India A vs Pakistan A Highlights Emerging Asia Cup 2023: Sudharsan hundred, Hangargekar fifer lead India to eight wicket win

Sri Lanka A vs Pakistan A - July 21, 10:00 AM IST

India A vs Bangladesh A - July 21, 02:00 PM IST

Sai Sudharsan wins the Player of the Match award for his 104 runs off 110 deliveries.

I focus on risk-free runs and reducing the dot balls. It was tricky to face spinners. It was turning a bit. We are taking it game by game and reacting to whatever comes in front of us. It has been fantastic to play with Abhishek Sharma. I have learnt a lot from him.

Not for one over during the run chase did India A look at discomfort. The reason for that was the poise shown by Sai Sudharsan. He kept the tempo throughout the innings and pushed the team home. Abhishek Sharma’s positive start and Nikin Jose’s fifty too played a vital role before Yash Dhull gave late fireworks.

India A ends the Pool stage as the winner of Pool B and maintains its unbeaten record. It will take on Bangladesh A in the semifinals while Pakistan A will face Sri Lanka A.

Dahani bowls to Sudharsan. FOUR. Banged in short and Sudharsan pulls it to the deep mid wicket boundary. SIX to follow! Sudharsan unleashes a hook on a bouncer and sends the ball sailing over the fine leg. SIX! SUDHARSAN HITS A HUNDRED IN STYLE. INDIA WINS! Full and straight and Sudharsan lifts it over long off.

Three singles off Kamran Ghulam’s over. India just 12 away from a win.

Dahani to Dhull. A single on the first ball. Sudharsan miscues a pull. For the nth time, the ball lands short of the mid on fielder. FOUR. Dhull absolutely smokes this one to the boundary. Banged in short and Dhull is on his back foot in a flash.

Musabir continues. FOUR - Sudharsan finds the boundary rope through the mid off region. He is into the 80s now. Seven runs from the over as India inches closer to a dominating win.

Mehran for his final over. SIX! Dhull lifts a full delivery back over the bowler’s head. FOUR! The last shot was on the on side, this one was on the off. One bounce and over the ropes it goes. An expensive over with 12 coming off it.

Mubasir to Sudharsan. Sloppy from Pakistan A. Sudharsan takes a comfortable single but the fielder throws the ball to the non-striker’s end looking for a run out. No one backs up and India A picks an additional run. Seven runs from the over.

Mehran to continue. OUT! Jose is stumped and the partnership is ended at 99. Jose steps out looking for a big heave but Mehran’s turn gets him. Haris, this time, does not miss the chance.

Yash Dhull is the new batter for India. Another stumping appeal. Dhull presses forward but is beaten by the turn. Haris takes the bails off and starts celebrating. Replays show that Dhull’s foot is within the crease and Dhull bats on.

A run out appeal now. Dhull defends a full delivery back at Mehran. The ball flicks his hand and hits the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Another third umpire check but Sudharsan is inside the crease.

Nikin Jose 53(64) st Haris b Mehran

A change of bat for Sai Sudharsan. Four runs from the over of Mubasir and the stand between the Indian pair is just two runs from a century.

Meanwhile, the schedule for the senior Asia Cup 2023 was announced today.

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Mehran to Sudharsan. FOUR to start the over. A paddle sweep from the batter to send the ball to fine leg. Dropped! How many lives does Sudharsan have? He smacks the ball back at Mehran who gets a hand at it but as he dives on the ground sees the ball slip out.

Musabir back into the attack. FIFTY for Nikin Jose with a single to deep square.

Drama! Sudharsan is in disbelief after he’s given caught behind. The umpire raised his finger after a nearly 10-second pause after the appeal was made. Third umpire, however says that Musabir had over-stepped.

Wasim to continue. Sudharsan gets a top edge again while trying a pull. This time the third man is in contention to get it but the ball falls agonisingly short. Sudharsan continue to flirt with danger.

FOUR for Sudharsan. Sublime timing. Just a gentle clip on a delivery rising on him. Pulls to square leg on the next delivery to rotate the strike. Jose with a single on the final ball before an overthrow allows a second run.

