U-19 Asia Cup final: Mohit Ulva’s last-ball four gives India one-wicket win over Pakistan

India beat Pakistan by one wicket off the last ball of the U-19 Asia Cup final at OCA Ground 2 in Oman on Saturday, 14 November, to take the title. Chasing 338, they finished on 339 for nine in their 50 overs, the Asian Cricket Council’s official scorecard showed.

India needed eight from the final over, bowled by Ahmed Hussain. After a dot ball and a wide, Mohit Ulva and Chigurupati Venkata ran four singles, which left three needed off the last ball, and Ulva hit it for four. He finished 49 not out off 26 balls with five fours and three sixes, and Venkata 11 not out off 8, in an unbroken last-wicket stand of 30.

India had been 252 for eight in the 42nd over, still 86 short. Ulva added 57 for the ninth wicket with Manal Chauhan, who made 47 off 32 balls with three sixes, and the last two wickets put on 87 in all. Captain Lakshya Raichandani top-scored with 80 off 101 balls and Aaryavir Sehwag made 58 in an opening stand of 95, but India lost four wickets for 35 runs between the 37th and 42nd overs.

Rizwanullah took three for 53 and Niqab Shafiq two for 57 for Pakistan, and Usman Khan held four catches. India’s extras came to 17: nine wides and eight leg-byes.

Pakistan, who won the toss and chose to bat, had made 337 for nine at 6.74 an over. Usman Khan top-scored with 107 off 111 balls, with 11 fours and three sixes, and Abdul Qadir hit eight sixes and three fours in 80 off 54 balls in a second-wicket stand of 135. Captain Farhan Yousaf added 63 off 60. Pakistan then lost six wickets for 38 runs after reaching 299 for three in 44 overs, as Kavya Paresh Patel took four for 68 and Venkata three for 40.

One change in India’s XI

Raichandani’s side showed one change on the scorecard from the team that beat Afghanistan by eight wickets in the semi-final on Thursday, 12 November. Chigurupati Venkata came in, and Ishan Sood, who had 11 wickets in the tournament before the final, was not in the listed XI.

Pakistan had arrived unbeaten. They beat India by three wickets in the group stage on Sunday, 8 November, and knocked Bangladesh out by nine wickets in the semi-final. The same two teams met in the 2025 final in Dubai, which Pakistan won by 191 runs.

Match officials

Raveendra Wimalasiri and Tanvir Ahmed were the on-field umpires, with Vinod Babu as third umpire and Pradeep as match referee, the ACC match centre lists.