New Delhi. India A team made a bang in the Emerging Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan A. In its first match, the Indian team under the captaincy of Tilak Verma defeated Pakistan by 7 runs in the last over. Pakistan needed 17 runs in the last over to win. He had 4 wickets left but fast bowler Anshul Kamboj, who came to bowl the last over for India, created panic in the Pakistani camp by taking a wicket on the very first ball. After this he gave 9 runs in this over. India has made a good entry in the tournament by winning this match. Pacer Anshul Kamboj, who took three wickets, was chosen as the player of the match.
Pakistan A (IND A vs PAK A), which came to chase the target of 184 runs set by India A, could only score 176 runs for 7 wickets. Pakistan did not have a good start and lost two wickets within 21 runs. For Pakistan, Arafat Minhas scored the highest score of 41 runs on 29 balls while Yasir Khan was out after scoring 33 runs. Qasim Akram contributed 27 runs while Abdul Samad scored 25 runs. Abbas Afridi scored 18 runs on 9 balls. For India A, pacer Anshul Kamboj took maximum 3 wickets while Rasikh Salam and Nishant Sindhu took two wickets each.
India A scored 183 runs
Earlier, India A team, batting first, scored 183 for 8 wickets. Captain Tilak Verma scored the highest score of 44 runs while opener Prabhsimran Singh scored a quick 36 runs in 19 balls. Nehal Vadhera was out after scoring 25 runs. Opener Abhishek Sharma scored 35 runs on 22 balls. Tilak hit two fours and two sixes in 35 balls. For Pakistan, Sufiyan Muqeem took maximum 2 wickets.
India at number two
With this win, India is at second position in the A points table in Group B with 2 points. UAE also has two points from one match but it is at number one. Actually, UAE’s net run rate is better than India. India A’s run rate is 0.350 while UAE’s net run rate is 0.378.
Tags: IND vs PAK, India Vs Pakistan, Tilak Verma
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 19, 2024, 22:54 IST