Tayyab Tahir’s exceptional hundred garnished Pakistan A’s march to a commanding 128-run win over India A, for a second consecutive Emerging Teams Asia Cup title, here on Sunday.
The Indian team showed intensity and matched the pace of their arch-rivals initially in the powerplay but started to fall behind after losing their first wicket while chasing the elusive target.
Till the sixth over the opening pair was averaging a boundary each over but once their rhythm broke in off-break bowler Mubasir Khan’s second over, a wicket was destined to follow. Arshad Iqbal capitalised in the next over to make the most of the available opportunity and dismiss Sai Sudharsan for 29(28).
India’s success in this tournament was built around their spin troika of Suthar, Nishant Sindhu and Abhishek Sharma, but Tahir invalidated their presence with a fine array of shots.
Facing the arch rivals in the Emerging Asia Cup tournament finals on 23 July, Pakistan A batters set a target of 353 runs for Indians to chase in Colombo.
Earlier, India A chose to field first after winning the toss. Following this, Pakistan batters scored a massive 352 runs after losing 8 wickets in 50 overs.
For Pakistan A, Tayyab Tahir scored a century (108), while openers Saim Ayub (59) and Sahibzada Farhan (65), made remarkable contribution. Even Omair Yousuf (35) and Mubasir Khan (35) played brilliantly.
Indian bowling was not see as effective as it was in semi finals, as the Pakistan batters dominated from the very beginning.
For India, Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Riyan Parag took two wickets each, while Harshit Rana, Manav Suthar and Nishant Sindhu picked one each respectively.
This is a developing story, it will be updated shortly.
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Updated: 23 Jul 2023, 09:40 PM IST