India vs Pakistan Live Score, U19 Asia Cup 2024: PAK openers put IND under pressure after opting to bat

Hardik into his third over. 

Guha again, into his fifth over. Inside edge, Shahzaib almost chops on, and he steals a single. One more for Usman with a punch on the off-side. Driven square of the wicket by Shahzaib for one more to end the over. 

Done with the drinks break. Hardik will continue. SIX! Shahzaib steps out and goes big over his favourite region - deep midwicket - and that’s another maximum. There is a loud lbw appeal against Shahzaib but not given. 

Guha comes back into the attack. He keeps the ball on the stumps even as there is little to no movement off the pitch anymore. He beats the batter outside off-stump to end the over and just a couple of runs from it. Time for a drinks break! 

Hardik Raj, the left-arm spinner, into the attack. In the slot and driven by Shahzaib to long-on for a single. Just two runs from the over as Hardik stems the flow of runs. 

Chormale again. FOUR! Reverse-sweep by Usman and the left-hander finds the third-man boundary. The runs are flowing with ease for Pakistan now. Punched through point for a single to end the over and six runs from it. 

India skipper Mohamed Enaan into the attack with his leg-spin. SIX! A long hop and pulled away over deep midwicket by Shahzaib for a maximum. Short again and pulled to long-on by Usman for a single. SIX! Short again and pulled away again over cow corner by Shahzaib for another maximum. A very expensive over from the India captain with 15 runs coming off it. 

Chormale into his fourth over. FOUR! Cut away through point by Shahzaib and a boundary for Pakistan after 30 deliveries. That’s 50 up for Pakistan in 13.4 overs. An inside edge onto the pads to end the over. 

Nikhil again with the ball. Pakistan’s openers seem content with the odd single at the moment. With the sun beating down, there is not much movement in the air and off the pitch anymore. 

Another tight over from the off-spinner Chormale as only four singles come from the over. India putting on the squeeze. 

Nikhil continues. A wide and a single from the over as the Indian bowlers continue to keep the pressure.

Chormale again. Another maiden over and Pakistan ends the PowerPlay with just 34 runs on the board. 

Nikhil Kumar, the right-arm medium-pacer, into the attack. FOUR! Darted into the pads and Usman flicks it away with ease to the fine-leg boundary. Two wides and a boundary from Nikhil’s first over. 

Kiran Chormale into the attack, introducing spin. The off-spinner beats Shahzaib outside off-tump first ball. Just two runs from the over and some excellent fielding at point by the Indian skipper. 

Rock solid defence from Usman and it’s another maiden over by Samarth. Pakistan still taking the route of caution. 

Yudhajit Guha continues from the other end. SIX! Finally some intent from Pakistan. Shahzaib goes aerial and clears the long-on boundary with a huge maximum. 

Samarth will continue. He starts the over with two consecutive wides, one down leg-side and the other outside off-stump. Samarth finds his line and length later in the over and some streaky runs for Pakistan, including a single off an inside edge. 

FOUR! Guha strays on the pads and whipped away to the fine-leg boundary by Usman. Shahzaib is off the mark finally after 11 balls as he guides this to deep point. Excellent fielding in the deep to save a boundary and keep it down to a couple of runs. 

Samarth again. Continues to come around the wicket. Driven through cover by Usman in the gap for a single and first runs for Pakistan off the bat. Samarth comes over the wicket after three balls and manages to keep it closer in line of the stumps. Just one run from the over. 

Yudhajit Guha, another right-arm pacer, from the other end. He comes over the wicket to left-hander Shahzaib. Starts off with three dot balls as he angles the ball away from Shahzaib. Maiden over from Guha as he keeps it full to make full use of the shine of the ball. Pakistan off to a very cautious start. 

Shahzaib Khan and Usman Khan will open the innings for Pakistan. Samarth Nagraj, the right-arm medium-pacer, has the ball. 

Starts off with a bouncer and Samarth also slips in his follow-through but is okay to continue. This is wide outside off-stump and goes away further with the swing. Swinging away again outside off-stump and this is called a wide. Pakistan opens its account. Beaten! Angles into the left-hander and moves away touch to beat the bat and just miss the off-stump. Usman was clueless about that one. This is going down leg-side and called wide, the second one of this over. Good length outside off-stump and left alone by the batter. Still no runs off the bat. Prodigious swing outside off-stump again and it beats Usman’s drive. Length outside off again and left alone again. 

The 13-year-old IPL crorepati, bought by Rajasthan Royals in the recent Indian Premier Leage auction, has been included in India’s playing XI for this big game. 

There is an even cover of grass and the pitch will have good bounce. The track should be good for both pacers and spinners. 

Pakistan wins the toss and elects to bat. 

The toss is set to take place at 10:15 AM IST. Stay tuned for the latest updates. 

India: Ayush Mhatre, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, C Andre Siddarth, Mohd. Amaan (C), Kiran Chormale (VC), Pranav Pant, Harvansh Singh Pangalia (WK), Anurag Kawde (WK), Hardik Raj, Md. Enaan, KP Karthikeya, Samarth Nagaraj, Yudhajit Guha, Chetan Sharma, Nikhil Kumar.

Pakistan: Saad Baig (c/wk), Mohammad Ahmed, Haroon Arshad, Tayyab Arif, Mohammad Huzefa, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Hassan Khan, Shahzaib Khan, Usman Khan, Faham-ul-Haq, Ali Raza, Mohammad Riazullah, Abdul Subhan, Farhan Yousuf, Umar Zaib.