New Delhi. India A team made a great start in the Emerging Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan A. The Indian team, captained by Tilak Verma, defeated Pakistan by 7 runs in the last over in its first match. Pakistan needed 17 runs in the last over to win. It had 4 wickets left but fast bowler Anshul Kamboj, who came to bowl the last over from India, created panic in the Pakistani camp by taking a wicket on the very first ball. After this, he gave 9 runs in this over. India has made a great entry in the tournament by winning this match. Pacer Anshul Kamboj, who took three wickets, was selected as the Player of the Match.

Chasing the target of 184 runs set by India A, Pakistan A (IND A vs PAK A) team could only score 176 runs for 7 wickets. Pakistan did not have a good start and lost two wickets within 21 runs. For Pakistan, Arafat Minhas scored the highest 41 runs in 29 balls while Yasir Khan was out after scoring 33 runs. Qasim Akram contributed 27 runs while Abdul Samad scored 25 runs. Abbas Afridi scored 18 runs in 9 balls. For India A, pacer Anshul Kamboj took the highest 3 wickets while Rasikh Salam and Nishant Sindhu took two wickets each.

India A scored 183 runs
Earlier, India A team batting first scored 183 runs for 8 wickets. Captain Tilak Verma scored the highest 44 runs while opener Prabhsimran Singh scored 36 runs in 19 balls. Nehal Vadhera was out after scoring 25 runs. Opener Abhishek Sharma scored 35 runs in 22 balls. Tilak hit two fours and two sixes in 35 balls. Sufian Muqeem took the highest 2 wickets from Pakistan's side.

With this win, India A is at the second position
in the points table with 2 points in Group B. UAE also has two points from one match but it is at the first position. Actually, UAE's net run rate is better than India. India A's run rate is 0.350 while UAE's net run rate is 0.378.