan ne 120 gendon par naqabil-e-shikast 139 runs banaye the, jabke Bharat ne Nepal ko 10 wickets se shikast di thi.