Mehran for his seventh over. FOUR. Jose gets a full toss and he tonks it to the cow corner boundary. He is four shy of his fifty.

Wasim to Jose. A rising delivery which Jose slashes to deep point for a single. Sudharsan tries to cut a short delivery. There is no room, however, and the batter is beaten. A couple of bouncers too in the over.

Mehran to bowl. Sudharsan shuffles and tries to sweep. He flies off a top edge but the lands in no-man’s land. Two runs taken. Five runs from the over.

Pace returns with Mohammad Wasim coming into the attack. Jose gets a ball angling down the leg. He cannot get bat to it but the batter collect a leg bye. Just one from the over.

Qasim Akram is back into the attack. FOUR. Qasim bowls short and Jose pulls it to the square leg fence. Five runs from the over.

Four singles from Mehran’s next over. India now needs just 93 runs from 174 deliveries.

Kamran Ghulam for his second over. Sudharsan makes a mistake which causes a leading edge to loop up in the air. Luckily, there is no one to collect the catch and Sudharsan survives. Six runs from the over and the stand between Jose and Sudharsan gets past 50.

Mehran continues. Sudharsan puts his weight forward and drives through mid off. But a dive by the fielder allows only a run. Jose too pushes it to mid off and sets off for a single.

SIX! A massive hit for Sudharsan to bring up his FIFTY. A slog sweep on a full delivery and India’s total too crosses 100.

Kamran Ghulam is the new bowler. FOUR. Jose is getting gifts here. A short and wide delivery and he slaps it past the mid off fielder. He then takes a single on the fourth delivery with a push to deep cover. Sudharsan adds a run to his tally on the last ball.

Sudharsan faces Mehran. Sudharsan hangs back and clips it onto the on side for a single. FOUR - Nikin Jose hits it over the infield. There is no cover in the deep and he gets four more.

Mubasir continues from one end. FOUR on the final delivery. Jose gets to the pitch and drives it through the mid off region.

Mehran continues. FOUR! Jose gets an inside edge and the ball goes between the keeper’s legs and runs to the boundary. Nikin Jose tries to take a single but is sent back by Sudharsan. The batter is strolling home and sees a throw come in. He scampers through and barely manages to get home.

Jose steps out on Mubasir’s first delivery. He misses the shot and is struck on the pad. Pakistan A’s appeals denied. FOUR! Cut through the off side on the next delivery. Sudharsan with a drive to long off for a single. Seven runs come from the over.

Mehran Mumtaz brought into the attack. Starts with a WIDE. CHANCE! Nikin Jose is drawn out of his crease on a drive. The keeper though cannot collect the ball after Jose misses. That’s a stumping chance gone begging. Two wides for India A follow. Sudharsan with a push to long on for one run. Jose is hurried into a shot but he clips it onto the on side. Good running between the pair as they steal a single.

OUT! Abhishek Sharma plays it on. He chases a wide delivery with a sweep. Fails to get in line and ends up dragging it onto his stumps. Mubasir provides the first breakthrough.

Nikin Jose is the new batter. He’s greeted with a full and straight delivery. Jose defends. Jose gets to the pitch of the delivery, drives and gets off the mark.

Abhishek Sharma 20(28) b Mubasir

Sudharsan does not middle a shot on the on side but manages to scamper through for a single. Abhishek with a single to long off. FOUR. SUdharsan plays a delivery angling in late and finds the fence at third man.

Mubasir to Sudharsan. The bowler gets one short and Sudharsan gets on his back foot and punches it through covers for FOUR. Abhishek Sharma clears his front leg and lifts the ball over mid off for another FOUR.

Dahani continues. Sudharsan faces him. He connects on the first three deliveries but cannot clear the inner circle. He finally gets one in the gap on the fifth delivery and runs a single.

Now Mubasir Khan comes on to bowl. Sudharsan clips the penultimate delivery to deep mid wicket for a single. That is the only run off the over.

Dahani to Abhishek Sharma. A single with a push to mid wicket. Sudharsan flicks a delivery on his pads to deep mid wicket and runs three.

