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Pakistan opener Sameer Minhas erstwhile again gave a glimpse into his precocious talent, striking a superb period — his 2nd successful the tourney — arsenic Pakistan made a steep 347 for 8 successful an engrossing 50-over men's U19 Asia Cup last successful Dubai connected Sunday (December 21, 2025).
Minhas, 1 of the standout performers for his broadside successful the event, blazed to 172 disconnected 113 deliveries arsenic helium carried the aspirations of his side, which mislaid the radical lucifer to the arch-foes by 90 runs astatine the aforesaid venue.
Pakistan, coming into the last connected the backmost of a objective eight-wicket semifinal triumph against past variation champions Bangladesh, did not fto India, who chose to bowl, settee down.
Minhas, the younger member of Pakistan T20 subordinate Arafat Minhas, who had played a pivotal relation with an unbeaten half-century successful the semifinal connected Friday, went aft each bowler but was particularly harsh connected new-ball bowlers Kishan Singh and Deepesh Devendran.
Minhas, whose innings was studded with 17 boundaries and 9 sixes, brought up his period disconnected 71 balls with a 4 successful the 29th implicit disconnected Devendran.
This was Minhas' 2nd 100 successful the contention having cracked an unbeaten 177 against Malaysia successful the opening radical match.
The 19-year-old looked acceptable for a treble period and articulation the likes of India's Abhigyan Kundu and South Africa's Jorich Van Schalkwyk successful the elite 200-plus club.
But helium was tricked by a slower transportation from Devendran (3/83) to beryllium caught astatine mid-on, arsenic the India pacer savoured his archetypal wicket successful the lucifer aft being plundered by the prolific opener.
Minhas' large six successful the 28th over, wherever helium utilized his feet to motorboat an Ayush Mhatre transportation precocious up successful the aerial to heavy mid-wicket, had people written each over.
It was creaseless sailing for Pakistan aft Hamza Zahoor (18) departed aboriginal erstwhile helium ended up giving the simplest of catches astatine mid-off, falling prey to a teasing off-stump line.
Zahoor's dismissal brought successful Usman Khan (35) and, unneurotic with Minhas, took the full to 123 -- a concern that yielded 92 runs.
Left-handed Ahmed Hussain, who excessively has enjoyed a affluent vein of signifier successful the tourney scoring a period and half-ton, struck a good 56 earlier left-arm spinner Khilan Patel (2/44) enticed the middle-order batter to play the expanse and gave a drawback astatine mid-wicket.
His 137-run concern with Minhas provided the platform for Pakistan to spell for a large total.
India person won the rubric a grounds 8 times since the tournament's inception successful 1989. They were associated winners with Pakistan successful the 2012 variation erstwhile the lucifer ended successful a tie.
Pakistan person lifted the trophy lone once, erstwhile they were associated winners with the arch-rivals successful Malaysia.
