ACC U19 Asia Cup: 10 sixes, 7 fours… led India to victory, Vaibhav Suryavanshi-Ayush Mhatre crushed UAE in 16 overs

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|04-12-2024

After the defeat against Pakistan, India has made a wonderful comeback in the Under-19 Asia Cup. After defeating Japan, the Indian team now defeated UAE also in a one-sided manner. Team India, chasing the target of only 138 runs, won the 50 over match in just 16 overs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an unbeaten inning of 76 runs in 46 balls, while Ayush Mhatre scored 67 runs in 51 balls. Vaibhav and Ayush thrashed UAE bowlers badly. These two batsmen together hit 10 sixes.

Team India's second victory

This is Team India's second victory in the Under-19 Asia Cup. After losing the first match to Pakistan, India has defeated Japan and now UAE. With this victory, Team India has reached second place in the points table. The big thing is that after the huge win over UAE, its net run rate has become very high.

bad condition of UAE

The Indian bowlers did not allow the UAE team, which came to bat first on the Sharjah ground, to survive. Yudhjit Guha and Chetan Sharma gave initial shocks to UAE. Aryan Saxena was out after scoring 9 runs. Yayin Rai was dismissed on the first ball. Akshat Rai could score 26 runs. Hardik Raj broke the back of UAE by taking 2 wickets in the middle overs. Yudhjit Guha took maximum 3 wickets. Chetan Sharma and Hardik took 2-2 wickets on the night. Ayush Mhatre and Karthikeya got 1 wicket each. UAE team collapsed for 137 runs in 44 overs.

Suryavanshi-Mhatre created havoc

On the pitch where UAE batsmen were yearning for runs, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Mhatre rained runs as soon as they arrived. Vaibhav opened his account by hitting a six on the first ball itself. Both the batsmen eliminated UAE from the match in the powerplay itself. Mhatre scored 67 runs in 51 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 4 fours. Whereas Suryavanshi played an inning of 76 runs in 46 balls. 6 sixes and 3 fours came from his bat. It is expected that both the batsmen will continue the same form so that Team India becomes the champion of Asia.

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