Qasim to continue. Abhishek’s inside out shot goes in the air, offering half-a-chance to the short cover fielder. In the end, it is quite wide and a single is taken. FOUR - Sudharsan with a cover drive.

Dahani to Abhishek. Appeal on the first delivery. Dahani gets the ball to go straight and hit the front pad of the batter. Going over the stumps, though. Just one run from the over off the final delivery.

Pakistan A wastes no time and brings in spin. Off-break bowler Qasim Akram to bowl the next. While Sudharsan is beaten on the first, he works the second delivery through mid wicket for FOUR. Another FOUR. This time through the off side with a lean-forward drive.

Wasim to Sudharsan. The batter clips it through mid wicket for two runs. A single next for Sudharsan through point. Abhishek with a square drive but this time he cannot beat the packed off-side field.

Shahnawaz Dahani to take the ball from the other end. FOUR! Sublime! Dahani overpitches and Abhishek Sharma drives it through covers. Another FOUR. Dahani makes the mistake of overpitching and he sees the same fate. A third boundary! Oof. Dahani pulls his length back a bit and Abhishek says ‘fine, I’ll punch it through covers’.

Wasim to Sudharsan. Away movement first up for Wasim. He beats the outside edge. FOUR. Sudharsan off the mark with a boundary. It was short and wide and gets the punishment. FOUR more for Sudharsan. He slashes at a delivery wide of off. Same area, same result.

A positive start for India.

India A’s opening pair Abhishek Sharma and Sai Sudharsan walk out to the middle.

For Pakistan, it will be Mohammad Wasim Jr will take the new ball.

Pakistan would be very happy to be going back to the dugout with a 200-plus total. At 95/6, this seemed unlikely. But a solid rearguard from Qasim Akram, Mubasir Khan and Mehram Mumtaz has put them with a fighting chance in the game. For India, Rajvardhan Hangargekar was the pick of the lot. Eight overs for 5/42. He rattled the top order which got India off to a flying start. He then returned at the death to get rid of the tail.

Hangargekar to Wasim. FOUR! A ramp shot from Wasim. Cheeky! That’s 200 for Pakistan A.

OUT! Wasim mistimes the slog on a full toss and Nikin Jose gets under the ball at the edge of the circle. FOUR more. Shahnawaz Dahani gets an edge on the very first delivery and he picks four runs.

OUT! Dahani is caught behind, deceived by a slower delivery. Hangargekar with aa five-wicket haul.

Mohammad Wasim Jr 8(7) c Jose b Hangargekar

Shahnawaz Dahani 4(4) c Jurel b Hangargekar

Harshit Rana returns for his seventh over. Five runs come from the over, all singles.

Hangargekar to Mehran. Chips the ball onto the on side and pockets another run befor deep mid wicket fields it.

OUT! A BLINDER BY RANA. Qasim Akram goes for 48. He tries a slash and gets a top edge. The ball is flying over the short third fielder but Rana gets a jump in and collects the ball with one hand.

Mohammad Wasim Jr takes a single on the final delivery.

Qasim Akram 48(63) c Rana b Hangargekar

Nitish Kumar Reddy back for just his third over. FOUR! Mehran shuffles across and scoops the ball over the keeper’s head. A single on the next delivery. Another FOUR. Qasim with a pull shot through cow corner. Turning out to be an expensive over. FOUR again. A hook shot to send the bouncer to the fine leg fence. 13 runs from it.

Hangargekar to Qasim. The batters scurry through for a run even as the ball dies down right next to the striker after thudding off his pad. Qasim with a pull shot to run two more. A total of six from the over.

Riyan Parag back for his sixth over. Merhan with a reverse sweeps collects two runs. Dhruv Jurel is hit on his collar bone. Merhan tried a late cut and the ball got an under edge, bounced and hit Jurel. He seems okay to continue.

Qasim is beaten trying a wild swing. SIX! Mehran over the mid wicket boundary with a slog sweep.

Rajvardhan Hangargekar returns. A yorker to Mehran. The batter is just about able to get his bat down and collect a single. Three runs from the over in all.

