Sameer Minhas’ 172 Leads Pakistan U-19 to Asia Cup Triumph
Shakeel-ur-Rehman
Dubai: Pakistan won the Asia Cup Under-19 Men’s One-Day Tournament. In the final played at the ICC Academy, Pakistan Under-19 defeated India Under-19 by 191 runs. The highlight of this match was Sameer Minhas’ century. The most important role in the victory was played by Sameer Minhas, who played a brilliant innings of 172 runs in the final. Along with this, he scored 471 runs at an average of 157 in the Asia Cup 2025, in which his best innings was 177 runs not out. Sameer Minhas was also named Man of the Match and Man of the Asia Cup. President Asian Cricket Council and Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi presented medals to Pakistani players and presented a trophy to captain Farhan Yousuf. President Asian Cricket Council and Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi praised Sameer Minhas’ brilliant batting. Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi appreciated the excellent performance of the players. Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi congratulated coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and the management staff.
After Sameer in batting, Ahmed Hussain was the top scorer, scoring 268 runs in five matches at an average of 67, with a best innings of 132 runs. The best innings of the tournament was played by India’s AA Kundu, who scored 209 not out. In second and third place were Sameer Minhas, who scored 177 not out against Malaysia. And now in the final, he played a match-winning innings of 172 runs against India. Pakistani bowling is also at the top of the table. Abdul Subhan dismissed thirteen players in four matches. His best bowling was four wickets for 20 runs. Muhammad Sayam dismissed ten players in five matches. The best bowling was 3 for 27 runs. Ali Raza dismissed 9 players. The best bowling in the final was 4 wickets for 42 runs. This is the second time Pakistan has won this tournament. Previously, Pakistan and India were joint winners in 2012 when the final was tied. Pakistan Under-19 defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the first semi-final of the Asia Cup, while India defeated Sri Lanka in the second semi-final to make it to the final. It should be noted that Pakistan has won the ICC Under-19 World Cup title twice but has not won the Under-19 Asia Cup so far. Pakistan was the joint champion with India in the 2012 Asia Cup. India Under-19 won the toss and put Pakistan Under-19 to bat, who scored 347 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, the India Under-19 team scored only 156 runs in 26.2 overs. Out. In Pakistan’s innings, Sameer Minhas batted brilliantly and scored 172 runs off 113 balls with the help of 9 sixes and 17 fours. This is his second century in this tournament. He had played an innings of 177 runs not out against Malaysia. He added 92 runs in the second wicket partnership with Usman Khan and 137 runs in the third wicket partnership with Ahmed Hussain. Usman Khan scored 35 runs and Ahmed Hussain scored 56 runs. Deepesh Devendran took 3 wickets for 83 runs. In reply, India’s batting was completely at the mercy of the Pakistani bowlers, who kept taking wickets at intervals and bringing their team closer to victory. Vibha Suryavinshi scored 26 runs with the help of 3 sixes and a four before being caught by wicketkeeper Hamza Zahoor off the bowling of Ali Raza, who also took the wickets of captain Mahatre and Kanshak Chauhan and top scorer Devendran with 36 runs. He gave away 42 runs for these four wickets. Mohammad Sayam Abdul Subhan and Judifa Ahsan took two wickets each.
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