U19 Asia Cup: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fails again; departs cheaply in final

NEW DELHI: The flop amusement of teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued successful the U19 Asia Cup, arsenic the 14-year-old batter was dismissed astatine the people of 26 successful the tourney last against arch-rival Pakistan successful Dubai connected Sunday.

Sooryavanshi was dismissed successful the 5th implicit of the innings; helium was caught down the stumps by Pakistan keeper Hamza Zahoor disconnected Ali Raza's bowling. Raza bowled a abbreviated of magnitude delivery, angled across. Sooryavanshi looked to loft done the enactment and got a heavy extracurricular edge, Hamza Zahoor took a crisp drawback implicit his head. There was nary abstraction to escaped his hands, and the shot was climbing arsenic well.

With Sooryavanshi's wicket, India were reduced to 49/3 portion chasing a mammoth full of 348. Follow unrecorded updatesCaptain Ayush Mhatre (2 disconnected 7 balls) and Aaron George (16 disconnected 9 balls) were besides dismissed cheaply, leaving India successful heavy trouble. Sooryavanshi besides failed to people large successful the semi-final against Sri Lanka and was dismissed for 9 runs.Earlier, 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 present connected Sunday.

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, 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.