Manav Suthar to Mehran. The batter taps to square leg and completes a run. Another single through cover for Qasim. A third single from the over as Mehran sweeps to deep mid wicket. Qasim with an inside out loft to pick two.

Manav Suthar ends his spell with 3-36.

Just two runs from the next over by Nishant Sindhu.

With that the innings goes to PowerPlay 3 which allows five fielders outside the 30-yard circle.

Suthar to Qasim. Sweeps to deep square. There is, however, a fielder there which allows just a single. Mehran with a nudge to fine leg to open his account.

Sindhu to Mubasir. FOUR! The batter rocks back into his crease and pulls for a boundary. FOUR! This time Mubasir cuts hard and beats the two fielders in the circle at point and short third. 50 parntership for Qasim and Mubasir.

OUT! Nishant Sindhu gets Mubasir leg before. Right after the 50 partnership. The ball moved quicker and did not spin and Mubasir was cuaght plumb in front. Mehran Mumtaz is the new batter.

Mubasir Khan 28(38) lbw b Sindhu

Suthar to Mubasir. He takes a single on the second delivery. Qasim’s cover drive is stopped by Sai Sudharsan which saves one run.

Nishant Sindhu to bowl to Qasim. He gets a single with a push to deep mid wicket. A quick single by Mubasir to end the over. Just two runs from it.

Manav Suthar back after the drinks break. Straight away he causes trouble for Qasim. Twice the batter is beaten before picking a single with a sweep. Mubasir too is beaten on the last two deliveries of the over.

Harshit Rana from around the wicket. FOUR! Short and wide and Qasim stays in his crease and cuts. Runs starting to flow for Pakistan A. FOUR again. Mubasir drives the ball past mid off.

Mubaisr with a slog sweep to deep mid wicket and gets two runs. FOUR! He then takes a step into his crease and punches the ball through mid on.

Pace returns as Harshit Rana bowls to Mubasir. Qasim then collects a FOUR as seven runs come from the over.

Abhishek Sharma back ater an end change. Keeps it flat and straight to Mubasir on the first two. Mubasir lofts it over the circle but cannot beat the long off fielder. Just one run from the over.

Sindhu back in the attack. FOUR! Akram slog sweeps a fullish delivery to cow corner. A welcome boundary! Seven runs from the over.

Manav Suthar continues to drill deliveries on a tump-to-stump line. Mubasir can pick only one run, on the final delivery, with a drive to deep cover.

Qasim Akram picks three couples in Abhishek Sharma’s over to inch Pakistan A to 100.

FOUR! Haris is on the charge. He pulls a short delivery to the deep mid wicket boundary.

OUT! Suthar is gone! You live by the sword, you die by the sword. He gets a top edge trying to loft a delivery. The ball goes long way up before Yash Dhull collects it.

Mubasir Khan is welcomed with two slips in place.

Mohammad Haris 14(13) c Dhull b Suthar

Abhishek Sharma concedes just three from the over. Haris, time and again, going for the aggressive lofted shot. This over saw get an inside edge of a slog sweep attempt.

Haris lofts the ball to the on side off Suthar. The ball is saved from crossing the fence but Haris runs two. FOUR! A rare loose delivery by Suthar. It is going down leg and Haris sweeps it to the deep square fence.

Abhishek Sharma continues. Qasim Akram is the new batter in the middle.

Just one run from the over to Haris.

Suthar to Hasebullah. Chance! Haseeb’s pull shot lands one bounce away from the deep mid wicket fielder. One run taken. Beaten! Kamran presses forward and beats the edge of Kamran . OUT! Stumped. Kamran again beaten by turn and Jurel with flawless work behind the stumps.

Captain Mohammad Haris to bat. Off the mark right away with a push to long on.

OUT! Another one for Suthar. Sharp turn and the ball rips through bat and pad and disturbs the stumps. Haseebullah is headed back.

Kamran Ghulam 15(31) st Jurel b Suthar

Haseebullah Khan 27(55) b Suthar

Left-arm spin all the way for India. Abhishek Sharma to bowl. Haseebullah with the only single from the over.

