Dubai: India won the toss and elected to field first against Pakistan in a blockbuster ACC Men’s Asia Cup final at the ICC Academy on Sunday.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Sameer Minhas, Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousuf (catch), Hamza Zahoor (week), Husayfa Ahsan, Niqab Shafiq, Mohammad Shayan, Ali Raza, Abdul Subban and Mohammad Sayam.
India: Ayush Madre (catch), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhiyan Kundu (week), Kanishk Chauhan, Kilan Patel, Henil Patel, Deepesh Devendran and Kishan Singh.
head-to-head
Pakistan and India have faced each other 28 times in youth ODIs, with the latter holding the head-to-head record with 16 wins, compared to the Green Shirts’ 11, with one match drawn.
Matches: 28
India: 16
Pakistan: 11
Tide: 1
Form Guide
Pakistan and India enter the tournament with similar momentum as the Men in Blue have won all four matches, while the Green Shirts suffered a fortuitous defeat against India in a high-octane group-stage match at the same venue last Sunday.
Batting first, India amassed 240 runs in 46.1 overs, aided by a half-century from Aaron George, while Mohammad Syam and Abdul Subhan took three wickets each for Pakistan.
In reply, Pakistan’s batting unit faltered and scored 150 before being bowled out in 41.2 overs, with Deepesh Devendran and Kanishk Chauhan claiming three scalps each for the Men in Blue.
Pakistan: W, W, L, W, L (Most recent first)
India: W, W, W, W, W