MUSCAT (The Thursday Times) — Bharat ne haftay ke roz Al Amerat Cricket Ground mein difai champion Pakistan ko aakhri gend par aik wicket se shikast de kar Under-19 Asia Cup jeet liya, jab daswein number ke batter Mohit Ulva ne teen runs darkar honay par chauka lagaya.
338 runs ke taaqub mein Bharat ka score aath wickets par 252 runs tha aur woh match se bahar dikhai de raha tha, lekin Ulva aur Manal Chauhan ne naveen wicket ke liye 57 runs jorray. Chauhan 47 runs bana kar out huay to Bharat ko mazeed 29 runs darkar thay, magar Ulva 26 gendon par 49 runs bana kar not out rahe, jabkay doosray end par Chigurupati Venkata datay rahe.
Bharat ki janib se captain Lakshya Raichandani ne sab se zyada 80 runs banaye aur Aaryavir Sehwag ne 58 runs score kiye, taham Pakistan darmiyani overs mein musalsal wickets leta raha. Hasnain Abbas ne aik haath se shandar catch pakar kar Raichandani ko pavilion bheja, aur kuch hi dair baad Anvay Dravid 19 runs par run out ho gaye, jis ke baad runs banane ki zimmedari Bharat ke nichlay order par aa gayi.
Pakistan ne toss jeet kar pehle batting ka faisla kiya aur nau wickets par 337 runs banaye. Opener Usman Khan ne 107 runs banaye aur Abdul Qadir ke saath 135 runs ki shiraakat qaim ki, jinhon ne 54 gendon par 80 runs score kiye. Captain Farhan Yousaf ne half-century bana kar Pakistan ko 300 se aagay pohanchaya, jis ke baad Bharti fast bowlers ne innings ke aakhri hissay mein runs ki raftaar rok di. Kavya Patel ne 68 runs de kar chaar aur Venkata ne 40 runs de kar teen wickets hasil kin.
Yeh final guzishta saal ke final ka dobara muqabla tha, jo Pakistan ne 191 runs se jeeta tha. Pakistan is saal na-qabil-e-shikast reh kar final mein pohancha tha. Us ne semi-final mein Bangladesh ko nau wickets se aur group marhalay mein Bharat ko shikast di thi, jab Hamza Zahoor ne na-qabil-e-shikast century banai thi.