Haseebullah with a straight drive in Suthar’s over to get a single. Kamran then gets an edge which trickles away to the boundary. Will the boundary prompt Dhull to get a slip in?

Sindhu to continue. Haseebullah misses a sweep and India A with loud appeals. The impact, however, was outside off. He decides to take a single on the next.

Kamran not able to rotate strike.

One more change for India. Manav Suthar replaces Riyan Parag. Haseebullah late cuts his first delivery for a couple of runs. Five runs from Suthar’s first over.

Sindhu to Haseebullah. A single with a tap to the point region on the second delivery. That is the only run from the over.

Parag to bowl his fifth over. FOUR! Kamran with a cut on a back-of-a-length delivery. The fielder at point made a diving effort but cannot save it. Chance! Kamran closes the face of the bat too early. The top edge flies just wide of a diving Parag.

Sindhu bowls to Kamran. An attempted defence gets a thick inside edge which allows a single to square leg. Four more runs in the over, all singles.

Parag to Haseebullah. Nearly bowled him. An inside edge prevents the ball from hitting the stumps on the first delivery. Gets a run on the penutimate delivery with a drive to long on. Kamran with a back foot punch to long on. Just two runs from the over.

Nishant Sindhu is the new bowler in attack. Haseebullah drives his first delivery to deep cover for a single. Dhull misfields at short cover and Kamran gets off the mark. Two more runs for Haseebullah next. Haseebullah with a drive to long on for the fifth run of the over. 50 up for Pakistan.

Haseebullah faces Parag. A single with a punch to mid on. OUT! Parag removes Farhan. It was a short delivery and Farhan picks out deep square leg fielder with his pull shot.

Kamran Ghulam walks out to bat. Plays out the remaining two deliveries of the over.

Sahibzada Farhan 35(36) c Reddy b Parag

Reddy to Farhan. Taps the first delivery to short cover. India has placed a short mid off fielder to prevent the drive from Farhan. FOUR on the last delivery. Farhan reads the back-of-a-length, stays back and cuts the ball to the point boundary.

Parag to Haseebullah. Parag completes a maiden over.

Nitish Kumar Reddy to bowl the 10th over. Haseebullah on strike.Aggression from the bowler. Haseebullah defends the ball back at the bowler. Reddy gets it and throws it back at the stumps, forcing the batter to move aside. A single on the next delivery. FOUR. Farhan with another straight drive. This time it is in the air and Reddy has it in reach but is beate by the pace.

The end of the PowerPlay 1.

A change in bowling. Riyan Parag to bowl. Appeals on the first delivery. The ball drifts down leg and then grips and turns to strike the pad of Haseebullah. Seemed to have pitched outside leg stump. Haseebullah gets off strike with a poke to deep mid wicket. Farhan steps out and plays an on drive for one run.

Hangargekar bowling to Haseebullah. One run for the batter after an edge flies to third man.

Hangargekar has been warned for running onto the danger area of the pitch.

Abhishek Sharma lets the ball slip through his hands and Haseebullah picks two as the ball runs to the deep point region where it is fielded. Five runs in all from the over.

Harshit Rana to Haseebullah. Nearly chops on trying to guide the ball to third man. He finds a single with a flick to mid wicket on the fourth delivery. FOUR to end the over. A textbook straight drive races away past mid off.

Hangargekar to Haseebullah. The batter gets off the mark with a tap to third man. FOUR! Farhan drives it through covers for a boundary. The ball hung in the air but went clear of the fielder. Farhan is up to the task when Hangargekar bowls a bouncer. He pulls it to the square leg fence. Third FOUR of the over. Farhan again punches on the back foot to beat the infield and hit the fence.

Harshit Rana to Farhan. Haseebullah joins the action at No. 4 for Pakistan. A second maiden over for Rana. He ends it with a bouncer. Pakistan has already had 27 dot balls in the innings.

Hangargekar to Saim. Defends the firstl delivery on length. OUT! Saim is caught behind. He goes for a wild swing on the off the side only to miss and get caught by Dhruv Jurel.

