Fans on Twitter erupted in joy as the Yash Dhull-led India A hammered the Mohammad Haris-led Pakistan A in the 12th match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday, July 19.
Pakistan won the toss and asked India to bowl first. Young India pacer Rajvardhan Hangargekar did a fantastic job with the new ball as he cleaned up both Omair Yousuf and Saim Ayub for a duck in the 4th over of the innings.
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Sahibzada Farhan and Haseebullah Khan batted quite well and they were trying to build a big partnership for their side. However, Riyan Parag and Manav Suthar dismissed the batters for 35 and 27. Kamran Ghulam also failed to score big and Pakistan were reduced to 78/5.
The Indian bowlers continued their dominance in the match and picked up wickets at regular intervals. However, good contributions from Qasim Akram, Mubasir Khan, and Mehran Mumtaz made sure Pakistan cross the 200-run mark.
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Qasim Akram top-scored for his with 48 runs as Pakistan posted 205 runs on the board. Talking about India bowlers, Rajvardhan Hangargekar bagged a 5-wicket haul and Manav Suthar picked up three wickets. Also, Riyan Parag and Nishant Sindhu chipped in with one wicket each.
Chasing the target, Indian batters decimated the Pakistan bowling unit that consisted of the likes of Shahnawaz Dahani and Mohammad Wasim, who have also represented Pakistan’s senior team at the international level.
Although Abhishek Sharma got out after scoring 20, his partner Sai Sudharsan showcased a batting masterclass. Sudharsan stitched together a match-winning partnership with Nikin Jose, but together they were unable to take India past the finish line as Jose was dismissed for 53 runs.
After the fall of two wickets, skipper Yash Dhull joined forces with Sai Sudharsan to steer India A to a victory by 8 wickets in just 36.4 overs. Sai Sudharsan brought out his aggressive avatar in the end and smashed back-to-back sixes off Dahani to complete his magnificent ton and help India seal the victory in style. He scored 104 runs off 110 balls, with 10 fours and 3 sixes.
Here’s How Twitter Reacted After India’s Dominant Win Over Arch-rivals Pakistan:
Sai Sudarshan with a cracking century while Rajvardhan Hangargekar picked up a fifer as India A smashed Pakistan A by 8 wickets in Emerging Asia Cup..The difference of quality, you see?
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) July 19, 2023
India thrashing Pakistan nothing new pic.twitter.com/IGus3hlnvj
— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) July 19, 2023
Ton and game done!
Sai brings up his ton in 110 balls, hits 104* to help India A beat Pakistan A in #EmergingAsiaCup
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 19, 2023
HUNDRED BY SAI SUDHARSAN AGAINST PAKISTAN…!!!
The emerging player of now, the future of India. 6,6 to complete his hundred and take India to a victory! pic.twitter.com/xcTbxVmytS
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 19, 2023
WOW What a century by SAI SUDARSHAN, clobbered Pakistan 🇮🇳
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) July 19, 2023
What a way to get the ton and the win! Well played @sais_1509. Solid performance ahead of the semi-final.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) July 19, 2023
INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN BY 8 WICKETS IN MEN’S EMERGING ASIA CUP 2023.
What a win by India – Sai Sudharsan The Hero of this Successful run chase for India, HE SCORED INCREDIBLE HUNDRED. pic.twitter.com/6Vit44ogS7
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 19, 2023
Very disappointing performance by Pakistan Shaheens against India-A. Pakistan Shaheens with more than half team consisting of international caps is comprehensively defeated by India-A with no known player. This is a reality check of bench strength of Pakistan. #AsiaCup
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) July 19, 2023
India A right now 😂🤣😅#INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/jFzSlPxZ2R
— a★ (@flyhigh__0) July 19, 2023
21 year old boy Sai sudharsan destroyed whole Pakistan team 🔥
Massive Win!! #INDAvPAKA #INDVSPAK #ElvishYadav #AsiaCup2023 #Saisudharsan pic.twitter.com/f5KI4ozXsJ
— Jash vekariya (@Jashvekariya108) July 19, 2023
Expose 150+ polio bowlers
Time to appreciate young blood of men in blue
Well done team India 🇮🇳
#INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/DM21jaLj4X
— HoneyBae (@Honeybae5555) July 19, 2023
Total domination from India A .. a win set up by Hangargekar, Suthar and co. and completed by the top order .. Sai Sudarshan is making giant strides .. Special hundred to complete the evening #IndAvPakA
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) July 19, 2023
Hey @BCCI & @ImRo45 @hardikpandya7@sais_1509 Ready for Indian senior team selection 🤞#INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/H5ONonExLk
— Vijin Civil 2.0 (@Vijin_kumari) July 19, 2023
Captain Hardik Pandya already predicted the talent of Sai Sudarshan and said “if I’m not wrong, in two years, he’ll do something great for franchise cricket and eventually for India cricket as well”#INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/jJkqnMzzeT
— Slayer is back ⚡️ (@pervy_slayer_) July 19, 2023
India A beat Pakistan A by 8 wickes#INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/5yVXfLirce
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) July 19, 2023
This was a match between IPL Players & PSL players with mostly capped international players like Haris, Wasim Jr , Dahani ,Saim Ayub etc ..
IPL talents still owned Pakistan.
Well played Sai Sudarshan 🙇♂️
Pak bowlers vs Sai Sudarshan be like #AsiaCup2023 #INDvPAK #INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/Ity9m4NayN
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) July 19, 2023
Smashed so called 150kph + international frauds 😭 #INDAvPAKA pic.twitter.com/V2THHJ6kaH
— 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 👑 (@imtheguy07) July 19, 2023
So IPL talent brutally owned PSL talent#INDAvPAKA #EmergingAsiaCup pic.twitter.com/OFA9AiwcYi
— Rishab Garg🇮🇳 (@sharmaarnik) July 19, 2023
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