India won the U-19 Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan by 1 wicket in a thrilling match.

In the final played in the Emirates, the Indian team achieved the target of 338 runs in 50 overs for the loss of 9 wickets.

Captain Kishor Raichandani was the star of the show for India with 80 runs. Aryavir Sehwag 58, Manal Chauhan 47, VK Vineeth 24, Anve Dravid 19, Arjun Rajput 16, Yashbardan Chauhan 9, Aryan Susani 9 and Kavya Paresh Patel were dismissed for individual scores of 0.

Mohit Alva 49 and Chagurupati Venkata scored 11 runs not out.

For Pakistan, Rizwanullah took 3 wickets and Naqab Shafiq took 2 wickets. Ali Raza, Mohammad Sayam and Hasnain Dar took 1 wicket each.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 337 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.

Opener Usman Khan was outstanding with 107 runs. Abdul Qadir 80, captain Farhan Yousuf 63, Hayam Khan 21, Ahmed Hussain 17, Naqab Shafiq 11, Hamza Zahoor 10, Muhammad Sayam 7 and Hasnain Abbas Dar were dismissed for 2 runs.

Rizwanullah 4 and Ali Raza returned to the pavilion not out without scoring any runs.

For India, Kavya Paresh Patel took 4 wickets and Chagurupati Venkata 3 wickets. Arjun Rajput could dismiss 1 player.