Omair Bin is the new batter. OUT! Two wickets in the over. Omair pokes at a delivery and Hangargekar cleverly moves it away rather than back in. Jurel gets another catch behind the stumps.

Saim Ayub 0(11) c Jurel b Hangargekar

Omair Bin Yousuf 0(4) c Jurel b Hangargekar

Harshit Rana to continue. He seems to be getting the ball to nip back in this over. The third delivery of the over beats Farhan and misses the top of off stump by a whisker.

FOUR! Farhan plays the final delivery on the up and punches it between point and cover.

Rajvardhan Hangargekar to bowl from the other end. FOUR! An inswinger from Hangargekar. Farhan completely misses the line and his drive induces an inside edge. It gos wide off the stumps and races to the fine leg boundary. Farhan takes a single on the next delivery but he seems to have hurt his hand and needs the physio.

DROPPED! Riyan Parag drops Saim. Hangargekar squares the batter and induces an outside edge. The ball pops out of the first slip’s hand and rolls onto the ground.

Harshit Rana to bowl the first over for India.

Saim Ayub on strike. Sahibzada Farhan is his partner at the other end. Here we go!

Starts with a maiden over. Rana keeps it at the off stump line and Saim is content defending the deliveries. He was beaten on the penutlimate delivery but did not get the edge.

Mohammad Haris: There might be spin later in the match. 270-280 might be a good score here. We are not ending well with the bat and bowl. So, hopefully we can improve today. Three changes for us.

Yash Dhull: We also wanted to bat first. It is a dry wicket. But there might be dew in the night so bowling first is fine as well. We do not have any target in mind. It is a normal game for us and hopefully we can win.

UAE A and Nepal are playing at the moment. The first innings was concluded with UAE getting bundled out for 157 in 44 overs. Nepal has lost one wicket inside two overs and currently has scored nine runs.

For a third time this tournament, India A will be bowling first. It has shown great implementation in the first two games. It bowled out Nepal for 167 runs in its last game while restricted UAE A to 175/9 in the first game. Obviously, Pakistan will offer a more stern challenge but Dhull and his team will back itself to once again deliver with the ball.

Beat Nepal by four wickets

Beat UAE A by 184 runs

Beat UAE A by eight wickets

Beat Nepal by nine wickets

Pakistan A Playing XI:

Saim Ayub, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Haris, Kamran Ghulam, Sahibzada Farhan, Omair Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Mubashir Khan, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Wasim, Shahnawaz Dahani

India A Playing XI:

Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma, Nikin Jose, Yash Dhull(c), Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Dhruv Jurel(wk), Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Pakistan wins the toss and opts to bat.

WICKETKEEPER

Mohammad Haris

BATTERS

Sai Sudharsan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Yash Dhull, Saim Ayub

ALL-ROUNDERS

Abhishek Sharma, Qasim Akram

BOWLERS

Mohammad Wasim, Shahnawaz Dahani, Harshit Rana, Manav Suthar

Team Composition: IND A 5:6 PAK A | Credits Left: 12.0

India A and Pakistan A faced off in the semifinal of the ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023. Riding on Omair Yousuf’s half-century Pakistan A reached a total of 267/7 in 50 overs. India A fell short of the target by just 3 runs. Pakistan A eventually went on to win the cup.

India: 3 | Pakistan: 1

The matches in Pool A were completed on Tuesday. Three teams finished on four points and net run rate cost one of them a spot in the semifinals. Things are however much simpler in the other Pool where India A and Pakistan A have four points each and are assured of a place in the semifinals.

It’s India vs Pakistan. The big game which every tournament needs. At stake today will be the top spot in Pool B. Both India A and Pakistan A romped home to comfortable wins against UAE A and Nepal. The winner will take a perfect record to the semifinals and take on Bangladesh next.

INDIA A

Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma (vc), Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Yash Dhull (c), Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar. Stand-bys: Harsh Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Snell Patel, Mohit Redkar.

PAKISTAN A

Mohammad Haris (c, wk), Omair Bin Yousuf (vc), Amad Butt, Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Muqeem and Tayyab Tahir. Non-traveling reserves: Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Junaid and Rohail Nazir.