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IND U19 vs PAK U19 Highlights: India has defeated Pakistan by 58 runs. With this, Team India has entered the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup 2026. In this match, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first. The Indian team, which came to bat first, could not even play the full 50 overs and was all out for 252 runs. In reply, Pakistan team could score only 194 runs.
England, Australia and Afghanistan had already entered the semi-finals of the World Cup. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes were fixed on the India vs Pakistan match, because the result of this match would decide which would be the fourth team going to the semi-finals.
India proudly in the semi-finals
The Indian team had given a target of 252 runs to Pakistan. Since Pakistan was far behind in net run-rate, they had to achieve this target in 33.3 overs. Usman Khan, captain Farhan Yusuf and opener Hamza Zahoor had at one time increased the heartbeat of Team India, but Pakistan’s lower middle order and tail batsmen flopped badly.
Match winning performance of captain Ayush Mhatre
At one time, Pakistan team had scored 151 runs at the loss of only 2 wickets in the 30th over. Pakistan’s scoreboard was moving at a run rate of more than 5. The Pakistani team was headed towards an easy victory, but then RS Ambris dismissed captain Farhan Yusuf on the score of 38. The trend of the match had changed from here.
Meanwhile, the dangerous spell of captain Ayush Mhatre also started, who did not give the Pakistan team a chance to recover by dismissing Ahmed Hussain after some time. Even after this, Usman Khan was left, but Mhatre dismissed him on the score of 66 and sent him to the pavilion. Mhatre’s dismissal of two consecutive sets of batsmen meant that the match seemed to be in India’s lap. Pakistan’s last 6 wickets fell within just 43 runs.