India vs Pakistan U-19 Asia Cup 2025: Still no handshakes despite ICC’s push after IND colts trounce PAK

India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, U-19 Asia Cup 2025: Indian youngsters celebrate a wicket in the Asia Cup. The Indian colts beat Pakistan by 90 runs in a thumping statement result.

India vs Pakistan Highlights, U-19 Asia Cup 2025: There were no handshakes between the Indian and Pakistani players after the match came to an end. India U-19 triumph over their arch-rivals in the Asia Cup group stage match by a scoreline which reflects relative ease – but a performance to be proud of, particularly for the bowlers, as they defended 241 successfully. Kanishk Chouhan puts on an all-round clinic, scoring 46 at the death to push India's score forwards, before returning to take 3 wickets with the ball. Other top performers include Aaron George, who top-scored with 85, and Deepesh Devendran, who looked absolutely terrific as he took 3 wickets in his first spell to put India in a strong position. Even Vaibhav Suryavanshi chipping in despite a quiet outing with the bat, as he took a wicket as well as a terrific catch.

Pakistan restrict India U-19 to 240 all-out in Dubai, a slightly under-par score that leaves the Pakistani team as favourites to chase it down in the second innings. No partnership really got going despite starts, and Aaron George's efforts at the top of the innings to score 85 and Kanishk Chouhan with 46 towards the end ensure that the bowlers have something to defend. A quiet morning for Vaibhav Suryavanshi, dismissed on 5.

The toss went Pakistan U-19's way, and captain Farhan Yousaf doesn't think twice about bowling first.

India couldn't have asked for a better start to the Asia Cup U-19 campaign in Dubai than the one Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave them on Friday. On the back of his 95-ball 171, India broke all sorts of records as they put up the highest ever score in an Asia Cup U-19 game, becoming the first team to surpass the 400 mark as they scored 433/6 in an all-round batting effort – despite captain and opener Ayush Mhatre falling early and missing out.

A 234-run victory showcased that the talent is there, and rare is the tournament in this era of cricket that any Indian team enters without at least an outside chance of winning the whole thing. But up next are the neighbours and the arch-rivals, a team against whom none of that matters: as their absolutely thumbing 297 run victory over Malaysia after bowling them out for 48 shows, they aren't here to mess around either.

Suryavanshi will once again be key: if he performs the way he has shown himself to be capable of performing at any level in world cricket, India will look basically unbeatable. If not, it comes down to all of his teammates to pick up the slack and to showcase their own talents – especially with IPL and senior scouts watching on with interest and making detailed notes.

First place in the group is on the line with this result, but as always, so is a lot of pride. A big secondary talking point is whether the two young teams will continue the cold-shoulder war being run by the senior teams, or whether recent directives might see an olive branch being extended – a directive being awaited from the powers that be.

India U-19 Playing XI vs Pakistan

Ayush Mhatre(c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu(w), Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar Singh, Henil Patel

India U-19 vs Pakistan U-19 Highlights

• Rain delays start of play
• PAK U-19 win toss, choose to bowl. India unchanged