NEP-U19 vs PAK-U19 Match 14 Results

3:59 PM IST Right then Pakistan Under-19 have defeated Nepal Under-19 by 5 wickets and remain undefeated in the tournament so far. The next game of the tournament will be between India Under19 and Ireland Under 19 to be played on 25th January. The game will be live from 1.30 pm IST (8 am GMT) but you can join us an hour early for the build-up. Till then cheers!

3:58 PM IST The winning skipper of Pakistan Under-19 Saad Baig says that he is happy with the performance overall and the spinners bowled well on a slow track. Says that it was not that difficult to bat. The partnership between Ahmad Hassan and Azan Awais helped them to cruise to the victory line. Adds that he saw the pitch in the morning and rated it as a slow track. Adds that they have a good match on Saturday against New Zealand and is looking forward for a good game.

3:55 PM IST The losing skipper of Nepal Under-19 Dev Khanal is up for a quick chat and says they were 15-20 runs first and the bowlers of Pakistan Under-19 did well. Adds that he is happy with the performance of the side but needs to improve a lot. Mentions that they lacked rotation of strike in the middle phase and they will look forward to improving on it. Credits the pace attack and mentions that Aakash Chand did well and they will be looking to build up on that.

3:49 PM IST Azan Awais is the player of the match for his fantastic knock of 63 under pressure. He is up for a quick chat and says that they lost four wickets and his target was to hold onto one end and rotate the strike. Adds that the pitch was hard to bat in the second innings and he planned to create a partnership with Ahmad Hassan. Concludes by saying that he is happy to contribute to his country and will keep doing so in the coming games.

3:48 PM IST Earlier in the day, after opting to bat first Nepal Under-19 managed to score 197 and were bowled out on the last delivery of their innings. The side started well and were positive in the powerplay but lost their way ever since spin was introduced. A few batters did get in but couldn't go big and departed right when it was needed for them to change gears. Bipin Rawal was the top scorer for the side with 39 runs to his name while Deepak Dumre, Deepak Dumre and Subash Bhandari played good knocks in their 20s. The bowling was really good by the spinners but the pacers were a bit off the mark. Arafat Minhas was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets to his name while others chipped in with wickets as well.

3:46 PM IST The bowlers of Nepal Under-19 were good to start with and were bang on the money with the line and lengths through the first powerplay. A fierce spell from Aakash Chand saw him take 3 wickets in the middle phase and pulled things back for Nepal Under-19 but that wasn't enough as the target set for a strong batting unit to chase was not big enough. Aakash Tripathi and Dipesh Kandel took a wicket each as well.